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 skoro 35.000 vojnika na severu ostrva, kiparsko pitanje postalo je jedna od glavnih prepreka pre procesa pridruživanja Turske EU, a izgledi Turske za članstvo u EU zavise od njene sposobnosti da pronađe rešenje problema Kipra.