​On 11 December 2018, Dr Uno Silberg, member of the Kose municipality in Estonia visited Ankara as part of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) Working Group on Turkey which held its 21st meeting in the Turkish capital.

At the meeting, CoR members from across the EU discussed with their Turkish counterparts the state of play of EU-Turkey relations and its implications for local and regional authorities. The members also had an opportunity to learn more about the efforts Turkish local authorities are putting into hosting and integrating Syrian refugees in their communities.

The next meeting of the CoR Working Group on Turkey will take place in Brussels in June 2019.