IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas attended TOBB EU Harmonization Committee Meeting that was organized with the participation of TOBB Vice President Ali Kopuz. At the meeting, during which the latest developments in Turkey’s EU accession process, IKV Secretary General gave a presentation on European Commission 2015 Progress Report on Turkey and the outcomes of Turkey-EU Summit which took place on 29 November 2015.  Underlining the backsliding in the areas of freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and public procurement that was expressed in the recent Progress Report on Turkey, IKV Secretary General Nas stressed the need to take further steps in these areas. Nas also mentioned that the implementation of the Turkey-EU Readmission Agreement, which was signed on 16 December 2013, by June 2016 is among the critical objectives underlined during the Turkey-EU Summit.