On 23-03-2018 an international conference with the theme “Turkish-German relations within the framework of the European Union” was held at the hotel “Robinson Club” in Belek / Serik. Prof. dr. Dr. Ramazan Çalik, mayor of Serik / Antalya, gave a speech on this subject and everything was led by Dr. Latif Çelik, IKG Director of the institute (IKG: Institute for interdisciplinary research on conflicts and violence, a research group at the University of Bielefeld). The delegation from Germany including the former EU commissioner Prof. dr. Günter Verheugen, also Professor at the University of Würzburg, someone with an excellent knowledge of European politics, made this conference a very important meeting for German Turkish relations at the top.