Brussels seeks ways to keep EU-Turkey talks afloat

In a bid to keep EU-Turkey talks from derailing completely, Brussels is considering ways of putting off dealing with the thorny Cyprus question until after Turkish elections next year.

The Financial Times reports that enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn is seeking to put the nub of the issue – access to Turkey ports and airports by Cyprus – before the European Court of Justice.

This would effectively defer the question until next year and after Turkey has been through its parliamen...