The current Turkish government-to its credit-went out of its way to distance itself-and simultaneously exert pressure upon-its former puppet, figurehead ruler in N. Cyprus, Raouf Denktash, and give concessions to the Greek Cypriots, all to no avail.
If they think that Chirac et. al. are going to allow Turkish membership in the EU, they're deluding themselves.
On that we'll have to part company. There's no reason that Cyprus shouldn't be divided politically as well as culturally. There's no more reason for it to be politically unified than there is for the island of Hispaniola to be. Since 1960, the Greek Cypriotes have systematically and consistently rejected every solution to the problem that has been internationally brokered. The government of Greece has missiles and an airbase on the "independent" Greek portion of the island.