Dialogue Circles in Büyükçekmece Municipality

Location and Date: 27 October 2015, Büyükçekmece, Turkey

In Turkey, city councils provide citizens’ basic right to participate in politics. Through city councils, local community comes together and becomes an inclusive unit. Every participant becomes a real member of their community by providing their time and energy to solve their common problems. We would like 
to open this democratic space to the advantage of our international students who live in the community. For this, we are working together with the City Council to connect our international students
with their neighbors. The first of its kind has taken place at Büyükçekmece on October 27th with the collobaration with the Büyükçekmece municipality. Together with our international students and municipality officials, we discussed the problems that international students face in their neighborhoods such as housing and transportation.

Participation to the Workshop: "The Impact of Syrian Refugee Crisis on Turkey-EU Relationship"

May 2016, Istanbul Turkey 

UNESCO Chair in Cultural Diplomacy, Governance and Education Coordinator Assistant Prof. Gülay Uğur Göksel has participated as a speaker to the panel with her talk titled "EU and Turkey's Immigration Policies: Integration or Harmony?" 

International Conference on the City Councils and Cities

14-15 April 2016, IAU Campus, İstanbul Aydın University

With the partnership of the IAU Center for Studies on Turkey, IAU UNESCO Chair is organizing two panels and giving academic support to this international conference. Panel titles are as below:

-Cultural Governance, City and Migration

-Roundtable on Municipal Management of Migrant Settlement together with Local Leaders