Help website serving as UNHCR’s online interface for information intended for asylum-seekers and refugees in Turkey was launched.

The second round of UNHCR’s training series for the staff of the provincial directorates of ISKUR was held in Ankara during.

UNHCR, together with the Government of Turkey and with the support of the EU, launched the project “Reinforcement of Turkey’s National Asylum System”.

YTB organized social and cultural tours in Cappadocia and Bursa in July 2017 for the participants of the 2016-2017 advanced Turkish language courses.

UNHCR organized a workshop on access to rights and services for asylum-seekers & refugees with disabilities and those at older ages with the DGMM and the MoFSP.

UNHCR participated in a conference on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons and delivered a presentation on the protection of elderly refugees.

UNHCR supported Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation in organizing a workshop entitled “Your Voice to Mine” as part of the 15th Istanbul Biennial.

UNHCR started contributing to a series of awareness-raising seminars organized by its partner SGDD targeting members of the press.

Turkish version of the “Searching for Syria” website was launched in cooperation with Google.

Scholarship holders received certificates presented by the UNHCR Representative in Turkey and the YTB Vice President during the workshop in Ankara.