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 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.
Organisation
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 affairs
Between 2011 and 2018, six Ministers were responsible for this department.