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FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment - Europe made impasse with Turkey inevitable

"Europe made impasse with Turkey inevitable

By Ozdem Sanberk

Published: December:31 | Last updated: December:31

So the long-expected upset in Turkish-European Union talks has happened. It is one that will surprise few people. Once the EU allowed the Greek Cypriots to join as the sole representatives of a divided island locked for over half a century in an international dispute – a mistake that many warned the Union against making – something like this was inevitable."

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