Turkish language still far away from official EU status

In early 2016, Cyprus asked the EU to recognise Turkish as an official language, in an attempt to boost its reunification process. Over one year later, this request has made little headway.

Turkish-Cypriot voters cast their ballots in the constitutional referendum in the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus, 6 April 2017. [EPA/ Katia Christodoulou]

Sam Morgan Euractiv 11-04-2017 07:49 3 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

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