The “Legislative Structure Planning for Marine Protected Area Designation Workshop” was held in Ankara on 9 October 2026, hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, under the EU-funded “Restoring Marine Ecosystem Connectivity in South West Türkiye with a Network of Marine Protected Areas Boosting Climate Change Resilience Project” (DEG Türkiye).

The workshop brought together representatives of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Presidency’s Strategy and Budget Office, the Climate Change Presidency and the Coast Guard Command, alongside the project team and experts.

Participants reviewed existing legislation and practices governing marine protected area designation, scientific and socioeconomic data needs, and good practices from the EU and other international contexts.