SESRIC attended the Roundtable Discussion on the Current Crisis in Sudan, hosted by the Africa Foundation on 12 January 2026.

H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK held a bilateral meeting with the newly appointed Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8), H.E. Ambassador Sohail MAHMOOD, during which she conveyed her best wishes for success in his new role. Amb. MAHMOOD assumed office as Secretary-General of the D-8 Secretariat on 1 January 2026.

SESRIC and Ibn Haldun University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara to strengthen their cooperation efforts.

H.E. Moustapha Sokhna DIOP, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal to the Republic of Türkiye, paid a courtesy visit to H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK at the Centre’s Headquarters in Ankara.

SESRIC participated in the Palestine Cultural Day, organised by the Women, Family and Youth Centre (KAGEM) of Türkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) on 8 January 2026 in Ankara.

The 49^th Meeting of the Board of Directors of SESRIC was held on 7 January 2026 at the SESRIC Headquarters in Ankara, with the participation of all Board members from Gabonese Republic, Republic of The Gambia, Republic of Guinea, Republic of Indonesia, State of Kuwait, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, State of Palestine, Republic of Somalia and Republic of Türkiye.

SESRIC successfully organised a workshop on “Advancing Entrepreneurship in Rural Tourism” on 6-7 January 2025 via an online video conferencing platform. The event was held in line with the resolutions of the 12th Session of the Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers (ICTM), which designated Cairo as “OIC City of Tourism for 2026,” and within the framework of SESRIC’s Tourism Capacity Building Programme (Tourism-CaB).