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1. Introduction -- 2. Historical overview of EU-Turkey relations -- 3. Copenhagen criteria and Turkey's qualifications -- 4. Public opinion -- 5. Benefits and challenges of EU membership -- 6. Power transition analysis of EU-Turkey relations -- 7. Conclusions and prospects.

Turkey's State Crisis: Institutions, Reform, and Conflict, by Bülent Aras. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2022. 176 pages. $60 cloth; $19.95 paper, e-book.

"Turkey and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

This article provides a game theoretic analysis of how the candidacy of Cyprus for European Union (EU) membership presents an important challenge for both the Union's eastern enlargement plans & current international efforts aimed at resolving the Cyprus problem. The conclusions indicate that the Cypriot conflict has entered a very delicate period in its protracted & troublesome history characterized by a deadlock game. Strong domestic & international factors have created the conditions for each side to follow a noncooperative strategy aimed at unilateral victory rather than a compromise. In this regard, the EU's promise to the Greek Cypriots of membership in the Union, regardless of the settlement of the Cyprus problem, serves as a side payment that enforces non-cooperative strategy. Likewise, Turkey's overwhelming military superiority in the region & its unconditional support for the Turkish Cypriots strengthens the Turkish side's rigid position in the Cyprus negotiations. Under these circumstances, it is argued that an influential third party like the US is needed to coordinate the efforts of the UN & EU to move the two parties away from a deadlock game. This effort requires a package approach to the issues surrounding the Cyprus problem, the island's membership in the EU, & EU-Turkey relations. 1 Table, 1 Figure, 32 References. Adapted from the source document.