A new EDAM Discussion Paper published with the support of The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) examines the impact of the Cyprus question on the Turkey-EU relationship. In his analysis entitled "Temporality, Cyprus Problem and Turkey-EU Relationship", Prof. Atila Eralp argues that " temporality has been an important dimension of the Turkey-EU relationship. The convergence in time frames has been rather exceptional; the dominant pattern has been one of divergence. The Cyprus problem has been an important factor affecting the patterns of convergence and divergence of the time frames of Turkey and the EU. The Turkey-EU relationship was able to proceed more smoothly when the Cyprus problem did not affect the relationship negatively. Concomitantly, the negative turn in the Turkey-EU relationship coincided with periods in which the Cyprus problem became more visible. In the long-lasting Turkey-EU relationship the ups and downs of the relationships seems to be remarkably associated with the Cyprus problem."

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