The establishment of the Turkish Cypriot Peace Platform has been announced
Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika newspaper (31.01.08 ) reports that the Turkish Cypriot Peace Platform has been established by seven organizations and three political parties in the occupied areas of Cyprus. The establishment of the platform was announced yesterday at a press conference in the occupied part of Nicosia. The main target of the platform is “to express the political will of the Turkish Cypriots”, notes the paper adding that the following are included among the targets of the organization:
“Taking back the political will of the Turkish Cypriots which has been usurped by changing the demographic structure, abolishing chauvinism, nationalism and the cultural, political and economic assimilation of the Turkish Cypriots, opposing the interference from abroad, establishing a democratic and transparent civilian administration based on the political will of the Turkish Cypriots, creating without delay a United Federal Cyprus based on the will of the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots”.
The political parties, which participate in the organization, are the Social Democrat Party (TDP), the United Cyprus Party (BKP) and the New Cyprus Party (YKP). The following trade unions and organizations participate in the platform: Cyprus EU Platform, Primary and Secondary School Teachers Trade Union, KTOS and KTOEOS respectively, “Eastern Mediterranean University” Unity and Solidarity Trade Union (DAU - Bir - Sen), Cyprus Publishers Union (Kib-Yay) and “Public” Workers Trade Union (CAG – SEN). It was announced that the Peace Platform will not participate in the “This Country is Ours Platform” (BMBP) and that those who joined the new Platform will not withdraw from the BMBP.
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