During first semester IPWG adopted the methadology of making presentations and conducting discussions in its thematic meetings. Following discussion about EU Progress Report, IPWG scheduled its meetings in pursuance of montly calendars and started with the subject of “II. World War and Turkey”. As an important turning point, II. World War shaped our contemporary world and influenced Turkey’s post-1945 policies. 

In first montly calendar, IPWG talked about EU and Turkey. After discussing the structure and history of European Union, meetings followed as historic and contemporary relations between EU and Turkey;  recent events in the Cyprus problem, Annan Plan, EU and Turkey. The last meeting of the semester, as an important issue on the agenda, was held about the death of Benazir Buttho and Pakistan.