EU-Turkey Relations: A Glimmer of Hope?

GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 3, July 2012, 2 p.

Dimitar Bechev *

Ties between the EU and Turkey have hit such lows over the past few years that even marginal improvements now almost carry a whiff of a breakthrough. As Cyprus takes up the EU Council presidency we are, rather paradoxically, on an upward trajectory.

* Senior Policy Fellow and Head of Sofia Office, European Council on Foreign Relations

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