505 THE EVALUATION OF THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM ORIGINATING FROM COMBUSTION DURING THE EU ADAPTATION PROCESS Oğuzhan ERBAŞ, Zeki YILMAZOĞLU, Hüseyin TOPAL, Ali DURMAZ Gazi University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Maltepe, Ankara, TURKEY oerbas@gazi.edu.tr ; zekiyilmazoglu@gazi.edu.tr ; htopal@gazi.edu.tr ; adurmaz@gazi.edu.tr ABSTRACT Environmental problems are serious problems which can not be limited to any country’s border anymore. Today, the basic aim of the European Union’s energy policy is to increase productivity of energy by providing the balance between competition, energy supply security and protection of the environment. According to the 2003 Development Report, to provide the prevailing EU’s Legislation in Turkey and to support the administrative capacity, some limited improvements have been achieved about air quality, protection of nature, chemicals, noise pollution, nuclear security and protection from radiation topics. But Turkey has to show more effort on both judicial integrity and other implementation programs. In this study, the air pollution problem in Turkey and the prevailing air pollution legislation in parallel with the EU congruity period is evaluated, and the steps needed to be taken to satisfy the congruity for the topics of the problems concerning the legislation and the air quality, are specified. 1. INTRODUCTION Turkey and the EU had tiring, intensive and speculative times until October the 3 rd , 2005, the EU consultation process has begun. The importance of the date is for being a milestone for Turkey’s social, political and economical history. The EU makes a common way of politics and a common enterprise in environmental areas compulsory, to become united with the EU. In member countries, the applied different environment policies especially designated different environmental criteria cause the product costs to differ. Another important improvement which caused a common environment policy to be created is the recognition of the necessity of the natural living standards to be maintained and improved healthily for the advance of the quality of life achieved in the member countries. In member countries, different environmental policies cause different types of life styles which is an undesired situation. 6th Environmental Action Program, containing 2001-2010 period, the EU put forward the aims in environment category for the next ten year period. The program, known as "Environment 2010: Our Future, Our Choice", contains four main topics which were stated to be priority aims. These are, Climate Change,