“I am confident that at the end of the process, it will be a new, modern and reformed Turkey whose accession to the EU will be to the benefit of both the EU and Turkey,” Füle said in a statement released by his office prior to the visit.
The commissioner is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, chief EU negotiator Egemen Bağış and several deputies.
Füle is also set to have talks with civil-society organizations and members of business circles as part of his trip to Ankara and Istanbul.
An association agreement between Turkey and the EU was signed in 1963. A number of decisions by the European Council, as well as resolutions by the European Parliament, confirmed that Turkey would become a full member once it meets all requirements.
Turkey was granted candidate status by the Helsinki European Council Summit in 1999 and accession negotiations began in October 2005.
Source:hurriyetdailynews.com/
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