As Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Political Sciences, we hosted Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk KAYMAKCI and esteemed European Union Presidency bureaucrats within the scope of the program titled “EU Meetings with Youth” between 14:30-16:00 on Monday, 31 May. In addition to Turkey-EU Relations, Erasmus-Youth Programs, College of Europe and Jean Monnet Scholarship Programs, career opportunities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also discussed. Dr. Gülfettin ÇELİK, Head of International Relations Department Prof. Dr. It was moderated by Özden Zeynep OKTAV. In the program, Minister Çavuşoğlu touched upon the main problems in Turkey-EU Relations and evaluated these problems in terms of economy, religion, geographical and population size, relations with neighbors and Copenhagen Criteria. While underlining the main difficulties regarding Turkey's membership process, he also emphasized the benefits that this membership will create for both the EU and Turkey, as an answer to the question of why membership is necessary for our country. He touched upon the existing problems in relations in detail and shared his fruitful predictions on how to solve these problems in the long run. Minister Çavuşoğlu also answered the questions of our students regarding Turkey-EU Relations and emphasized what an important role young people play in this process. Bureaucrats of the Ministry for EU Affairs, on the other hand, mentioned the career opportunities in Erasmus-Youth Programs, College of Europe/Jean Monnet Scholarship Programs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and made important presentations on how to benefit from these opportunities. For the program, which was carried out with intense participation from different universities of our country, especially to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk KAYMAKCI, to the esteemed Bureaucrats of the Ministry for EU Affairs, Our Rector Prof. Dr. To Gülfettin ÇELİK, Our Dean Prof.Dr. Hamdi Genç, Head of Department Prof. Dr. We would like to thank Özden Zeynep OKTAV and all our listeners.
