Duties of Department of Foreign Relations

a) Carrying out communication and cooperation with other countries and organizations operating in the international arena and migration processes on matters related to the field of duty of the Presidency, ensuring necessary connections and coordination, and carrying out studies for new cooperation areas.

b) Ensuring the management of relations with the European Union on matters within the scope of the duties and activities of the Presidency,

c) Carrying out the procedures related to the temporary assignments of the Presidency's personnel abroad, 

ç) Scheduling the visits of foreign committees and officials related to the Presidency's field of duty, working on organizing international meeting, conference, seminar and similar activities, ensuring coordination with the units of the Presidency,

d) Ensuring the payment of membership fees and participation shares of international organizations operating in the field of migration and migration processes.

e) Carrying out the works and processes coordinately with Office of Private Secretary such as abroad visits to be made by the President and Deputy President, visits to the Presidency from abroad, international meetings involving the Presidency, creating correspondence, agenda, committee list and preparing the speech text regarding interview requests to President and Deputy President by representatives of foreign countries,

f) Carrying out the welcoming and farewell arrangements for foreign committees visiting the Presidency, and preparing annotation notes and country files regarding these committees, and carrying out works and transactions related to invitations, letter of thanks,  congratulatory,  condolences, and similar matters to be written on behalf of the President, in cooperation with the relevant units of the Presidency,

g) Presenting cooperation and visit requests from foreign countries, international organizations, and foreign non-governmental organizations that concern the Presidency to the President, and carrying out necessary tasks and transactions,

ğ) Ensuring that translation and hosting services are performed at the visits to be made to the Presidency,

h) Translating or coordinating the translation of text, agreement and protocol, report, annotation and similar written texts coming from the President, Deputy Presidents and Units,

ı) Monitoring the activities and developments in foreign countries and international organizations on on matters within the scope of the duty of the Presidency,

i) Carrying out contacts with officials working on migration issues at diplomatic missions in Türkiye,

j) Ensuring the coordination at the works and transactions towards Internal Affairs Offices in our agencies abroad on the matters within the scope of the duty of the Presidency, 

k) Ensuring the coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the planning and realization of activities such as meetings, conferences, study visits, appointment requests, seminars and workshops on the matters within the scope of the duty of the Presidency, 

l) Ensuring the coordination of works and transactions related to international texts and other international legislation in line with the opinions received from other units on the matters within the scope of the duty of the Presidency, 

m) Requesting the regular in-service training planning from the relevant Department or organizing when necessary, for the training of the personnel working in the unit and increasing the efficiency, and informing the relevant Department of all the training activities to be organized,

n) Examining the audit and inspection reports regarding the unit and provincial organization and carrying out the necessary works for the elimination of the flaws and deficiencies,

o) Developing projects on subjects concerning the unit and submitting them to the Directorate General of Harmonization and Communication and implementing the approved projects,

ö) Gathering data, information and documents related to unit's field of duty, and sending the statistical ones to the Directorate General of Harmonization and Communication,

p) Making administrative regulations related to the unit's field of duty,

r) Informing Directorate General of Management Services of the unit's opinions regarding the legislation and protocol drafts prepared by the Presidency or received from other institutions,

s) Preparing the unit's budget according to strategic plan and annual objectives and monitoring and evaluating the compliance of the unit's activities with them,

ş) Preparing the annual administrative activity report of the unit,

t) Informing the Directorate General of Management Services about the opinions of the units on the draft strategic plans and documents prepared by the Presidency or received from other institutions,

u) Informing Directorate General of Management Services the unit's opinions on the basis of answering the parliamentary questions submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye on the matters related to the unit's field of duty,

ü) Informing Directorate General of Management Services the unit's opinions on the basis of answering the CIMER applications according to the law number 4982 related to the unit's field of duty,

v) Evaluating and responding to the applications made according to the Law No. 3071 related to the field of its duty,

y) Carrying out the necessary work and transactions within the framework of the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Collection of Public Losses for determining, identifying, evaluating, and monitoring the public damage arising from the operations of the unit,

z) Carrying out the unit's notification and embezzlement processes along with document admission, registration, transfer, outflow, archive and filing processes,

aa) Performing other duties given by the President.