Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, our Director General met with Mr. Mahdi Saleh Al-odamı, Acting Ambassador from Yemen Embassy on 19 March 2019. In the meeting, consultations were made on the problems of the foreigners of Yemen and solution offers towards them.
The seventh of "Training on Forgery of Travel Document" organized within the framework of the "Project on Support to Implementation of EU-Turkey Memorandum of Understanding dated 18 March 2016" carried out by our Directorate General was held in Ankara on 25 February-01 March 2019; the eighth of it was held on 11-15 March 2019.
The traditional meetings on "Harmonization Meetings" which is organized by our Harmonization and Communication Department of our Directorate General, continues without pausing.
The ninth of the Harmonization Meetings was held in Kocaeli on Friday, 15 February 2019.
Dr.Yasin AKTAY, Chief Advisor to the President, gave a conference on "Geography of Middle East and Migration on 13 February 2019 as the guest of our Directorate General. On the activity organized by the Education Department; Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, Director General, heads of departments, the personnel of our institution and the university students doing internship in our institution took part.
Mr. İsmail ÇATAKLI, our Deputy Minister of Interior and Mr. Yavuz Selim KIRAN, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited our Directorate General on 30 January 2019.
Within the framework of the Project "Supporting Turkey's Efforts to Manage Migration" conducted in partnership with our Directorate General and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a study visit was organized to Pakistan.
The fifth of Harmonization Meetings, which started in Antalya and continued in Alanya, İzmir and Ankara and where the information about the rights and obligations of the foreigners had been passed on, was held in Gaziantep on Friday, 11 January 2019. The participants consisting of craft and related trades workers were informed about the rights and obligations of foreigners and the processes of their participation in the labour market.
Migration Management System Training was organized by the Education Department of our Directorate General.
Mr. İsmail İssa RİFAİE, Ambassador of Jordan, visited Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, our Director General. During the meeting, cooperation opportunities between two countries were discussed.
Our Directorate General, which is the institution responsible for the mutual harmony of the foreigners and the host community in our country, organizes "Harmonization Meetings" in this regard.
The third of the Harmonization Meetings was held in Izmir.
"The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration" was adopted in a conference organized in Marrakech, a city of Morocco on 10 December 2018 with the participation of 164 countries, members of the United Nations.
Mr. Seyid Hüseyin Alimi BALHİ, Afghanistan Minister of Refugees and Repatriations and his accompanying delegation paid a visit to our institution.
The Circular Regarding the Private Health Insurance Arranged for a Residence Permit Request has been published by the Undersecretariat of Treasury.
Harmonization Meetings organized by our Directorate General continue without pausing.
Within the scope of the project "Strengthening the Operational and Strategic Capacity of the Directorate General of Migration Management (PHASE III)" carried out in partnership with our Directorate General and International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), a workshop on irregular migration was organized.
The second meeting of the Coordination Commission on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, which was established in order to establish coordination between public institutions and organizations, international institutions and NGOs working on the establishment of policies and strategies related to prevention of human trafficking and the fight against this crime was performed under the presidency of Mr. İsmail ÇATAKLI, Governor, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior.
The opening of the new building of Ankara Provincial Directorate of Migration Management on Binnaz Street in Barbaros Neighbourhood was performed by Mr. Süleyman SOYLU, Minister of Interior.
A training about Forgery of Travel Document was held within the framework of the project "Support to the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Memorandum of Understanding dated March 18, 2016" which is being implemented by the Directorate General of Migration Management.
"Meeting on Takeover Preparations of the Provincial Organization" was held on 23 February 2015 in the Directorate General of Migration Management Conference Hall.
We ran for migrants in the İstanbul Marathon which is the first and only race to be held intercontinentally.
Protecting of Victims of Human Trafficking Project aiming to prevent human trafficking and to enable protection to victims based on human rights has been introduced.
Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, our Director General, held a meeting with Mr. Nils Grede, United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Representative in Turkey and his accompanying delegation.
Within the framework of the Council of Europe Project "Protection of the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in Turkey", the third opening meeting of HELP / UNHCR Online Course on "the Asylum and ECHR" was held.
Law Regarding the Approval of the Ratification of the Agreement for the Readmission of Persons Residing Illegally Between Republic of Turkey and European Union" was published in the Official Gazette on 28 June 2014.
Directorate General of Migration Management, established with the Law on Foreigners and International Protection and managing migration with a brand new point of view, held a meeting in order to inform Korean foreigners.
