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6 MARCH 1995
Customs Union was
established within
the framework of the
Turkey-EU
Association Council
Decision No. 1/95.
6 DECEMBER
1995
Meral Gezgin Eriş
was appointed as
IKV Chairwoman.
12 13 DECEMBER
1997
Turkey suspended its political
dialogue with the EU in the
Luxembourg Summit in which
Turkey was not mentioned in
the list of ten candidate
countries. 4 NOVEMBER
1998
First Progress Report
on Turkey was
published by the
European
Commission.
1 MAY 1999
The Treaty of
Amsterdam:
Strengthening
decision-making
mechanism,
membership
criteria of
fundamental rights
and freedoms.
16 SEPTEMBER
1999
Romano Prodi
became the 10th
President of the
European
Commission.
11 12
DECEMBER
1999
Turkey’s
candidate
status was
o cially
recognized by
the EU in the
Helsinki
Summit.
26 MARCH
1995
Schengen
Agreement entered
into force.
21 MARCH
1997
A joint declaration
was published to
submit to the
Amsterdam Summit
in the rst meeting of
the Turkey-EU
National Consultative
Council convened by
IKV and Turkey-EU
Joint Parliamentary
Committee.