Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union 24 May 2016. With formal accession talks between Turkey and the European Union beginning in the years 2004 and 2005, the role of Chief Negotiator was established to represent the Turkish delegation during the membership negotiations. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed Ali Babacan as the first Chief Negotiator on 17 January 2005, while the then-Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül became the president of the Turkish delegation. When the Ministry of European Union Affairs was established on 29 June 2011 before Erdoğan formed his third and final government, the Minister responsible for the new department began serving concurrently as the Chief
Roxana Zal Roxana Zal Roxana Zal (born November 8, 1969, Malibu, California) is an American actress. Zal was born and raised in Malibu, California, the daughter of Maureen and Hossein Zal, an Iranian-born Los Angeles investor. Her first acting role was a guest spot on "Hart to Hart" at age 12. She has had several other guest roles since then, the most recent being in the show "NCIS". She won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in the 1984 TV movie "Something About Amelia". She co-produced and starred in the 1998 independent film "Broken Vessels", and also played a main role