IKV organised a conference entitled “The European Green Deal and Its Effects on Türkiye-EU Relations” hosted by Malatya Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The IKV delegation consisting of IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, Deputy Secretary General M. Gökhan Kilit and Research Director Çisel İleri, came together with Malatya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Oğuzhan Ata Sadıkoğlu and the members of the Board of Directors before the conference. Malatya Governor Hulusi Şahin also attended the conference where the effects of the European Green Deal were discussed in terms of Türkiye-EU relations.

The opening speeches of the conference were delivered by IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Malatya Governor Hulusi Şahin and Malatya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Oğuzhan Ata. In his opening speech, IKV Chairman Zeytinoğlu emphasised that the EU has implemented a new green growth strategy that includes energy efficiency, transition to renewable energy and the implementation of circular economy principles, and in this context, all main policies of the EU such as industry, trade, energy, agriculture and transport are being renewed.

In the panel session, three presentations were made by the IKV delegation. IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas gave a presentation on the European Green Deal and its implications for Türkiye-EU relations and discussed the European Green Deal process. Following Assoc. Prof. Nas, IKV Deputy Secretary General M. Gökhan Kilit gave a presentation on current developments in Türkiye-EU relations, Türkiye-EU Customs Union and the Customs Union modernisation process, and provided information on Türkiye-EU trade and current issues. Finally, Research Director Çisel İleri gave a presentation on Türkiye-EU Financial Cooperation, EU funds and programmes and informed the participants about the EU funding opportunities which the business community and civil society can benefit from. The conference concluded with the closing speech by IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu.