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[RAFAELLA]

Turkish Cypriot Platform sends a letter to Erdogan and stresses that the population in the occupied areas of Cyprus is estimated to be 500 thousands
Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika newspaper (26.02.08 ) reports that the Cyprus Peace Platform visited yesterday the so-called embassy of Turkey in the occupied part of Nicosia in order to hand over a letter to the “ambassador” addressed to the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, but the representatives of the Platform were not allowed to enter into the building of the “embassy”.

Under the title “Ambassador: Give it to the doorkeeper”,the paper reports that the “ambassador” did not accept to meet with the members of the Platform invoking as pretext his heavy schedule. In statements on behalf of the Platform, Sener Elcil, general secretary of the Primary School Teachers’ Trade Union (KTOS), said that “it is not possible for us to accept a reply in such a manner to a demand for a meeting we submitted as a matter of courtesy to an ambassador who is a guest in our country”.

The paper writes that the letter which is addressed to Mr Erdogan, refers to the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and reminds that the occupied areas of Cyprus is “a subordinate administration of Turkey”. It is also noted that the demographic structure of the Turkish Cypriots has been damaged, that the community is being annihilated and that if things continue in the same manner in the future it will not be possible for us to talk about a Turkish Cypriot community.

The Platform stresses also that when the population is estimated to be 500 thousands, the statement that per capita income reached ten thousand dollars is left unjustified and does not correspond to the truth. The Platform accused Turkey of not exerting enough effort for a solution in Cyprus.
(I/Ts.)
http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/A ... enDocument

[Filitsa]

Turkish Cypriot Platform sends a letter to Erdogan and stresses that the population in the occupied areas of Cyprus is estimated to be 500 thousands
Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika newspaper (26.02.08 ) reports that the Cyprus Peace Platform visited yesterday the so-called embassy of Turkey in the occupied part of Nicosia in order to hand over a letter to the “ambassador” addressed to the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, but the representatives of the Platform were not allowed to enter into the building of the “embassy”.

Under the title “Ambassador: Give it to the doorkeeper”,the paper reports that the “ambassador” did not accept to meet with the members of the Platform invoking as pretext his heavy schedule. In statements on behalf of the Platform, Sener Elcil, general secretary of the Primary School Teachers’ Trade Union (KTOS), said that “it is not possible for us to accept a reply in such a manner to a demand for a meeting we submitted as a matter of courtesy to an ambassador who is a guest in our country”.

The paper writes that the letter which is addressed to Mr Erdogan, refers to the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and reminds that the occupied areas of Cyprus is “a subordinate administration of Turkey”. It is also noted that the demographic structure of the Turkish Cypriots has been damaged, that the community is being annihilated and that if things continue in the same manner in the future it will not be possible for us to talk about a Turkish Cypriot community.

The Platform stresses also that when the population is estimated to be 500 thousands, the statement that per capita income reached ten thousand dollars is left unjustified and does not correspond to the truth. The Platform accused Turkey of not exerting enough effort for a solution in Cyprus.
(I/Ts.)
http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/A ... enDocument

Exoun dikaio. I was a young teen when Turkey began exporting her people to the occupied parts. I was no "Oracle," ( ), but I do remember commenting to my Dad that the Turkish Cypriots will suffer the worse.

[kafenes]

Where do they all live??

[Filitsa]

Where do they all live??

If your question is addressed to me, I might suggest that you make it a statement instead.

[Kikapu]

The Platform stresses also that when the population is estimated to be 500 thousands, the statement that per capita income reached ten thousand dollars is left unjustified and does not correspond to the truth.

I believe this so called $10,000 per capita has been over inflated. It's only about $5,000 per capita in Turkey, so I can't see Turkey sending over more money to the "TRNC" than she has for her own citizens in Turkey. The fact that huge amount of money comes to the "TRNC" from Turkey only makes it obvious that the North is on a "false economy" status.

This is a good time to mention what was on the BBC on the eve of the introduction of the Euro in Cyprus back in December, where a merchant was interviewed in the "TRNC" where he stated on how he wished that the North also had it's economy based in Euros since the Turkish Lira has lost it's value by 40% over the last year or so. Now, I follow currencies and no way has the Turkish Lire has lost 40% of it's value, but then I got thinking on what he actually meant. I believe what he was saying, that the Turkish Lira has lost it's purchasing power by 40% over the last year or so in the "TRNC" because as some TC Forum members stated on how expensive things are in the "TRNC". According to MR-from-NG, when he went shopping with his wife recently in the "TRNC", he was paying for items costing more than they do in the UK. So it is safe to say, if you lose 40% of your purchasing power of the $10,000 per capita, you end up with more or less what it is in Turkey, which makes all the sense in the world.

As far as the "TRNC" being over populated with the Turks versus True TC's, this picture just about says it all.

[repulsewarrior]

thank-you RAF, very interesting piece.

[Nikitas]

Really, how to do you fit 500 000 in the north of Cyprus?

I have not been there, but from what I hear from others who have been there, and in this forum, there are a lot of villages lying empty or partially empty. Considering that before the invasion the northern part housed 250 000 people and all villages were inhabited it is hard to see where the additional 250 000 can be housed. If they were housed there would be no empty villages.

[observer]

Really, how to do you fit 500 000 in the north of Cyprus?

I have not been there, but from what I hear from others who have been there, and in this forum, there are a lot of villages lying empty or partially empty. Considering that before the invasion the northern part housed 250 000 people and all villages were inhabited it is hard to see where the additional 250 000 can be housed. If they were housed there would be no empty villages.

I was wondering that. Since various references give the total population of Cyprus as about 800,000, if 500,000 are over here, there must only be about 300,000 people in the South.

[zan]

OH Dear!!! Another Africa newspaper and Ruffa report gone down the plughole!!!

[Tim Drayton]

They are talking about everybody physically present in the territory of the north of Cyprus, whether citizens or not. This figure includes many students and transient workers from the Turkish mainland.

There are several universities there mainly catering for mainland Turkish students, but these institutions are also quite successful in attracting students from Arab countries and Sub-Saharan Africa - the medium of instruction is English.

These universties have their own halls of residence. You can see a picture of one here:
http://dormitories.emu.edu.tr/index_en.php
Obviously, you can pack quite a lot of people into a multi-storey halls of residence.

There are also a lot of transient workers from mainland Turkey and many of these stay in cheap hotels, where they probably cram as many people as possible into a room.

It is the practice when conducting censuses in the north of Cyprus to include absolutely everybody in the figure, even tourists. I know because I happened to be staying for one night at a hotel in the north of Nicosia at the time they were conducting the 1996 census, and despite my protestations that I was only there for the weekend, my details were taken!