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
Turgut Alp Turgut Alp Turgut Alp was one of the early Gazis of the Ottoman Empire. He was also close friend of Ertuğrul Gazi and his son Osman Gazi. His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turgut Alp (Genci) Village. İnegöl,Turkey . The grave outside Ertugrul gazi turbesi is a honorary grace , not the real resting place. In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), a city was founded and named "Turgutalp" after him in the then Ottoman Empire by Muslim people from present day Bulgaria. The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan. In 1986, the