Official Name
Republic of Turkey
ISO2 Code
TR
ISO3 Code
TUR
Longitude
39 00 N
Latitude
35 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (35 39)
Attended Meeting
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.3 "Increasing the macro-impact of remittances on development"
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 3.1 "Strengthening Data and Research Tools on Migration and Development"
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in Cluster II "Addressing Irregular Migration through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies" 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Co-Chair in Thematic Meeting on "Addressing Irregular Migration through Coherent M&D Strategies" on 13-14 October 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Financial Contribution
  • 150,000 USD for Organizational Expenses
RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • Left over from contributions to GFMD 2012: 150,000 USD 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfer, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin"
  • Team Member in RT 3.1 "Empowering migrants, their households and communities for improved protection of rights and social development outcomes" 
  • Business Roundtable
  • Platform for Partnerships 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
- Co-Convener in Thematic Meeting on "The Role of Business in International Migration: Engaging the private sector as partners for positive development outcomes" on 23 March 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland
Financial Contribution
  • 688,705 USD non-earmarked
  • Turkey hosted the 2015 GFMD Summit
RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Participated in Thematic Meeting on "Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 5 February 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Recognizing the contributions of women migrants to economic and social development in countries of origin and destination and addressing their specific needs, particularly concerning respect for their human rights" on 8 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 1,003,729 non-earmarked 
RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • Turkey contributed to the GFMD 2017 budget. 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence - Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Moving beyond emergencies - Creating development solutions to the mutual benefit of host and origin communities and displaced persons" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Migration for Development: a roadmap to achieving the SDGs" 18-19 April 2018, Morocco
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Labour Migration and Skills" 3 May 2018, Geneva

Promoting self-reliant livelihoods of Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTP) and host communities through provision of skills trainings and productive assets

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

This project assisted host community members and SuTPs in gaining access to formal employment through the delivery of a vocational training programme, developing beneficiaries’ vocational and technical skills. This intervention created livelihood opportunities in the local market for programme graduates, specifically focused on the production of niche agri-food products with strong and stable consumer demand.

Agricultural skills training to address the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

FAO supported the vocational skills of Syrians under Temporary Protaction (SuTPs) in the food and agriculture sector to improve their access to employment opportunities. Building on assessment results showing significant shortage of skilled and semi-skilled labour in the sector in southern and south-eastern Turkey, FAO in partnership with UNHCR and the private sector carried out vocational trainings in the agriculture, food processing and livestock sectors for unemployed SuTPs and host communities.

The Baharat cookbook

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

In 2021 IOM Turkey launched “Baharat” – a collection of Turkish and Syrian recipes inspired by IOM Turkey’s Protection and Psychosocial Programme’s socio-cultural activities. The cookbook is available digitally and in print in three languages: English, Turkish and Arabic. It features 12 recipes that are unique to both Turkish and Syrian cuisine, along with commentaries from Syrian and Turkish participants.

Nilüfer Municipality’s “House of the Exchange of Populations” Museum: Promoting Cultural Diversity and Co-existence by Preserving Social Memory

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

The Municipality of Nilüfer commits to promote cultural diversity and co-existence through the "House of the Exchange of Populations" museum. Founded by the municipality and local associations, this museum commemorates the displacement of 1.5 million people following the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 and preserves the history and folk culture of the region's communities.

Include2020

Submitted by Ms. Anqi ZHANG on

A Global Voice for Autism – working to equip refugee and conflict-effected communities with the skills to support development and success of children on the autism spectrum - has created an application Include2020 which serves as a virtual centre for educators, researchers, learners, and inclusivity professionals, and also offers offline educational content access in English and Arabic. As of 2021 they have served more than 16,000 children, parents and teachers across the world through their capacity-building support and advocacy program.

Family Assistance Programme

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

IOM’s Family Assistance Programme (FAP) was launched in March 2016 and is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. The central aim of the programme is to support families in vulnerable situations to reunite with their relatives in Germany.  The programme facilitates access to family reunification, by assisting migrants with the visa application process.

National Remittance Plan (Turkey)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The government of Turkey is working to improve the platform that is set on the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency’s (BRSA) web site and that discloses all fees charged by banks for the services they provide. 



The BRSA started to license payment institutions in July 2015 and will continue to progress this work. 



To improve sector competition, the Law allows payment institutions and electronic money institutions to conduct money remittance services through a more extensive service or agent network compared to banks. 

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