Mr. Süleyman SOYLU, Minister of Interior, paid a working visit to the Directorate General of Migration Management.
Within the framework of the Project "Strengthening Turkey's National Asylum System", where our Directorate General is the beneficiary and the UNHCR is the implementer, a meeting about Family Reunification Procedures for Individuals under International Protection and Temporary Protection was organized in Ankara.
GÖÇ-NET Software Development Project is at the implementation phase. First Göç-Net Project Officers Training was held.
Within the framework of the "Cooperation Protocol between European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and Directorate General of Migration Management" carried out in partnership with International Protection Department of our Directorate General and European Asylum Support Office, a consultation meeting on " Supporting the Decision Centres", which is one of the fundamental components of the Project, was held on 29-30 November 2018.
Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, Deputy Director General of Migration Management, Mr. M. Allama Siddiki, Ambassador of Bangladesh, and accompanying delagation came together.
Seminar on "International Protection Interviewing Techniques and Determining the Refugee Status" was held for Provincial Assistant Migration Experts.
Atilla TOROS, Director General of Migration Management, accepted the Ombudsman Mehmet ELKATMIŞ in his Office.
Mr. Luigi MATTIOLO, Ambassador of Italy, and accompanying committee paid a visit to Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, Deputy Director General of Migration Management.
A delegation headed by Mr. Abdullah Ayaz, Deputy Director General and Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey and his accompanying delegation met.
Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, Deputy Director General of Migration Management, met with the World Bank's Turkey Director of Infrastructure.
After intensive population movement recently caused by Syrians who wish to transit to the third countries illegally from İzmir, measures are increased.
Harmonization and Communication Meeting for Provincial Assistant Migration Experts was held by the Department of Harmonization and Communications of Directorate General of Migration Management in Ankara Gölbaşı Provincial Hall. Provincial Assistant Migration Experts from 81 Provincial Directorates attended to the meeting as communication coordination experts.
Conference on "Migration and Settlement Policies in the last periods of Ottoman Empire" was organized by Directorate General of Migration Management Training Department on 26 February 2015 in the Directorate General Central Conference Hall.
Our Directorate General performed a Media and Communication Workshop with the participation of the personnel of 81 Provincial Directorates of Migration Management in order to contribute to the effective communication with foreigners in our country and host community.
United Kingdom Border Force Director General Sir Charles MONTGOMERY visited Directorate General of Migration Management on 17 June 2015 together with a committee.
Prime Minister Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu made the opening speech of the summit.
Global Forum On Migration and Development (GFMD) was held on May 14-16 2014 in Stockholm.
"Meeting on Residence Permits of Foreigners in Turkey" was held on 9 February 2015 at the HiltonSA Hotel with participation of Mr. Atilla TOROS, Director General of Migration Management, Mr. Salih BIÇAK, Deputy Director General, Mr. Abdullah DEMİR, Head of International Affairs Department, Mr. Aydoğan ASAR, Head of Foreigners Department and Migration Assistant Experts along with foreign mission representatives in Turkey from 36 countries that are given the most residence permits in our country.
Migration Policies Board has gathered under the presidency of Mr. Suleyman SOYLU, Minister of Interior, for the fifth time to determine Turkey's Migration Policies and Strategies.
Opening Meeting of the Sessiz Destek – Support of a Development-sensitive and Coherent Turkish Migration Policy Framework Project was held.
Reform Action Group (RAG) Meeting was organized on 20 February 2015 in Ankara Palas hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Governor from 81 Provinces came together at the symposium.
Syrian National Mohammad SULAIMAN, 22, was found dead in a group of 27 apprehended while trying to escape to Greece illegally from Çeşme, İzmir.
Within the framework of Settlement Law, the process of placing Meskhetian Turks, who had lived in Ukraine, to Erzincan was conducted by the Directorate General of Migration Management.
Lawyers entrance exam results have been released.
In the workshop, the importance of cooperation with the state institutions and organizations for constitution of an active readmission system to implement the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement has been emphasized.
Syrians under temporary protection may query their Foreign Identification Numbers free of charge from our website.
Within the framework of Resettlement Law and Council of Ministers' decision numbered 7668 and dated 2015, the process of placing Meskhetian Turks in Turkey by Directorate General of Migration Management because of the internal disorder in Ukraine continued with further 175 Meskhetian Turks.
The training and workshop contributed to the enhancement of cooperation and awareness.
