IKV held a webinar entitled “Turkey-UK Relations after the UK’s Exit from the EU and Turkey’s EU Perspective” on 26 June 2020. IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu delivered an opening speech at the webinar which was moderated by IKV Strategy and Business Development Director M. Gökhan Kilit. The webinar brought together experts from the academia and the public sector in a bid to discuss the state of play in the EU-UK negotiations on the future relationship and future prospects for Turkey’s bilateral relations with the UK. The panellists of the webinar included Head of Trade Ministry’s Directorate General for International Agreements and EU, Elif Gürsoy, Head of the EU Exit Team at the British Embassy in Ankara, Paul Creary, Prof. Sanem Baykal from TOBB University, Director of the G20 Studies Center at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) Assoc. Prof. Sait Akman and IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas.

The panellists examined the current state of the EU-UK negotiations and major outstanding issues causing disagreements between the parties and future prospects for UK-Turkey trade relations. The panellists emphasized that Turkey aims to conclude a free trade Agreement with the UK at the beginning of 2021 paving the way for an increase in bilateral trade volume.

A video recording of the event is available here.