IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu accompanied by a delegation from IKV paid a visit to Diyarbakır on 13 January 2017. Adana Chamber of Commerce Chairman and IKV Member of the Board Responsible for Accounts Atilla Menevşe, IKV Secretary-General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, Research Director Çisel İleri and Strategy and Business Development Director Gökhan Kilit accompanied Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu during the visit. The visit, which was organised at the invitation of Diyarbakır Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DTSO) Chairman and IKV Member of the Board of Directors Ahmet Sayar, began with a meeting to the Governorship of Diyarbakır. Following the visit to Diyarbakır Governor Hüseyin Aksoy, the delegation visited to open air museum of Diyarbakır and realised a meeting with DTSO Members of the Board of Directors. The programme was pursued with a seminar which was held at Dicle University.

In the seminar entitled “Latest Developments in the EU Process: EU Criteria, Harmonisation Efforts and Opportunities”, the situation of Turkey’s EU accession process and pending issues, the modernisation of the Customs Union and its effects upon the agricultural sector, EU funds and programmes and the latest developments in the Middle East and its effects upon Turkey-EU relations were discussed. The opening remarks of the seminar were realised by DTSO Chairman Ahmet Sayar, IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Dicle University Deputy Rector Prof. Tahsin Kılıçoğlu and Diyarbakır Governor Hüseyin Aksoy.