"Two different crises going on just next to Turkey: Cyprus and Palestine
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By Fatma Yılmaz
One of the most-spoken issues on the agenda has recently been the possibility of suspension of Turkey’s accession talks because of the Cyprus case. The EU officials expressed that it might be possible for Turkey’s negotiation talks to be suspended if Turkey does not open its ports to Greek Cypriot traffic. In response, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan made an explanation indicating that Turkey will not retreat from its current stance against Greek Cyprus if there would be no abolition of isolations over the TRNC. In other words, Turkey did not respond in the direction of the expected way that the Greek Cypriots and EU hoped. In contrast, there is a common opinion in Turkey on the subject of no way to give any further concession about the Cyrus issue. Therefore, for the present, it seems so that Turkey takes the risk of ending the accession talks."
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