Ministry of European Union Affairs (Turkey)

Ministry of European Union Affairs
*Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı*
Agency overview
Formed	June 29, 2011; 13 years ago
Preceding agency	General Secretariat of the European Union; Ankara;
	Ankara;
Jurisdiction	Government of Turkey
Headquarters	Mustafa Kemal District; 2082nd Street; No: 4 06510; Bilkent
Annual budget	₺291,238,000 (2015)
Minister responsible	Volkan Bozkır, Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator; Ankara;
Deputy Minister responsible	Ankara;
Agency executives	Alaattin Büyükkaya, Deputy Minister; Rauf Engin Sosyal, Undersecretary;
Child agency	Ankara;
Key document	Ankara;
Website	www.abgs.gov.tr

The Ministry of European Union Affairs (Turkish: Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı ) is 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, the ministry has been headed by three ministers in the past, namely Egemen Bağış (2011–2013), Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2013–2014) and the incumbent Volkan Bozkır since 29 August 2014.^[2]

The Ministry is 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 serves as the Chief Negotiator during the accession process.

Organisation

The Ministry of European Union Affairs operates the following 16 directorates:^[3]

Directorate	Administration
Directorate	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

References

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[1] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20150305101046/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/27371830.asp

[4] ttp://www.abgs.gov.tr/index.php?p=1&l=2

[5] ttp://www.abgs.gov.tr/index.php?p=43126&l=2

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