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17 APRIL
2007
Turkey adopted
its
“Programme
for Alignment
with the EU
Acquis
2007-2013”.
11 JULY 2007
The rst meeting of IKV’s
“Window to Turkey” Project was
held in Brussels. The programme
then named as “Window to EU”.
2008
“EP-Turkish Civil
Society Dialogue”
Meetings were
held between IKV
and Members of
the EP, upon IKV’s
initiative.
FEBRUARY
2008
IKV’s “ABC Project”
training on EU
accession process
was launched and
were given to
approximately 130
teachers.
2009
IKV’s Visa Hotline
Project launched
with the support of
TOBB and the
European Citizen
Action Service.
27 MAY 2007
The project of strengthening
impact analysis capacity of
the Turkish business
community within the
framework of Turkey’s EU
negotiations process was
launched by EU Chief
Negotiator and Minister of
State Ali Babacan.
DECEMBER 2007
IKV, on behalf of the
Turkish civil society,
submitted a declaration
to the European Council
to protest the
withdrawal of the term
“accession” from the
Council conclusions.
1 DECEMBER 2009
From the three pillar
structure to a “single legal
structure”;
The Treaty of Lisbon
: A
more e cient, transparent
and democratic EU.
Chapters that were opened to negotiations between March-December 2007:
“Enterprise and Industrial Policy” (29 March 2007)
“Statistics” and “Financial Control” (26 June 2007)
“Consumer and Health Protection” and “Trans-European Networks” (19 December 2007)
Chapters that were opened to
negotiations between June-December 2009:
“Taxation” (30 June 2009)
“Environment” (21 December 2009)
Chapters that were opened to negotiations
between June-December 2008:
“Company Law” and “Intellectual Property Law” (17 June 2008)
“Free Movement of Capital” and
“Information Society and Media” (18 December 2008)