On 15 February 2019, Titia Coppes and Catelijne Boshouwers, board members of the Dutch International Child Abduction Lawyers (DIAL) convened a lunch meeting with child abduction lawyer and founder of the Turkish International Child Abduction Platform (TICAP): mr. Bariş Kaşka. We discussed the implementation of The Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980 by the courts in Turkey, the establishment of a central court (which is not the case at the moment), the knowledge and awareness of the Convention amongst Turkish family lawyers and the use of (cross border) mediation in cases of child abduction and international custody matters. A very interesting and nice meeting!