The twelfth Brown Bag Seminar organized by the Initiative featured a presentation by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Damla B.Aksel titled "Policies and Politics of Migration from Germany" on June 17 at IPC Karaköy.

Istanbul Policy Center organized the seminar "The European Union's Maritime Security Strategy and the Eastern Mediterranean: Regional Cooperation and Security Governance" with Giovanni Parente on June 16 at IPC Karaköy.

IPC, together with Chatham House, E3G and ECCO, hosted the side event “From Bonn to Antalya: Accelerating Implementation and Just Transition through the COP31 Presidency" on June 10 in Bonn.

The delegation visited IPC’s Karaköy premises and participated in a discussion on contemporary political developments in Türkiye, Türkiye–EU relations, and regional dynamics. The session was led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan, IPC Senior Scholar and 2013/14 Mercator-IPC Fellow, who shared insights on current developments in Türkiye–EU relations and broader geopolitical trends shaping the region.

The visit provided an opportunity for students and young professionals from Germany to engage directly with experts at IPC and exchange views on the future of Europe, Türkiye’s role in its neighbourhood, and the challenges facing international cooperation in a changing global environment.

The eleventh Brown Bag Seminar organized by the Initiative featured a presentation by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Short-Term Visiting Fellow Dénes Jäger titled "The State of Open Data in Turkey" on May 12 at IPC Karaköy.

The Initiative hosted the fifth meeting of the "Plastocene Talks" seminar series, "What Is Zero Waste? Turkey's Zero Waste Policy (Nedir Bu Sıfır Atık? Türkiye'de SIfır Atık Politikası)," convened by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Sedat Gündoğdu. The event was held on May 12 at IPC Karaköy with the participation of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk and moderated by Sedat Gündoğdu.

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The panel discussion initiated by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Jacopo Franceschini titled "Digital Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy in Cyberspace: Perspectives from the EU and Turkey" took place on May 11 at IPC Karaköy.

IPC hosted the third meeting of the "Artificial Intelligence and Society" seminar series, "International Relations and Security (Uluslararası İlişkiler ve Güvenlik)" initiated by IPC Senior Scholar Zeynep Ayata. The event was held on April 30 at IPC Karaköy with the participation of Sinan Ülgen and Yavuz Türkgenci as speakers and Zeynep Ayata as moderator.

The tenth Brown Bag Seminar organized by the Initiative featured a presentation by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Burcu Karakaş titled “Muslims in Germany: Managing Diversity” on April 22 at IPC Karaköy.

IPC organized the book launch for  "The Intergenerational Transmission of Violence in 100 Questions: A Psychoanalytic Approach (100 Soruda Şiddetin Kuşaklararası Aktarımı: Psikanalitik Yaklaşım)," which featured Tevfika İkiz, Ayşe Sena Sarı, Kristin Şeğikoğlu, Gülnur Takış and Başak Çelik as speakers and was moderated by Seval Şahin, on April 17 at IPC Karaköy.