The Australian Institute of International Affairs was represented at the Turkey Think 20 on 13-15 June 2015. The event was co-organized by The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) with the support of Dokuz Eylul Technology Development Zone (DEPARK) and the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, from 13-14 June at the İzmir Commodity Exchange in Izmir and 15 June in Bodrum. Over 60 people from think-tanks, research institutions, and international organizations attended the Think 20 Turkey workshop.

In January 2015 the AIIA was ranked the top think tank in South East Asia and the Pacific in the annual Global Go To Think Tanks Index compiled by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. The AIIA has been involved in previous Think20 events.