The Migration, Diaspora, and Diplomacy Summit Will Be Held in Ankara
The Migration and Diaspora Foundation is organizing the Migration, Diaspora, and Diplomacy Summit in Ankara in order to address, on a multi-stakeholder platform, the academic, strategic, and civil diplomacy work it carries out at the national and international levels in the fields of migration and diaspora.
The Migration and Diaspora Foundation—one of the pioneering organizations in migration and diaspora work in Türkiye, thanks to the many years of experience of its founding and executive staff in the political, academic, and civil society fields—carries out visionary knowledge production that contributes to the development of migration policies, programs aimed at assessing the potential of diaspora communities, and projects intended to increase the capacity for cooperation among public institutions, diaspora structures, and civil society organizations. Through the contacts it maintains at home and abroad, the foundation also contributes to cultural diplomacy and civil diplomacy activities.
The summit organized in this context also serves as the closing program of the International Relations and Diplomacy Academy, which has been running for a year. The academy program was successfully completed with the participation of 265 students from different disciplines. The summit aims to share the outcomes of this process with the public and decision-makers.
Information About the Summit Program
The summit program will be held in two stages.
Morning Sessions (09:00 – 12:30):
Five separate roundtables, formed to address the different dimensions of the phenomenon of migration, will carry out their work with the simultaneous contributions of experts and participants. In these sessions, the aim is to produce concrete policy outcomes under the headings of migration, diaspora, social integration, human mobility, and civil diplomacy.
Afternoon Sessions (13:00 – 17:00):
The summit will begin with opening speeches and will continue with the participation of public representatives, academics, think tank executives, and diaspora representatives.
Program Flow
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Opening Speech:
Chairman of the Board of the Migration and Diaspora Foundation Recep Seyyar -
Protocol Speech:
President of the Nehreyn Center for Strategic Studies of the Iraqi National Security Advisory Office
Ali Nasser Benyan -
Protocol Speech:
Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services
Leman Yenigün -
Protocol Speech:
Deputy Minister of the Interior
Bülent Turan
Panel: "The Influence of Diasporas on Decision-Makers"
As part of the panel, under the moderation of journalist-author İhsan Aktaş, the speakers will assess diaspora experiences and their influence on policymaking processes:
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Ammar Abu Guddah
(Former Board Member of the Syrian American Council – Syrian Diaspora) -
Dr. Hüseyin Aslan
(Researcher/Author – Iraqi Diaspora) -
Dr. Osama Al-Ashqar
(Historian and Literary Scholar – Palestinian Diaspora)
With the participation of National Agency Projects Coordinator Alim Sarıaslan, the program will conclude with the International Relations and Diplomacy Academy Closing Program, which we have organized in cooperation with the National Agency.
As the Migration and Diaspora Foundation, we respectfully announce to the public that we look forward to the participation of members of the press in this summit—where the concepts of migration, diaspora, and diplomacy will be addressed in their various dimensions—and to their contributions through their coverage.
