Hugh Pope International Crisis Group Deputy Program Director, Europe and Central Asia. The case for an independent Turkish Cypriot State within the EU Hugh Pope · April 2014 A new round of talks has started in Cyprus. But it is unlikely that it will produce any viable solution for the divided island. Fresh tinking is needed in order to put an end to the division of the Island, a direct result of the 1974 Turkish invasion. Could the solution be found in the creation (…)