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9 MAY 1950
Schuman
Declaration: The
rst proposal of the
idea of the EU
presented by
Foreign Minister of
France Robert
Schuman.
12 SEPTEMBER
1963
Ankara Agreement
was signed between
Turkey and the EEC.
18 APRIL 1951
The Treaty
establishing the
European Coal and
Steel Community
was signed in Paris:
West Germany,
France, Italy,
Holland, Belgium
and Luxembourg.
26 NOVEMBER
1965
IKV was established with
the name of “Economic
Development Facility” by
ITO Chairman Behçet
Osmanağaoğlu and ISO
Chairman Fazıl Zobu.
31 JULY 1959
Turkey applied for
associate membership
of the EEC.
25 MARCH 1957
The Treaty of Rome
establishing
European Economic
Community (EEC) and
European Atomic
Energy Community
was signed.
JULY 1966
IKV o cially went
into operation.
Turkey’s rst and
oldest library for
EU studies was
established.
1967
IKV’s rst brochure:
“Common Market and
Turkey”
“Economic Development
Facility is ready to inform
industrialists and traders
on development,
industrialization and
Common Market issues.”
1950
1960