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4 JULY 2000
The Secretariat
General for EU
A airs was founded
by the Turkish Prime
Ministry (Law No.
4587).
7 OCTOBER
2002
The second meeting of
the Turkey Platform
was held in Istanbul.
The common
declaration of the
Platform to the EU
was prepared
containing the
message “Turkey
proved her
decisiveness. It is now
EU’s turn”.
27 NOVEMBER
2002
The second
declaration of the
Turkey Platform was
submitted to
Brussels.
12 MARCH
2003
Davut Ökütçü was
appointed as IKV
Chairman.
19 APRIL
2003
EU Harmonisation
Commission in the
Grand National
Assembly of
Turkey was
established.
1 MAY 2004
The most
comprehensive
enlargement
process of the EU:
Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta,
the Greek Cypriot
Administration of
Southern Cyprus,
Poland, Czech
Republic,
Slovenia, Slovakia
joined the Union.
2004
IKV’s “The E ects
of the Horizontal
Application of the
EU Acquis Upon
Leading Turkish
Sectors” Project
was chosen as the
most in uential
project funded by
an EU
programme.
24 MARCH
2001
The rst Accession
Partnership
Document for Turkey
was adopted by the
European Council.
5 JUNE 2002
Turkey Platform:
TOBB and IKV
organized the rst
“Turkey Platform”.
The rst common
declaration was
prepared echoing
the message
“Turkey’s place is in
the EU. We have no
time to lose”.
2000