Welcome to the Centre for British-Turkish Understanding, which is committed to exploring motives and foreign policy challenges faced by both Turkey and the UK, especially where they intersect, which form the foundations of the UK-Turkey relationship. Our guest speaker for the webinar is the eminent Professor Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish Presidential Spokesperson, Ambassador, Vice President of the Council...Read More

Turkey is struggling with the burden of refugees from Syria, a top official has told the BBC. Ibrahim Kalin, chief adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused Europe of treating it as Turkey’s problem. Nearly a million more Syrians have fled towards Turkey from war-torn Idlib. Watch the video on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-51682051/turkey-frustrated-by-refugee-crisis-erdogan-aideRead More

Hardpressed to manage new refugee flows, Turkey opened its Europe borders to give a jolt to European leadership that has been sleeping over the Syrian crisis from the get go. Turkey’s recent political decision-making does not reflect a change in the country’s policy towards the migration and asylum, in as much as it reflects Ankara’s...Read More