The “citizenship” of the breakaway regime will reportedly be given to 50 thousand settlers from Turkey
Turkish Cypriot daily Ortam newspaper (17.01.08 ), under the title “18 thousand new citizens for the TRNC”, reports that the “real meaning” of the long lines created in front of the so-called embassy of Turkey in the occupied part of Nicosia has been revealed. The paper writes that the breakaway regime wants to grant the “citizenship of the TRNC” to 18 thousand persons from Turkey at the first stage and that the total number of the persons who will take the “citizenship” will gradually reach 50 thousands.
The paper reports that according to information acquired by reliable sources, this was the reason for which many Turkish citizens who live in the occupied areas were brought recently to the “embassy” of Turkey and filled up a form under the name of establishing their place and address. It was found out that the CTP, the major “coalition partner”, is worried on the issue of making so many citizens, because of the promises it had given before the “elections”, notes Ortam adding that the Freedom and Reform Party (ORP), the other “coalition partner”, supports the granting of new “citizenships”. Invoking the same “reliable sources”, the paper notes that the issue was discussed during the recent visit of the Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to Ankara and that an agreement was reached between the sides.
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