The European Union and Turkey are expected to open a new chapter in accession talks of Ankara on Thursday.
Chapter 33, dedicated to budget and finance, is to be unlocked as part of an agreement between the EU and Turkey reached in March that aims at curbing the influx of migrants into Europe.
The development is expected to occur during a visit to Brussels by theee Turkish ministers.
Foreign Minister Mevl?t Cavusoglu, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag and EU Minister ?mer Celik are set to meet EU Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans.
Turkish officials believe the opening of Chapter 33 is a historic development as it is usually unlocked only with countries that have advanced along the way to membership.
Turkey, however, has officially been a candidate since the late 1990s. Membership talks stalled several years later as Cyprus blocked several chapters.