On 23 October 2018, IKV in association with the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce EU Information Centre organised a panel entitled “Turkey in a Changing World: Global Transformation and the EU Process”.

During the first session of the panel, which was moderated by IKV Deputy-Chairman Prof. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, TEPAV Center for Multilateral Trade Studies Director Ambassador Bozkurt Aran delivered a speech on the changing balances in global economy while TEPAV G20 Studies Center Director Sait Akman talked about the new rules and actors in global trade. In the second session of the panel, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas delivered a speech on the state of play in Turkey-EU relations in the light of global developments, whereas IKV Strategy and Business Development Director Gökhan Kilit spoke on the modernisation of the Customs Union and its possible impacts on agriculture and IKV Research Director Çisel İleri elaborated on EU funding opportunities that the business community can benefit from.