On 20 January 2020, IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu hosted a working dinner in honour of the EP Rapporteur on Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor who was on his first official visit to Turkey. The working dinner brought together representatives of the business community and EP’s newly appointed Turkey Rapporteur.

The Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Eleftheria Pertzinidou, IKV Vice-Chair Zeynep Bodur Okyay, IKV Steering Committee Member Tuncay Şahin, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, Strategy and Business Development Director M. Gökhan Kilit and Research Director Çisel İleri were among the participants of the working dinner. The event provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on the latest developments in Turkey-EU relations, the modernisation of the Customs Union, cooperation on refugees and migration management.

In the context of his first official visit to the country, EP’s new Turkey Rapporteur Sánchez Amor came together with political party leaders, mayors, academics, representatives of the business community and civil society, and members of the media.