IKV President Ayhan Zeytinoğlu met with European Parliament Member İlhan Küçük on 5 July 2023. In the meeting with Küçük, who is a member and former President of the liberal group “Renew Europe” in the EP, Türkiye-EU relations and the EP elections to be held next year were discussed.

Chairperson Zeytinoğlu especially mentioned the important role of the EP in the development of Türkiye-EU relations and criticized the proposal for a new form of relationship that would replace Türkiyes EU membership goal, which was included in the draft report prepared by Rapporteur Amor. Chairperson Zeytinoğlu emphasized that for the future of Türkiye-EU relations, sticking to the goal of full membership would be the only valid formula. IKV Chairperson Ayhan Zeytinoğlu was accompanied by IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas and Junior Researchers Sema Nur Yeniyıldız and Ahmet Emre Usta. EP Member Küçük is the Vice-President of the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee.