On 7 October 2021, the Anti-Trafficking Division of the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Directorate General of Migration Management of Turkey, organised a round-table meeting in Ankara to discuss progress made in the implementation of the first report of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) on Turkey and the related Committee of the Parties recommendation to the Turkish authorities.

The meeting brought together some 60 representatives of relevant ministries, public agencies, intergovernmental organisations and civil society. Participants discussed progress and remaining challenges in the field of prevention, identification and assistance provided to victims of human trafficking, the criminal justice response to human trafficking, and co-ordination of anti-trafficking action.

Turkey is expected to report to the Committee of the Parties to the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings on measures taken to comply with the recommendations by 18 October 2021.