Event Held to Mark the 65th Anniversary of the Türkiye-Germany Labour Agreement

28 October 2026, Wednesday

An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).
An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).

Event Held to Mark the 65th Anniversary of the Türkiye-Germany Labour Agreement

An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).

An event entitled “National Interests, the Need for Skilled Labour and the Dynamics of Brain Drain” was organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the Labour Agreement signed between Türkiye and Germany on 30 October 1961, with the joint contributions of our Directorate General and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).

The programme commenced with opening remarks by Mustafa Bayburtlu, Deputy Secretary General of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB); Stefan Bredohl, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara; and Ali Aybey, Director General of Foreign Relations and EU.

Following the presentation entitled “From Guest Worker to Transnational Bridge: The 65th Anniversary of the Turkish-German Labour Agreement and Its Continuing Significance” by Prof. Dr M. Murat Erdoğan, Director of the Migration and Diaspora Research Centre at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Türkiye (TEPAV), the photo exhibitions “65 Years in Germany”, compiled by DiasporaTürk, and “Zuhause-Memleket”, compiled by the Government of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, were inaugurated.

As part of the event, two separate panel discussions were held under the titles “Perspectives of the Turkish and German Economies on the Need for Skilled Labour” and “From Brain Drain to Talent Circulation: New Models for Türkiye-Germany Cooperation”. During these panels, the skilled labour needs of both countries and new cooperation models concerning brain drain and talent circulation were discussed with the participation of academics, representatives of public institutions, and members of the business and trade communities, including Prof. Dr Hüseyin Bağcı from the Department of International Relations at Middle East Technical University (METU), Özlem Küpeli, Acting Head of the Labour Market and Statistics Department at the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR), Ali İhsan Güneş, Vice-President of the German-Turkish Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK), and Burkhardt Hellemann, Secretary General of the AHK.

The event concluded with an open forum, during which bureaucratic obstacles encountered in the migration of skilled labour to Germany, visa procedures and the recognition of professional qualifications were discussed, followed by closing remarks delivered by Stefanie Seedig, Head of the Economic Section at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in Ankara, and Atilla Ethem Zeybek, Head of the Department of Services for Citizens Abroad at our Directorate General.

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