Özet:

The EU announced that it accepted the application of the GCASC for membership in 1993. Although the Turkish side mostly answered “yes” to the Annan Plan, the EU included the Greek Cypriot Administration in 2004 as the “Republic of Cyprus”. Since then, the EU has made efforts to acquire energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean through the GCASC. The GASC, together with Greece, has been hampered by continuous progress in Turkey's EU membership process. The negotiation process led by the UN does not come to a conclusion due to the Greek Cypriots' non-acceptance of political equality, equal identity and equal human rights. In the context of Cyprus issue, Turkey has to solve the problems; opening the ports and airspaces to GCASC, property and East Mediterranean energy sources problem to continue the journey to Europe Union.

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