Minister of European Union Affairs

Egemen Bağış, Turkey's former minister for EU affairs and later a chief negotiator for EU accession, will be appointed as the country's ambassador to Prague, a Turkish official has told Hürriyet Daily News. Bağış was a close aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when he was prime minister. 

Turkey's EU Minister Ömer Çelik met his German counterpart Michael Roth on May 8 at a working lunch, as Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu will pay a visit to Germany in the coming days.

Austria's stance against Turkey has "turned from oppositional to hostile," Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik said in Ankara on April 4.

Turkish EU Minister Ömer Çelik is to head to Brussels on Jan. 25 for talks with top European officials, according to a written statement from the ministry on Jan. 24.

Turkey feels betrayed by some European Union leaders who have called for the end of accession talks but still hopes eventually to join the bloc, Turkish EU Minister Ömer Çelik has said.

Turkey's European Union Minister Ömer Çelik accused German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Aug. 23 of "copying the far-right and racists" through his statements in the ongoing diplomatic row between Ankara and Berlin.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said dialogue between Turkey and the European Union needs to continue despite having several setbacks, Daily Sabah reported.

The backbone of the relationship between Turkey and the EU is the accession negotiations, EU Minister Ömer Çelik said on July 25 following a meeting in Brussels that came after months-long tension between the two sides.

One of the most important messages delivered by EU Minister Ömer Çelik at a recent meeting with the Ankara bureau chiefs of media outlets was that the Turkish government is not willing to turn current spats with the Netherlands and Germany into a fresh source of tension with the European Union. 

Turkish European Union Minister Ömer Çelik has harshly criticized the EU, declaring that it lacked self-confidence after the bloc unanimously decided not to open new chapters in Turkey’s accession talks