Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences

In 2011 Turkish officials began indicating their intention to suspend all contact with Cyprus’s presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), slated for the second half of 2012, given the issues surrounding the unresolved Cyprus conflict. This came as the latest development in a long and ard...

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Main Author: Loke, Hoe Yeong
Other Authors: EU Centre in Singapore
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1038732020-09-26T21:51:40Z Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences Loke, Hoe Yeong EU Centre in Singapore DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science In 2011 Turkish officials began indicating their intention to suspend all contact with Cyprus’s presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), slated for the second half of 2012, given the issues surrounding the unresolved Cyprus conflict. This came as the latest development in a long and arduous path of Turkey’s application for EU membership that began in 1987. This paper provides the context – the Cyprus conflict, Turkey’s EU accession negotiations, and the Cyprus reunification talks – in understanding the reasons and consequences of Ankara’s boycott of the Cyprus presidency. The article also considers the evolving nature and the role of the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, especially after the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, and how this may have played into Turkey’s calculations in calling for the boycott. 2014-05-20T06:30:50Z 2019-12-06T21:22:02Z 2014-05-20T06:30:50Z 2019-12-06T21:22:02Z 2012 2012 Working Paper Loke, H. Y. (2012). Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency: Context, meaning and its consequences (EUC Working Paper, No. 9). Singapore: EU Centre. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103873 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19400 en EUC working paper, No. 9-12 © 2012 EU Centre in Singapore. 15 p. application/pdf
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Loke, Hoe Yeong
Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
description In 2011 Turkish officials began indicating their intention to suspend all contact with Cyprus’s presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), slated for the second half of 2012, given the issues surrounding the unresolved Cyprus conflict. This came as the latest development in a long and arduous path of Turkey’s application for EU membership that began in 1987. This paper provides the context – the Cyprus conflict, Turkey’s EU accession negotiations, and the Cyprus reunification talks – in understanding the reasons and consequences of Ankara’s boycott of the Cyprus presidency. The article also considers the evolving nature and the role of the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, especially after the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, and how this may have played into Turkey’s calculations in calling for the boycott.
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title Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
title_short Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
title_full Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
title_fullStr Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
title_full_unstemmed Turkey’s boycott of the Cyprus EU presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
title_sort turkey’s boycott of the cyprus eu presidency : context, meaning and its consequences
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