The coalition government of the left wing Turkish Republican Party – CTP and the conservative Democratic Party – DP, formed after the elections of December 2003, collapsed only one year later, which led to early elections. The momentum gained by left wing parties in late 2003 were rather weak, as prospects for finding a solution to the Cyprus Problem appeared to have evaporated; The Republic of Cyprus joined the European Union on the 1st May 2004, one week after Greek Cypriots rejected the United Nations proposed plan for the settlement of the Cyprus Problem by a majority of 76%. Turkish Cypriots were left out and the Cyprus Problem remained unsolved.
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