[itismetheidiot]

from ec.europa.eu: "Accession negotiations started in 2005, but until Turkey agrees to apply the Additional Protocol of the Ankara Association Agreement to Cyprus, eight negotiation chapters will not be opened and no chapter will be provisionally closed."

[baybal2]

Yes, but even Cyprus wasn't an iron wall back then. Turkey signalled many times that they will do Cyprus, they had numerous talks over it, and French signalled they will not let them in anyways.