Directorate for EU Affairs

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Directorate for EU Affairs
Avrupa Birliği Başkanlığı
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Agency overview
Formed2018
Preceding agency
HeadquartersMustafa Kemal Mah. 2082 Cad. No:5 Çankaya / Ankara
Agency executive
  • , President
Parent agencyMinistry of Foreign Affairs
Websiteab.gov.tr

In Turkey, the Directorate for EU Affairs (Turkish: 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 directorate is responsible for the accession process between the Republic of Turkey and the European Union. Deputy minister of foreign affairs, , has been serving as the agency's president since 2018.[1]

List of presidents[]

No. Name Tenure Age
1
2018- (1968-03-21) 21 March 1968 (age 53)

References[]

  1. ^ "Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı ve AB Başkanı Faruk KAYMAKCI". ab.gov.tr. Retrieved 21 March 2021.


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