Kad je u pitanju Turska, Katinka Barysch, zamjenica direktora briselskog trusta mozgova Centar za evropsku reformu, teoretski je u članku objavljenom 24. februara iznijela da bi motiv Kipra za opstruiranje nekoliko poglavlja u pregovorima o pristupanju Turske mogao biti nada da će time dobiti prednost u tekućim pregovorima o ponovnom ujedinjenju ostrva.
As for Turkey, Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the Brussels-based think tank Centre for European Reform, theorised in an article published on February 24th that Cyprus's motive for obstructing several chapters in Turkey's accession talks might be the hope of gaining leverage in the island's ongoing reunification talks.