Just days after the historic opening of Turkish EU membership talks, fresh controversy has already emerged between Ankara and Brussels over Cyprus.
The spat concerns Ankara's implementation of a customs agreement with the EU, which it agreed to extend to all new EU member states in June - including Cyprus, which Turkey refuses to recognise.
In practical terms, this means that Turkey is obliged to stop blocking Cypriot ships and planes from its territory.
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