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.
Turska je počela pregovore o članstvu u oktobru 2005, ali je taj proces u međuvremenu išao sporo, u velikoj meri zbog slabog napretka reformi i odbijanja Ankare da otvori svoje luke i aerodrome za saobraćaj sa Kipra, koji je inače član EU.