On 16 December 2021, IKV organised a book launch webinar entitled “Approaches of Political Groups in the European Parliament to the Europe of Crises” in association with Dokuz Eylül University European Studies Application and Research Center (ATMER). The opening speeches of the webinar, which was moderated by IKV Deputy Secretary General M. Gökhan Kilit, were delivered by IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, Head of EU Department at Dokuz Eylül University Assoc. Prof. Burçak Müge Vural and Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Dokuz Eylül University Prof. Çağnur Balsarı.

In her opening speech, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas pointed out that the role of the EP was not well understood in general and although in Turkey's case it only came to the fore with the Turkey Report, it is an EU institution that needs to be examined on its own. Making the second opening speech, Assoc. Prof. Burçak Müge Vural, stated that the book study made very important contributions to understanding the different dynamics within the EP and the interaction between those. Highlighting that every crisis is also an opportunity to establish a better order, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Dokuz Eylül University Prof. Çağnur Balsarı added that it was very valuable in this respect to examine how the political groups in the EP approach political crises in the European continent.

In the panel session, Dokuz Eylül University lecturer Dr. Zühal Ünalp Çeper and PhD students; Elif Cemre Beşgür, Adem Kurtar, Burcu Kiper, Sarp Kayrak, Mirzet Müezzinoğlu analysed how different political groups in the EP approach phenomena such as the migrant crisis, economic crisis, Brexit, the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and Turkey's EU membership. Following the panel discussion a Q&A session was held.