Erhan Gurer

“Walk of Truth is the result of the drive of Tasoula Hadjitofi, an extraordinary woman and a good friend. I first met Tasoula when she came to me for Turkish lessons. After a while, we became interested in each other’s background and when, six months later, the lessons were behind us, the friendship remained” That [...]

Luis Moreno Ocampo

“Peace and security for everyone should not be a dream or an issue for specialists, prosecutors or judges. Peace and security are not a luxury, they are anecessity. A global citizenship based on respecting differences is the foundation ofpeace. “Walk of truth” is a new vehicle for global action which calls us to protect our different traditions [...]

Androulla Vassiliou

“I would like to express my congratulations for this ambitious and extremely interesting initiative, which would indeed be a powerful vehicle for cultural diplomacy in the interest of peace and reconciliation”. As you know, the European Union does indeed provide support in this field, for example through the Culture Programme, which promotes cooperation among cultural [...]

Willy Bruggeman

‘I got to know Tasoula when she assisted us with recruitment during my previous post at Europol. What was originally a business contact grew into a friendship. We quickly discovered common ground and similar interests, which led to discussions concerning her efforts to retrieve stolen Cypriot art treasures. Illegal art trade is a huge problem. [...]

Rabbi Awraham Shalom Soetendorp

‘When I first met Tasoula about a year and a half ago, I felt an immediate kinship. I too, have always been an advocate of active dialogue between people of different spiritual traditions, both in my work and privately. In the past, I also played with the idea of bringing people from divergent religious backgrounds [...]

Tasoula Hadjitofi

Your truth might not be mine but am I entitled to my truth? “I grew up in a small town in Cyprus, Famagusta, where Shakespeare’s Othello is set; a friendly world dominated by nature and religious values. Fear of the Turks was deeply rooted in our history and this very fear was validated during the [...]