As Turkey has nearly 35,000 troops in the north of the island, the Cyprus issue became one of the major obstacles before Turkey's EU accession process, and Turkey's prospects for EU membership hinge on its ability to find a solution to the Cyprus problem.
S obzirom da Turska ima gotovo 35.000 vojnika na sjeveru otoka, ciparsko pitanje postalo je jedna od glavnih zapreka prije procesa pridruživanja Turske EU, a izgledi Turske za članstvo u EU ovise o njezinoj sposobnosti da pronađe rješenje za problem Cipra.