Turkey to hold panel in Belgium on Syria refugee crisis

ANKARA

Turkey will hold a panel discussion this week in Belgium’s capital on the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, the Turkish Directorate of Communications said Monday.

In a statement, the directorate said the discussion will be held Thursday at the Brussels office of Turkish think tank the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA).

Titled “Common Challenges for Turkey and EU -- Refugee Crisis 2.0,” the panel will be moderated by Enes Bayrakli, director of European Studies at SETA.

Mehmet Gulluoglu, the head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD); Basak Yavcan (TOBB-ETU), University of Liège Hugo Observatory; Laura