Turska je započela s pregovorima o članstvu u oktobru 2005, ali taj proces se kreće puževim korakom, uveliko zbog sporog reformskog procesa Ankare i zbog njenog odbijanja da otvori svoje luke i aerodrome saobraćaju iz članice EU Kipra.
Turkey began membership talks in October 2005, but the process has been moving at a snail's pace, largely due to Ankara's sluggish reform progress and its refusal to open its ports and airports to traffic from EU member Cyprus.