The picture of three-year-old Aylan KURDI's, who died along with 12 other people as the boat they were travelling in sank while trying to cross to Greece from Bodrum on 01.09.2015, made a tremendous impact on the whole world.
The report on the placement results carried out by Ankara 12th Notary on 10 June 2014 through Union of Turkish Public Notaries draw program.
Within the scope of the Project on "Supporting the Migration Management Works of Turkey" a workshop was performed.
A meeting on visa and residence permits of the foreigners who come to our country with the purpose of treatment was held in the Directorate General of Migration Management.
Documents required from those who were placed to Directorate General via KPSS 2014/1 placements by Assessment Selection and Placement Center.
Cooperation protocol between Directorate General of Migration Management and Justice Academy of Turkey was signed.
"International Consultation Workshop regarding the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement for Third Country Nationals and the Stateless Persons" was organized in Ankara Mövenpick Hotel on 24-25 March 2015.
İstanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration Management which became operational on 18 May 2015 has been going on expanding its field.
The Fourth International Ombudsman Symposium hosted by Ombudsman Institution took place in Ankara on 2-3 March 2017. On the second day of the symposium which was organized within the agenda of "Migration and Migrants", Mr. Süleyman SOYLU, our Minister, and Mr. Atilla TOROS, our Director General, participated as speakers.
Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the accompanying committee paid a visit to our Directorate General of Migration Management on 31 August 2016.
27th local media meeting, which was organized by Directorate General of Press and Information, took place in Directorate General of Migration Management with the "Syria and Humanitarian Diplomacy" theme.
During the tree-day workshop issues concerning migration data collection and their processing were addressed.
Volker TÜRK, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner, and the accompanying committee paid a visit to our Directorate General of Migration Management on 11 April 2016.
Within the Framework of the Project of "Supporting the National Institutions to Mitigate the Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis", carried out with the aim of expanding awareness for the prevention of sexual and gender based violence, 8 March International Women's Day was celebrated by the Provincial Directorates of Migration Management.
Training on "Support to Employee" was organized in the Conference Hall of Directorate General between the dates of 10-13 May 2016, by the Department of Education for the Psychologists, Sociologists and Social Workers who work in the central and provincial organizations.
Within the scope of "Project for Supporting the Development of National Harmonization Policy of Turkey" carried out in cooperation with the Directorate General of Migration Management and the International Organization for Migration, a workshop on informing services and lifelong education activities for foreigners living in our country was performed.
An informative meeting for the Provincial Directors of Migration Management was organized in order to inform the Provincial Directors about the provincial duties before the takeover.
Within the scope of the project "Supporting the Efforts of the Directorate General of Migration Management in the Development of the Capacities of the Removal Centres pursuant to International Human Rights Standards" conducted by our Directorate General, "Training for Strengthening Management Capacity" was organized.
On-the-job training for the personnel working in the removal centres was organized. 27 assistant experts of Provincial Directorate of Migration Management participated in the training which was organized by the Department of Training in İzmir on 27 February-3 March 2017.
International Labour Law numbered 6735 entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette numbered 29800 and dated 13 August 2016.
"Preparatory Training of Probationary Employees" has been achieved for provincial migration experts.
The Journal of Migration Studies is a peer-reviewed, academic journal published biannually (June and December) by Migration Research Center of Directorate General of Migration Management of Turkey, Training Department.
Atilla Toros and Migration Experts visited the Tent-Cities in Nusaybin and Midyat and paid an official visit to the Mardin Governorate.
The prize giving ceremony of Muyu painting contest themed as "My Migrant Friend" organized by the Directorate General of Migration Management was performed in Ankara.
The act of human trafficking in the form of exploitation of one person by another person deprives people of their fundamental rights and freedoms and confronts them with treatments which are incompatible with human dignity.
Human Rights Inquiry Committee of Grand National Assembly of Turkey performed a visit to YIMER (Foreigners Communication Centre) on 7 April 2016.
Muyu Knowledge Contest Game that we have prepared for the children who are between 8 and 14 years old has started.
Statistics, which are in the DGMM's field of duty, regarding the regular migration, irregular migration, international protection, subsidiary protection, foreign fighters, combating human trafficking and victims of human trafficking are extended and updated with the inclusion of 2014 data.
Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission's 75. Meeting was held in Brussels on 11 November 2014 hosted by EU Parliament.
Briefing, assesment and strategy planing conference has been held for the managers of Directorate of Migration Management.
