Next year could see Turkey make a crucial step forward on its path to EU membership and at the same time towards settlement of the long-standing division of Cyprus, Europe's enlargement commissioner Ollie Rehn has said.
"After one or two years of domestic difficulties, we would expect Turkey now to move up a gear and seriously start to pursue reforms again," Mr Rehn said in an interview with Reuters.
Ankara launched its accession negotiations in 2005, but has been moving very slow...
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