29 February 2016: Cyprus files request to make Turkish official EU language
On 29 February 2016 the existence of a letter by Greek-Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades has been confirmed in which he asked the Dutch EU Presidency to make Turkish an official language of the EU. The symbolic move comes as relations between the Turkish and Greek parts of Cyprus have been getting closer recently. During a historic meeting earlier on 21 January 2016, they stated their commitment to finally unify the country in 2016. If realised, Turkish could become the 25th official EU language and would increase the amount of language combinations from 552 to 600, and increase estimated translation costs from €450 million to €487 million.
