IKV has organised a conference entitled “Britain, Turkey and the EU: Mapping the Future of Differentiated Integration” on 4 April 2019 in cooperation with Istanbul Policy Centre (IPC), whereas the UK based think tank Centre for European Reform (CER) was the hosting institution in London. Following the opening speeches of IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, IPC Director Prof. Fuat Keyman and CER Director Charles Grant, the first session was held with the participation of Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Associate Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University and Senior Scholar also Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator of IPC; Galip Dalay, Non-resident Fellow at Brookings Doha Center & Research Director of Al Sharq Forum; Hans Kundnani, Senior Research Fellow at Europe Programme of Chatham House; Julie Smith, Director of European Centre, University of Cambridge. In the first session, aforementioned participants discussed what Brexit means for the EU in this current stance of the world under moderation of CER Research Fellow Luigi Scazzieri.

In the second session, Director of Ankara University EU Research Center, Professor Sanem Baykal; Alexander Clarkson, Lecturer in German and European Studies in King's College London; Atila Eralp, Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow and Emeritus Professor, Department of International Relations in Middle East Technical University; Sam Lowe, Senior Research Fellow at CER chased answers for the question “What does Brexit mean for Turkey-EU relations?” The second session was chaired by IKV’s Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas.