Aa Such statements would stand in the way of Turkey playing a mediating role, said Meliha Altunisik, international relations professor at the Middle East Technical University and an author of the Tesev report.
His Turkish counterpart, Mehmet Ali Talat, started in politics as a youth leader and trade unionist, graduated in engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, became head of the Left-wing Republican Turkish Party in Cyprus, then Prime Minister in 2004 and President in April 2005.
If the Armenian genocide resolution passes, then I think that the possibility of a cross-border operation is very high," said Ihsan Dagi, a professor of international relations at Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
This year's competition was an international event with teams competing from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
