# Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee

The Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is established on the basis of the European Parliament’s resolution of 14 May 1965 and the resolutions of the Turkish National Assembly and the Turkish Senate, adopted respectively on 22 June and 14 July 1965, and on the basis of the decision of the European Economic Community-Turkey Association Council of 27 July 1965.

## General information

The task of the Committee shall be to consider issues related to Turkey's accession process. Within this context, the Committee is entrusted to follow, analyse and evaluate issues related to all existing bilateral arrangements between Turkey and the EU starting with the Association Agreement signed in Ankara on 12 September 1963 between Turkey and the EEC, the decisions of the Association Council as well as the accession negotiations which started on 3 October 2005 at the Turkey-EU Intergovernmental Accession Conference. Furthermore, the Committee is entrusted with strengthening the relations between the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the European Parliament.
The Committee may also consider all issues within the context of the Turkey-EU relations in accordance with the mandate given by the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the European Parliament.

## Organization of the JPC

The Committee shall be composed, in equal numbers, of members appointed by the European Parliament and members appointed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The Bureau of the Committee shall be composed of the Chairperson of the delegation of the European Parliament, the Chairperson of the delegation of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and several Vice-Chairpersons of each delegation.

## Sessions of the JPC

The Committee shall, in principle, meet three times a year. It shall be convened by the Chairperson-in-office, after consulting the other Chairperson. The notice of the meeting shall include a draft agenda drawn up by the Bureau and shall normally be sent to members a fortnight in advance'. In principle, sessions shall be held by turns in Turkey and in one of the workplaces of the European Parliament.
Meetings of the Committee will be held in public unless the Committee decides otherwise. Members of the Association Council, Members of the European Commission and of the Council of the European Union, and Members of the Government of Turkey as well as any person may, by decision of the Bureau, be invited to attend and speak at a meeting.
The official languages of the Committee shall be the official languages of the European Parliament and the Turkish.

## Members of the delegation of the Turkish Grand National Assembly

| Member | Political party | Constituency area |
| Afif DEMİRKIRAN (President) | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Siirt |
| Ali ŞAHİN (Vice-president) | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Gaziantep |
| Şafak PAVEY (Vice-president) | Republican People's Party (CHP) | Istanbul |
| Nazmi Haluk ÖZDALGA | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Ankara |
| Sevim SAVAŞER | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Istanbul |
| Pelin Gündeş BAKIR | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Kayseri |
| Halide İNCEKARA | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Istanbul |
| Mehmet Sayım TEKELİOĞLU | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | İzmir |
| Yıldırım Mehmet RAMAZANOĞLU | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Kahramanmaraş |
| Cem ZORLU | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Konya |
| Çiğdem Münevver ÖKTEN | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Mersin |
| Faruk IŞIK | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Muğla |
| Ebu Bekir GİZLİGİDER | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Nevşehir |
| Mesude Nursuna MEMECAN | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Şükrü AYALAN | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Tokat |
| Ercan CANDAN | Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Şanlıurfa |
| Aylin NAZLIAKA | Republican People's Party (CHP) | Ankara |
| Aykan ERDEMİR | Republican People's Party (CHP) | Bursa |
| Ayşe Eser DANIŞOĞLU | Republican People's Party (CHP) | Istanbul |
| Umut ORAN | Republican People's Party (CHP) | Istanbul |
| Oğuz OYAN | Republican People's Party (CHP) | İzmir |
| Zühal TOPÇU | Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) | Ankara |
| Ahmet Kenan TANRIKULU | Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) | İzmir |
| Lütfü TÜRKKAN | Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) | Kocaeli |
| Nazmi GÜR | Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) | Van |

## Members of the delegation of the European Parliament

| Member | Political group | Country |
| Hélène FLAUTRE (President) | The Greens–European Free Alliance (EFA/G) | France |
| Maria Eleni KOPPA (Vice-president) | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | Greece |
| Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS (Vice-president) | European People's Party (EPP) | Greece |
| Philippe BOULLAND | European People's Party (EPP) | France |
| Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT | European People's Party (EPP) | Sweden |
| Andrew DUFF | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) | United Kingdom |
| James ELLES | European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) | United Kingdom |
| İsmail ERTUĞ | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | Germany |
| Takis HADJIGEORGIOU | European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) | Cyprus |
| Richard HOWITT | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | United Kingdom |
| Sophia in 't VELD | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) | Netherlands |
| Cătălin Sorin IVAN | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | Romania |
| Liisa JAAKONSAARI | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | Finland |
| Metin KAZAK | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) | Bulgaria |
| Franziska KELLER | The Greens–European Free Alliance (EFA/G) | Germany |
| Barbara MATERA | European People's Party (EPP) | Italy |
| Morten MESSERSCHMIDT | Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) | Denmark |
| Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) | Cyprus |
| Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM | European People's Party (EPP) | Germany |
| Renate SOMMER | European People's Party (EPP) | Germany |
| Laurence J.A.J. STASSEN | - | Netherlands |
| Eleni THEOCHAROUS | European People's Party (EPP) | Cyprus |
| Marianne THYSSEN | European People's Party (EPP) | Belgium |
| Jarosław Leszek WAŁĘSA | European People's Party (EPP) | Poland |
| Jan ZAHRADIL | European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) | Czech Republic |

## The secretariat of the Committee

The secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the secretariat of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and of the European Parliament.