Turkey remains sidelined for membership of the European Union even as other candidate countries continue to make determined, if fitful, progress toward membership.
And yet, among some of the most senior Turkish officials, there remains a strong determination to restart EU accession discussions - and even some optimism about one day getting them back on track.
"Turkey's EU accession perspective should be retained, and even further strengthened in the interest of both sides," Faruk...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.