Embracing Europe and Africa on Europe Day

We celebrated "Europe Day" at Bahçeşehir University on 9 May. This year's theme of Europe Day, held in partnership with the Department of EU Relations, the BAU Istanbul EU Information Center and the International Organization for Migration, was irregular migration , one of the issues that has attracted the most attention in the European Union over the last 10 years.

In addition to celebrating Europe Day, the event emphasized that "no one leaves the land where they were born and raised, or their loved ones, for adventure or fun," and, with the participation of regular and irregular migrant artists living in Türkiye, showed that migration is a source of richness.

Africa, the source of the largest irregular migration flow to Europe, left its mark on the Europe Day events. On a Europe Day enriched by concerts and dance performances by African artists, we celebrated both Europe and Africa.