New IKV Panel Report entitled “Turkey-EU Cooperation along the Axis of Refugee Crisis” (No: 289) prepared by IKV Researcher Ahmet Ceran was published. The report consists of remarks by four distinguished speakers (Prof. Ayhan Kaya, Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, Assoc. Prof. M. Murat Erdoğan and Damla Taşkın) of the panel discussion organised by IKV in cooperation with Istanbul Bilgi University European Institute on 2 June 2016. Furthermore, the report includes a content analysis carried out by IKV Researcher Ahmet Ceran concerning the perceptions towards Turkey-EU cooperation.

This panel report that puts the challenge of providing alternative and “out of the box” approaches to the center of its methodology contains stimulating and profound opinions on various issues such as the current stance on the Turkey-EU Migration deal and the Visa Liberalisation Dialogue, social and political cohesion of the refugees both within Turkey and the EU, the refugees’ integration to the Turkish labour market and the economic, cultural and historic interactions as well as the future of Turkey-EU relations. In the end, the increasing necessity towards a comprehensive and efficient migration policy is being underlined.

To read the report (Turkish), please click here.