Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee


The Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee is established on the basis of the European Parliament’s resolution of 14 May 1965 and the resolutions of the Turkish National Assembly and the Turkish Senate, adopted respectively on 22 June and 14 July 1965, and on the basis of the decision of the European Economic Community-Turkey Association Council of 27 July 1965.

General information

The task of the Committee shall be to consider issues related to Turkey's accession process. Within this context, the Committee is entrusted to follow, analyse and evaluate issues related to all existing bilateral arrangements between Turkey and the EU starting with the Association Agreement signed in Ankara on 12 September 1963 between Turkey and the EEC, the decisions of the Association Council as well as the accession negotiations which started on 3 October 2005 at the Turkey-EU Intergovernmental Accession Conference. Furthermore, the Committee is entrusted with strengthening the relations between the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the European Parliament.
The Committee may also consider all issues within the context of the Turkey-EU relations in accordance with the mandate given by the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the European Parliament.

Organization of the JPC

The Committee shall be composed, in equal numbers, of members appointed by the European Parliament and members appointed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The Bureau of the Committee shall be composed of the Chairperson of the delegation of the European Parliament, the Chairperson of the delegation of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and several Vice-Chairpersons of each delegation.

Sessions of the JPC

The Committee shall, in principle, meet three times a year. It shall be convened by the Chairperson-in-office, after consulting the other Chairperson. The notice of the meeting shall include a draft agenda drawn up by the Bureau and shall normally be sent to members a fortnight in advance'. In principle, sessions shall be held by turns in Turkey and in one of the workplaces of the European Parliament.
Meetings of the Committee will be held in public unless the Committee decides otherwise. Members of the Association Council, Members of the European Commission and of the Council of the European Union, and Members of the Government of Turkey as well as any person may, by decision of the Bureau, be invited to attend and speak at a meeting.
The official languages of the Committee shall be the official languages of the European Parliament and the Turkish.

Members of the delegation of the Turkish Grand National Assembly

MemberPolitical partyConstituency area
:tr:Afif Demirk%C4%B1ran|Afif DEMİRKIRAN Justice and Development Party Siirt
:tr:Ali Şahin|Ali ŞAHİN Justice and Development Party Gaziantep
Şafak PAVEY Republican People's Party İstanbul
Nazmi Haluk ÖZDALGAJustice and Development Party Ankara
Sevim SAVAŞERJustice and Development Party İstanbul
Pelin Gündeş BAKIRJustice and Development Party Kayseri
Halide İNCEKARAJustice and Development Party İstanbul
Mehmet Sayım TEKELİOĞLUJustice and Development Party İzmir
:tr:Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m Mehmet Ramazano%C4%9Flu|Yıldırım Mehmet RAMAZANOĞLUJustice and Development Party Kahramanmaraş
Cem ZORLUJustice and Development Party Konya
Çiğdem Münevver ÖKTENJustice and Development Party Mersin
Faruk IŞIKJustice and Development Party Muğla
Ebu Bekir GİZLİGİDERJustice and Development Party Nevşehir
:tr:Mesude Nursuna Memecan|Mesude Nursuna MEMECANJustice and Development Party -
Şükrü AYALANJustice and Development Party Tokat
Ercan CANDANJustice and Development Party Şanlıurfa
Aylin NAZLIAKARepublican People's Party Ankara
Aykan ERDEMİRRepublican People's Party Bursa
Ayşe Eser DANIŞOĞLURepublican People's Party İstanbul
Umut ORANRepublican People's Party İstanbul
Oğuz OYANRepublican People's Party İzmir
:tr:Zühal Topçu|Zühal TOPÇUNationalist Movement Party Ankara
Ahmet Kenan TANRIKULUNationalist Movement Party İzmir
Lütfü TÜRKKANNationalist Movement Party Kocaeli
Nazmi GÜRPeace and Democracy Party Van

Members of the delegation of the European Parliament

MemberPolitical groupCountry
Hélène FLAUTRE The Greens–European Free Alliance France
Maria Eleni KOPPA Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Greece
:pl:Georgios Koumoutsakos|Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS European People's Party Greece
Philippe BOULLANDEuropean People's Party France
Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDTEuropean People's Party Sweden
Andrew DUFFAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe United Kingdom
James ELLESEuropean Conservatives and Reformists United Kingdom
İsmail ERTUĞProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Germany
Takis HADJIGEORGIOUEuropean United Left–Nordic Green Left Cyprus
Richard HOWITTProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats United Kingdom
Sophia in 't VELDAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Netherlands
Cătălin Sorin IVANProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Romania
Liisa JAAKONSAARIProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Finland
Metin KAZAKAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Bulgaria
Franziska KELLERThe Greens–European Free Alliance Germany
Barbara MATERAEuropean People's Party Italy
Morten MESSERSCHMIDTEurope of Freedom and Democracy Denmark
Antigoni PAPADOPOULOUProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Cyprus
Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAMEuropean People's Party Germany
Renate SOMMEREuropean People's Party Germany
Laurence J.A.J. STASSEN-Netherlands
Eleni THEOCHAROUSEuropean People's Party Cyprus
Marianne THYSSENEuropean People's Party Belgium
Jarosław Leszek WAŁĘSAEuropean People's Party Poland
Jan ZAHRADILEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Czech Republic

The secretariat of the Committee

The secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by and of the European Parliament.