TÜSİAD set up the “TÜSİAD Foreign Policy Award - Bosphorus Prize for European Understanding” to recognize activities aiming to overcome the political, economic, social and cultural obstacles that Turkey encounters in the course of its integration into the EU, and to reward individuals or institutions believed to have contributed to the development of cooperation, mutual understanding and common values between Turkey and the EU. The individuals or institutions deemed worthy of the award by the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD must be EU citizens or a public or private institution of an EU member country.
Recipients of TÜSİAD’s Foreign Policy Award:
- 2003
- Dr. Dietrich von KYAW, Former Ambassador of Germany to the European Union
- 2004
- Thierry de MONTBRIAL, President of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
- 2005
- Jack STRAW, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom
- 2006
- Günter VERHEUGEN, Vice President of the European Commission
- 2007
- Carl BILDT, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 2008
- Emma BONINO, Former Minister for International Trade of Italy and Vice President of the Senate
- 2009
- Dr. Frank-Walter STEINMEIER, Chairman of SPD Bundestag Group in the German Federal Parliament, Former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Affairs Minister of Germany
- 2010
- Dr. Arend OETKER, President of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), President of the Board of Directors of Arend Oetker Holding and Vice President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
- 2011
- Dr. Javier SOLANA, Former EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
- 2012
- Henri de Castries, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of AXA & Co-Chairman of Scientific Committee