The event jointly organized by ETTG, Stiftung Mercator, IDOS and IPC, titled: "New Directions in Development: Comparing the Engagement of Turkey, the EU, and China with the Global South." on September 15-16 at IPC Karaköy. 

The event titled “Climate Security Perception in Turkey: Towards a Just Securitization of Climate Change”, organized by Başar Baysal, IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative 2023/24 Research Fellow, took place with the participation of Rita Floyd and İbrahim Mazlum on September 23, 2024 at IPC.

The twenty-eighth Climate Café Talk took place on June 4, 2024, featuring Dr. İrem Daloğlu Çetinkaya's presentation on "Combating the Upcoming Crisis: Groundwater Management in the Konya Closed Basin." (Yaklaşan Krizle Mücadele: Konya Kapalı Havzası'nda Yeraltı Suyu Yönetimi).

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Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative organized an event on “Combating Climate Change Under Multi-dimensional Inqualities” with the initiative of 2022/23 Mercator-IPC Fellow Ebru Voyvoda at IPC on November 24-25.

The Welcoming of the 2023/24 Mercator-IPC Fellows was held on October 12 at The Seed, Sakıp Sabancı Museum with the Keynote Speech “Looking Ahead: Turkey, Europe and the War in Ukraine” by Prof. Timothy Garton Ash. The speech was followed by welcoming remarks of IPC Director Fuat Keyman, Stiftung Mercator Executive Director Markus Piduhn and Vice President of Sabancı University Cem Güneri. The event concluded with a movie screening that introduced the 2023/24 Mercator-IPC Fellows Hande Güzel, Demet Lüküslü, László Szerencsés, Sinem Ayhan and Başar Baysal.

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Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative organized an event titled “Imagining Borders, Race and Labor in Times of Crises: The Case of Europe ” with the initiative of 2021/22 Mercator-IPC Fellow Sibel Karadağ and the participation of Itamar Mann, Martina Tazzioli, and Nando Sigona at IPC on September 29.

Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative organized the event titled "Green Spaces of Istanbul: Cities and Natural Plants," with the participation of Cihan Erdönmez, Akgün İlhan, İbrahim Dedeoğlu, and Matthew Gandy at IPC on September 18-19. The event also featured a documentary titled "Natura Urbana'' by Matthew Gandy.

The Initiative and TEPAV's ''Shaping EU-Turkey Relations in the Aftermath of Turkey’s Elections'' panel took place with the participation of Funda Tekin, Senem Aydın-Düzgit, and Atila Eralp, moderated by Nilgün Arısan Eralp at TEPAV on June 13.

The Initiative's ''Reflections on Elections in Turkey amidst Geopolitical Challenges - How to Restart EU-Turkey Relations'' panel took place with the participation of Funda Tekin, Fuat Keyman, Alkım Bağ Güllü, Çiğdem Nas, Wolfgang Wessels, and Ümit Şahin, moderated by Senem Aydın-Düzgit at IPC on June 8.

The IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative's panel ''Turkey-Germany/EU Relations in the 61^st Anniversary of the Turkey-Germany Labor Recruitment Agreement'' took place at IPC on November 28. IPC Research and Academic Relations Coordinator Senem Aydın-Düzgit delivered the opening remarks. The event was moderated by IPC Director Fuat Keyman and featured former German president Christian Wulff and 2018/19 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Özcan Mutlu.