On November 29, 2024, the Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University, Stiftung Mercator Initiative, and SU Gender jointly organized an event titled "Istanbul Convention: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" The event began with a speech by Feride Acar titled "Once Upon a Time…: The Istanbul Convention and Turkey." Following Acar's speech, the panel titled "Looking at the Future after the Istanbul Convention" was attended by Gökçeçiçek Ayata from Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Law Research Center, Perihan Meşeli from Mor Çatı Women's Shelter Foundation, and Gökçesu Özgül from SU Gender. The event, held at Minerva Han, addressed the discussions that began with Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in 2021 and the concrete effects of this decision in the past and future.