Directorate General of Migration Management provided training in İzmir on 13-18 February 2017 for 44 personnel from central and provincial organizations and working in the field of international protection, within the scope of "Project of Supporting Development of Sustainable Asylum Capacity in Turkey" which was set up with the aim of enhancing the current asylum system in Turkey to process in a more sustainable and efficient way.
Issues regarding the duties and work field of İstanbul Provincial Migration Management under the Directorate General of Migration Management were on the agenda of the visit.
By-Law On Receptıon, Accommodation And Removal Centers Was Published In The Offıcıal Gazette.
Within the scope of the project "Support for the strengthening of the Capacity of the Removal Centers of the Directorate General of Migration Management within the framework of International Human Rights Standards" conducted by the Directorate General of Migration Management, a training on human rights and managing removal centres for directors of removal centres was held in Gaziantep on 20-21 July 2017.
Directorate General for Migration Management By-Law on Appointment and Placement was published in official gazette.
Directorate General of Migration Management is registering the foreigners entering into Turkey from Şanlıurfa/Akçakale.
Victims of human trafficking were ensured to return their home within the framework of voluntary and safe return program.
Directorate General of Migration Management Officials visited Palestinian wounded brought to our country for treatment.
International Migrants Day was celebrated with an event organized by the Directorate General of Migration Management.
Directorate General of Migration Management officials were informed about the Palestinian wounded treated in Atatürk Research Hospital, they visited patients and their relatives and sent their wishes for the wounded to get well soon.
Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, our Deputy Director General answered the questions of Anadolu News Agency interviewer on the occasion of 30 July World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
Senior officials of the relevant institutions attended the meeting which was held in Ministry of Interior.
Head of the ECHO Turkey Office paid a farewell visit to Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, Deputy Director General of Migration Management.
Circular on Readmission Agreement that will support Directorate General for Migration Management was published in the Official Gazette.
Conference on "Migration, Identity and Literature was organized on 29 May, Friday by Directorate General of Migration Management, Training Department, Migration Research Centre.
Directorate General of Migration Management paid a visit to Şırnak Province, Silopi District, Habur Border Gate on 19.08.2014 – 20.08.2014 in order to observe the process regarding the Yezidi asylum seekers in our country.
"Migration to Anatolia Conference" was organized in Ankara in cooperation with Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM) and Institute of Public Administration for Turkey and the Middle East (TODAIE) on 28-29 April 2016.
Migrants Day was celebrated in Ankara with the cooperation of Directorate General for Migration Management and International Organisation for Migration.
A conference on "Empathy and Communication with Migrants" was held by the Department of Education, Migration Research Centre in the conference hall of DGMM on 11 April 2016.
Turkey's determination on fight against human trafficking puts a mark on the event.
Interinstitutional consultation workshop was held within the scope of migrant informing activities.
Migration Studies Workshop was held in Ankara Rixos Hotel with the participation of more than 150 academicians/scientists working in the field of migration in several Turkish universities.
Migration and Health Training Program directed to Public Health Administrators was organized in Ankara on 20-21 November 2014.
On the date of 17-18 November 2016, the fifth group of Meskhetian Turks comprised of 99 Families/534 People was brought to Üzümlü, district of Erzincan province with the aim of settlement.
Provincial Migration Assistant Expert Candidates and their families are invited.
The quality of service provided for foreigners in need of international protection has being increased.
Registration procedure of Syrian refugees by the Directorate General of Migration Management gets national press coverage.
A meeting on "A New Period in Application for Residence Permit via Göç-Net" was organized.
Within the scope of the Project for Supporting Migration Policy Development in Turkey (MIND), a workshop was organized in order to determine the methodology of evidence-based policy development pilot process.
Workshop on "Developing Solution Offers to Access Health Services" was organized by International Protection Department.
he delegation from Tunisia visited our Directorate General.
A workshop on experience and consultation has being achieved regarding the acts and procedures carried out within the scope of the Project on Supporting the Works of Turkey's Migration Management.
The fourth of the Harmonization Meetings was held in Ankara.
Mr. Abdullah AYAZ, our Director General; Mr. Ramazan SEÇİLMİŞ, Head of Combating Irregular Migration; Mr. Harun BAŞIBÜYÜK, Head of International Protection Department, paid a visit to Iran in order to develop cooperation in the field of migration, discuss the situation of the Afghans and discuss the efforts to combat irregular migration.
2018 summer internship organized by the Department of Education ended on 3 October 2018.