The Ministry of European Union Affairs (Turkish: Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı ) was a ministry of the Turkish government responsible for the accession process between the Republic of Turkey and the European Union. Formed on June 29, 2011 after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won a third term in the 2011 general election. The Ministry was responsible for co-ordinating negotiations and accession projects throughout the 81 Provinces of Turkey in order to develop relations between Turkey and the European Union. The minister responsible concurrently served as the chief negotiator during the accession process. The Minister concurrently served as the chief negotiator during accession talks with the EU.
Following the declaration of the new government after the presidential election in 2018, the ministry was dissolved, and it was replaced by the Directorate for EU Affairs, a sub-unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Organisationedit
The Ministry of European Union Affairs operated the following 16 directorates in 2015:[4]
Directorate
Administration
Management
Position
Directorate for Political Affairs
Ege Erkoçak
Director
Directorate for Accession Policy
Elif Kurşunlu
Director
Directorate of Sectoral Policies
Aylin Çağlayan Özcan
Director
Directorate of Social, Regional and Innovative Policies
Kayhan Özüm
Director
Directorate of Economic and Financial Policies
Aylin Sakızlıoğlu
Director
Directorate of Single Market and Competition
Lale Çelik
Director
Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries
Gökhan Aralan
Director
Directorate of Financial Cooperation
Beyza Turan
Director
Directorate of Civil Society, Communication and Culture
Anıl Turpçu
Director
Directorate of Project Implementation
Bülent Özcan
Director
Directorate of European Union Law
Özlen Üstün Kavalalı
Director
Directorate of Translation Coordination
İlksen Hilâl Tanrıkurt
Director
Directorate of Training and Institution Building
Osman Düzel
Director
Directorate of Research and Documentation
Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu
Director
Directorate of Administrative Services
Mehmet Nuri Erikel İhsan Kaan Erkman Mustafa Yılmaz
Director Head of Department Head of Department
Department of Strategic Development
Bengül Gökcan
Head of Department
List of ministers of European Union affairsedit
Between 2011 and 2018, six Ministers were responsible for this department.
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January 01, 1970
ministry, european, union, affairs, turkey, ministry, european, union, affairs, turkish, avrupa, birliği, bakanlığı, ministry, turkish, government, responsible, accession, process, between, republic, turkey, european, union, formed, june, 2011, after, prime, m. The Ministry of European Union Affairs Turkish Avrupa Birligi Bakanligi was a ministry of the Turkish government responsible for the accession process between the Republic of Turkey and the European Union Formed on June 29 2011 after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a third term in the 2011 general election The Ministry was responsible for co ordinating negotiations and accession projects throughout the 81 Provinces of Turkey in order to develop relations between Turkey and the European Union The minister responsible concurrently served as the chief negotiator during the accession process The Minister concurrently served as the chief negotiator during accession talks with the EU Ministry of European Union AffairsAvrupa Birligi BakanligiEntrance to the headquartersAgency overviewFormedJune 29 2011 2011 06 29 Preceding agencyGeneral Secretariat of the European UnionDissolvedJuly 10 2018Superseding agencyDirectorate for EU AffairsJurisdictionGovernment of TurkeyAnnual budget 291 238 000 2015 1 Websitewww ab gov tr Contents 1 History 2 Organisation 3 List of ministers of European Union affairs 4 ReferencesHistory editThe ministry was established after the governing Justice and Development Party won a third term in the general election of 2011 in time for the 61st government of Turkey Previously European Union negotiations were handled by the Minister of Foreign Affairs 2 The ministry has been headed by six ministers in the past namely Egemen Bagis 2011 2013 Mevlut Cavusoglu 2013 2014 Volkan Bozkir 2014 August 2015 and again from November 2015 2016 Ali Haydar Konca August September 2015 Beril Dedeoglu September November 2015 and Omer Celik in office from 24 May 2016 onwards 3 Following the declaration of the new government after the presidential election in 2018 the ministry was dissolved and it was replaced by the Directorate for EU Affairs a sub unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Organisation editThe Ministry of European Union Affairs operated the following 16 directorates in 2015 4 Directorate Administration Management Position Directorate for Political Affairs Ege Erkocak Director Directorate for Accession Policy Elif Kursunlu Director Directorate of Sectoral Policies Aylin Caglayan Ozcan Director Directorate of Social Regional and Innovative Policies Kayhan Ozum Director Directorate of Economic and Financial Policies Aylin Sakizlioglu Director Directorate of Single Market and Competition Lale Celik Director Directorate of Agriculture and Fisheries Gokhan Aralan Director Directorate of Financial Cooperation Beyza Turan Director Directorate of Civil Society Communication and Culture Anil Turpcu Director Directorate of Project Implementation Bulent Ozcan Director Directorate of European Union Law Ozlen Ustun Kavalali Director Directorate of Translation Coordination Ilksen Hilal Tanrikurt Director Directorate of Training and Institution Building Osman Duzel Director Directorate of Research and Documentation Selcuk Bayraktaroglu Director Directorate of Administrative Services Mehmet Nuri ErikelIhsan Kaan ErkmanMustafa Yilmaz DirectorHead of DepartmentHead of Department Department of Strategic Development Bengul Gokcan Head of DepartmentList of ministers of European Union affairs editBetween 2011 and 2018 six Ministers were responsible for this department Image Minister Term start Term end Party Government 1 nbsp Egemen Bagis 1970 29 June 2011 25 December 2013 Justice and Development Party 61st 2 nbsp Mevlut Cavusoglu 1968 25 December 2013 29 August 2014 Justice and Development Party 3 nbsp Volkan Bozkir 1950 29 August 2014 28 August 2015 Justice and Development Party 62nd 4 Ali Haydar Konca 1950 28 August 2015 22 September 2015 Peoples Democratic Party 63rd 5 nbsp Beril Dedeoglu 1961 2019 22 September 2015 17 November 2015 Independent 3 nbsp Volkan Bozkir 1950 24 November 2015 24 May 2016 Justice and Development Party 64th 6 nbsp Omer Celik 1968 24 May 2016 9 July 2018 Justice and Development Party 65thReferences edit Butcede aslan payini Maliye Bakanligi aldi Archived from the original on 2015 03 05 Avrupa Birligi Bakanligi kuruldu Ekonomi Haberleri Zaman Gazetesi Archived from the original on 2015 07 22 Retrieved 2015 07 22 MINISTRY FOR EU AFFAIRS Republic of Turkey Archived from the original on 2015 07 06 Retrieved 2016 10 22 Ministry for Eu Affairs Archived from the original on 2015 03 27 Retrieved 2015 03 23 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ministry of European Union Affairs Turkey amp oldid 1193862475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
