Nicosia Turkish Municipality continues to earn the benefits of its active and versatile foreign relations. With the good connections and effective attempts of the NTM Foreign Relations Department, a staff member of the department, attended the European Summer School which was organized by the Birmingham City Council in England.

Nicosia Turkish Municipality (NTM) continues to earn the benefıts of its intensive and versatile foreign relations. Because of its memberships with international establishments, the NTM has close relations with Municipalities throughout the world and it is thanks to those connections that the NTM has had the opportunity to send a member of staff to the European Summer School which was organized by the Birmingham City Council. As a result of the NTM Foreign Relations Department’s effective attempts, the Birmingham City Council gave a scholarship for both the Turkish and Greek Municipalities in Nicosia in an effort to contribute to the reconciliation of the two communities.  With the opportunity of the scholarship, the NTM Foreign Relations Department staff Ilkem Tunar undertook “Culture and Creativity” training for two weeks.

35 people from all around Europe attended the European Summer School which took place between August 4-16 and consisted of 8 different specialized courses. Apart from the NTM Foreign Relations Department staff Ilkem Tunar; Stavros Italos and Andreas Stavroy also attended the course from the Nicosia Greek Municipality. The British Council provided the flight ticket for one person from each side from Cyprus to Birmingham.

Under the cooperation of the Birmingham City Council and Brasshouse Language School, the trainees took English courses in the morning for 3 hours and took their special courses during the afternoon. The trainees attended the activities which was orginized by the Birmingham City Council in order to get to know the city, their culture and history.

At the end of the course Lord Mayor, Councillor Chauhdry Abdul Rashid JP organized a cocktail and a certificate ceremony at the City Hall.