Research Article

Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye

Volume: 7 Number: 1 July 26, 2025
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Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye

Abstract

This study tries to comprehend and evaluate the significance of the Cyprus problem in Türkiye’s relations with the EU. In this sense, it aims to ascertain any potential shifts in the EU’s stance towards Cyprus and to elucidate the specific issues that the EU prioritized across several periods. Therefore, the EU’s 1998-2024 (except one not prepared in 2017) progress reports have undergone content analysis. It has been observed that the Cyprus issue has been discussed in every report and this situation proves how much the EU has given its importance to the issue. Within this framework, the concept of bottom-up Europeanization has been employed as a conceptual framework to explain the EU’s stance on the Cyprus issue. It is apparent that the Greek Cyprus, with Greece’s assistance, effectively transferred the Cyprus issue to the EU level, and no EU reports criticize Greece or the Greek Cyprus for their problem-solving efforts. Rather, most reports state that Türkiye and the Turkish Cypriots are the primary causes of the issue.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

European and Region Studies , European Union , European Union-Turkiye Relations , European Studies , Turkish Foreign Policy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 26, 2025

Submission Date

March 22, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 17, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Avar, Y. (2025). Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, 7(1), 25-55. https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS
AMA
1.Avar Y. Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi. 2025;7(1):25-55. https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS
Chicago
Avar, Yusuf. 2025. “Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye”. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 7 (1): 25-55. https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS.
EndNote
Avar Y (July 1, 2025) Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 7 1 25–55.
IEEE
[1]Y. Avar, “Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye”, Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 25–55, July 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS
ISNAD
Avar, Yusuf. “Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye”. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 7/1 (July 1, 2025): 25-55. https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS.
JAMA
1.Avar Y. Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi. 2025;7:25–55.
MLA
Avar, Yusuf. “Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye”. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, July 2025, pp. 25-55, https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS.
Vancouver
1.Yusuf Avar. Examining the Cyprus Issue through the Lens of the EU’s Periodic Progress Reports on Türkiye. Novus Orbis: Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi [Internet]. 2025 Jul. 1;7(1):25-5. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA26XG38CS