Organized by Directorate General of Migration Management of Ministry of Internal Affairs and the UNCGR for refugees living in Turkey, “17th Cohesion Meetings” were held in İstanbul. Recep Batu, Head of İstanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management, Dr. Aydın Keskin Kadıoğlu, Head of Department of Cohesion and Communication, Jean-Marie Garelli, Turkey Deputy Representative of the United Nations Refugee Agency, Abdullah Ayaz, Head of Directorate General of Migration Management, Yaşar Aksanyar, İstanbul Lieutenant Governor and representatives of various non-governmental organizations and guests participated in the program which was held in Haliç Congress Center.
Before the event that we also participated in as WALD, guests also were presented a “Peace”-themed photograph exhibition prepared with children in social cohesion events within the scope of Social Protection Project that we conduct with the UNHCR. The program in which many of our refugee counselees and counselees from host community also participated, started with a film “Great Turkey” (Büyüksün Türkiye) and participants were informed by representatives of public institutions and organizations about rights and obligations of the participant group.
