Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

, the Directorate for EU Affairs ( tr, Avrupa Birliği Başkanlığı) is a government agency affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was founded in 2018, following the formation of the new government and after the dissolution of the now-defunct

Ministry of European Union Affairs 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 ...

. The directorate is responsible for the accession process between the Republic of Turkey and the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

. Deputy minister of foreign affairs, Faruk Kaymakcı, has been serving as the agency's president since 2018.

List of presidents

References

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