On 27-28 November 2019, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas participated in the inaugural event of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) in Berlin. The inaugural event kicked off with a panel and continued on the second day with a workshop bringing together academics, experts and researches from Turkey and EU countries. CATS was established within Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) which is among the leading think tanks in Germany. CATS, which aims to provide input for developing relations with Turkey and to contribute to research in this filed, mainly focuses on the following research areas: Turkey’s relations with Europe and the EU, Turkey’s role in the global system, Turkey and the Middle East, Turkey’s relations with emerging powers, and social, political and economic developments in Turkey.