Mission of the Delegation

It is the channel for day-to-day relations between the Commission and Turkey, and reports to Brussels on the latest political, economic and commercial developments. It monitors and reports to Brussels political and economic developments related to Turkey's reform process related to the EU acquis and short- and medium-term priorities under the accession partnership.

The Delegation also actively supports Turkey’s accession and negotiation process by direct involvement in the preparatory and follow-up stages of the process.

It also gives support to the establishment and development of the full operational capacity of the structures required for the management of EU-funded pre-accession assistance. The Delegation in Turkey contributes to the programming of financial cooperation between the EU and Turkey. It ensures the management of deconcentrated programmes and projects and supervises their efficiency in the pre-accession process.

The European Commission Delegation to Turkey also supports activities to inform the Turkish citizens about the European Union and to increase the visibility, awareness and understanding of the EU, its values and interests.

The Delegation contributes at the technical level to the dialogue between the EC and Turkey in different sub-committees, meetings, etc. The tasks include regular dialogue with policymakers, opinion leaders and experts on both the government and NGO level in the acquis sectors, as well as with the technical services of the Commission.