EP President Metsola made&nbsp;a statement at the opening of the February session, followed by a full debate on the emergency humanitarian aid the EU can provide to Türkiye and Syria after the catastrophic earthquake, which cost the lives of more than 30 000&nbsp;people and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

Turkey has been candidate for EU membership since 1999. Accession negotiations started in 2005. In recent years the EU is often criticizing the backsliding of the country in certain areas. As a major emerging economy and a member of NATO and G20, Türkiye&nbsp;is recognised as an active regional foreign policy player, with a strategic location, including for the EU's energy security. Turkey is a key strategic partner of the EU on issues such as migration, security, counter-terrorism, and the economy, but according to the EU has been backsliding in the areas of democracy, rule of law and fundamental right.

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Turkey has been candidate for EU membership since 1999. Accession negotiations started in 2005.

As a major emerging economy and a member of NATO and G20, Turkey is a key partner for the European Union. It is recognised as an active regional foreign policy player, with a strategic location, including for the EU's energy security. The EU is therefore committed to intensify further the political dialogue with Turkey in particular on foreign policy issues of mutual interest.

EU - Turkey (2019-2020)

Official visit of President of the European Parliament to the Republic of Turkey.   Martin Schulz - EP President meets with Kemal KILICDAROGLU, Chairman of CHP

Official visit of President of the European Parliament to the Republic of Turkey.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (R) shake hands with the President of the European Parliament, Martin SCHULZ (L) during the meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on September 1, 2016.

Martin Schulz - EP President, Binali YELDERIM - Turkish Prime Minister

Official visit of President of the European Parliament to the Republic of Turkey  Martin Schulz - President of the EP meets with Binali YELDERIM Prime Minister of Turkey

LIBE - Committee on civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs delegation to Turkey.  Participation to UNHCR briefing on resettlement and meeting with refugees (Iraqis, Afghans...)

LIBE - Committee on civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs delegation to Turkey.  Roundtable discussion with UN agencies and INGOs on the Syrian crisis

ARTHUIS, Jean (ALDE, FR); DENANOT, Jean-Paul (S&D, FR); FERNANDES, Jos? Manuel (EPP, PT); GEIER, Jens (S&D, DE); J??TTEENM?KI, Anneli (ALDE, FI); MARAGALL, Ernest (Greens/EFA, ES); OMARJEE, Younous (GUE/NGL, FR); R?BIG, Paul (EPP, AT); VAIDERE, Inese

Jean ARTHUIS, EU Chair of the Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament, visits the supermarket of the Osmaniye Cevdetiye Camp (supported by WFP), in Turkey on 10th February, 2016, during a visit by the BUDG - Committee on Budgets Delegation.

Jean ARTHUIS, EU Chair of the Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament and the BUDG - Committee on Budgets Delegation visit the Osmaniye Cevdetiye Camp, in Turkey on 10th February, 2016.

LIBE - Committee on civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs delegation to Turkey.  Visit to the Nizip refugee container shelter in the presence of Ambassador Adnan KECICI

TURKEY, Gaziantep:  Refugee camp in Nizip, Turkey, 45 kilometers away from Syrian boarder.

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara. Meeting with Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN, President of the Republic of Turkey

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey: meeting with Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, President of the Republic of Turkey

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey, Ankara. Press point with Binali YILDIRIM, Prime Minister&nbsp;

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey: extracts from the press point with Binali YILDIRIM, Prime Minister

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara. Meeting with Kemal KILI&Ccedil;DAROĞLU, Chairman of the CHP Party&nbsp;and meeting with Binali YELDERIM, Prime Minister and press point

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey: meeting with Kemal KILIÇDAROĞLU, Chairman of the CHP Party, and meeting with Binali YELDERIM, Prime Minister

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara. Meeting with Ismail KAHRAMAN, Speaker of the National Grand Assembly,&nbsp;press point, tour of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and laying of a wreath

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to the Republic of Turkey: meeting with Ismail KAHRAMAN, Speaker of the National Grand Assembly

Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration, in the EP in Brussels. Vote, statements by Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT) and by Kashetu KYENGE (S&amp;D, IT), Rapporteurs - illustration shots on Migration:&nbsp;refugee camps in Turkey - rescue mission in Spanish coast - Greece, harbour and hotspots - FYROM refugee facilities - Croatia, people cueing- UNHCR office for asylum seekers in Croatia - and in the the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, refugees waiting to cross the border.&nbsp;

Situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration: extracts from the vote, statements by Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT) and by Kashetu KYENGE (S&D, IT), Rapporteurs - illustration shots on Migration

This infoclip illustrates women and their&nbsp;life condition in refugee camps: Syrian refugees in Jordan, temporary accomodation center in Kilis (Turkey), reception and registration centre in&nbsp;Lampedusa (Italy),&nbsp;refugees in Osmaniye (Turkey),&nbsp;special medical assistance to women in Dunkerque (France)

Infoclip: International Women’s Day 2016: Women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU

EP LIBE Delegation mission to Turkey : meeting with UNHCR representatives -&nbsp; extracts from the UNHCR briefing&nbsp; - statement by Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT (EPP,SE) , LIBE Delegation

EP LIBE Delegation mission to Turkey : meeting with UNHCR representatives - statement by Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT (EPP,SE), Member of LIBE delegation

This Infoclip illustrates three different accomodation centres in the area of Gaziantep, Turkey.

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