EZGİ ÇEŞTEPE Former Advisor to MP for Istanbul GNAT, 24 TH TERM June 8, 2015 ANALYSIS OF 24 TH TERM OF 1 THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TURKEY AND ITS LEGISLATIVE ROLE ON THE ACCESSION OF TURKEY TO EUROPEAN UNION European Union European Union is composed of 4 main collective executive bodies that are European Commission, European Council, European Court of Justice and European Parliament whose powers and authorities are set out with treaties whose updates are revised periodically (Wallace, 2010). The administration and maintenance of European Union are organised and performed with the coordination of these institutions. With 28 member states, 6 candidate countries and 2 potential candidates, European Union dominates economic, social and 2 political agenda of world affairs pioneering the motivation for ‘Peaceful Europe’ since 3 1945 ( European Union, n.d.) Unlike European Union’s method of coordination; Turkey, associate member of European Economic Community since 1959 and full membership applicant since 1987, has a different structure of coordination to accession regarding Turkey’s fullmembership to European Union. 1 2011 2015 2 The name “ European Union” is legalized with Treaty of Maastricht in 1992. 3 European Union ( n.d.). EU History