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[halil]

Strasbourg is one of those few cities on earth where the warm and blasé ambiance of picturesque streets and parks compensates for the cold and impersonal environment of the official buildings. This is one of those places where even hostility you might sometimes encounter inside is balanced by the friendly outside – and you always want to come back again. That is why the city of Strasbourg is indeed a good location for the seats of organizations and institutional bodies of large scale such as the Council of Europe or the European Parliament (EP). It is an ideal place for all European citizens to be associated with; the place where their political wishes and needs are transmitted via their representatives to the high EU level. However, not all peoples of Europe are represented at this platform. Following the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the EU without a prior settlement of its own existential problem, the Turkish Cypriots haven't been able to present their voices, interests, opinions or perspectives in the EP.
Despite the lofty promises:

Already more than four years have passed since the Greek Cypriots joined the EU and as the sole representative of the island enjoy the benefits of membership. Despite the lofty promises, as we all know, not much has been done so far to change the perennial imbalance prevailing on the island. Turkish Cypriots are still kept isolated from the international community in general, the EU in particular. It is not clear at all for how much longer the Turkish Cypriots will have to wait for being "allowed" to exercise their inherent rights since talks on the island for a comprehensive settlement of the problem seem to be stalled. There is also virtually no hope for Turkey's political linkage between the isolation and the opening of Turkish ports and airports to RoC-flagged vessels to function as desired since it is perceived in many capitals of Europe as an excuse for excluding Turkey from accession. However, as we staked out in our recent study published among the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation's (TESEV) publications, there is no valid legal ground for the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots. Neither the U.N. Security Council nor the EU has ever demanded any sanctions to be imposed on them. The "famous" UNSCR 1983/541 and 1984/550 had asked for non-recognition but not isolation. Therefore we recommend lifting the isolation, as it is a result of a deliberate political choice without any legal ground. The 60-page study also deals with the Turkish Cypriots' political rights under European law. Our conclusion, as far as this particular topic is concerned, is that even if full representation in the EP might not be easily reachable at this moment, there is no obstacle to granting the Turkish Cypriots observer status until reaching a comprehensive solution. There is no legal impediment to taking a step toward granting observer status that would at least partially fill the gap in the Turkish Cypriots' absence of possibility to exercise their democratic right to political representation in EU institutions, and there are enough precedents to be used to repair this human rights vacuum.

Glimmer of hope:

A formula used on another European platform can be used as an example. We can look for such a modus operandi for instance in the Council of Europe where the Turkish Cypriots have already enjoyed observer status both in the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Don't raise your eyebrows; I am aware of the problems. Yet there is a glimmer of hope. The High Level Contact Group for strengthening relations with the Turkish Cypriot community in the EP after listening to us last Thursday in their Strasbourg session decided to submit our recommendations to the EP's legal service. If this advice is heeded, it may be the case that the Turkish Cypriots owe a lot to Ms. Karin Resetarits, an Austrian MEP of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).

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Monday, June 23, 2008
Sylvia TİRYAKİ
Turkish Daily News

[boomerang]

The "famous" UNSCR 1983/541 and 1984/550 had asked for non-recognition but not isolation. Therefore we recommend lifting the isolation, as it is a result of a deliberate political choice without any legal ground.

Classic...aiming right at the kindergadens with this statement...it explains how our resident kindergarden student from bayarak seemed fit posting it...I take my hat off to you child..

The 60-page study also deals with the Turkish Cypriots' political rights under European law.

I wonder how the 60 page study and rights under European law, says about gc confiscated land...

I mean does this child comprehends anything prior to posting...I am gonna call him the parrot from now on...

well done parrot...got any more from bayarak?

PS...how many cup cakes have you downed?

[boomerang]

2 quick facts about Sylvia Tiryaki:

Sylvia Tiryaki is the Cyprus project coordinator at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and a faculty member of Istanbul's Kultur... Source: turkishdailynews.com.tr... [turkishdailynews.com.tr]

Sylvia Tiryaki is legal advisor to the study group at TESEV (The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation) for the Annan Plan... Source: TURKISHTiME [www.turkishtime.org]

A very unbiased source posted by our resident parrot...

[Sotos]

No legal ground for the occupation of north Cyprus. So here is a solution. You let north Cyprus free and isolation of TCs automatically ends. Easy!

[GAVCARoCOM]

No legal ground for the occupation of north Cyprus. So here is a solution. You let north Cyprus free and isolation of TCs automatically ends. Easy!

whatabout our security ? go youtube and see how the greeks hate TCs

[miltiades]

No legal ground for the occupation of north Cyprus. So here is a solution. You let north Cyprus free and isolation of TCs automatically ends. Easy!

whatabout our security ? go youtube and see how the greeks hate TCs

How dare you generalize , the G/Cs DO NOT hate their compatriots they hate what has happened to their country , they hate the fact that part of our country , yours and mine , is under a military occupation by a foreign nation.
The few extremists that hate anything T/C are few and far between . On this forum you have watched one Cypriot standing up against these fanatics while at the same time not loosing sense of reality and that is that Turkey is occupying part of our country.

[Viewpoint]

No legal ground for the occupation of north Cyprus. So here is a solution. You let north Cyprus free and isolation of TCs automatically ends. Easy!

whatabout our security ? go youtube and see how the greeks hate TCs

How dare you generalize , the G/Cs DO NOT hate their compatriots they hate what has happened to their country , they hate the fact that part of our country , yours and mine , is under a military occupation by a foreign nation.
The few extremists that hate anything T/C are few and far between . On this forum you have watched one Cypriot standing up against these fanatics while at the same time not loosing sense of reality and that is that Turkey is occupying part of our country.

Why do you think they came? and why do you think they have not been able to leave? has anything changed from the 1960s? GCs still want to control the whole island and are also keeping us under isolation, packaging maybe different but the content remains the same.

[Brittania]

No legal ground for the occupation of north Cyprus. So here is a solution. You let north Cyprus free and isolation of TCs automatically ends. Easy!

whatabout our security ? go youtube and see how the greeks hate TCs

How dare you generalize , the G/Cs DO NOT hate their compatriots they hate what has happened to their country , they hate the fact that part of our country , yours and mine , is under a military occupation by a foreign nation.
The few extremists that hate anything T/C are few and far between . On this forum you have watched one Cypriot standing up against these fanatics while at the same time not loosing sense of reality and that is that Turkey is occupying part of our country.

You keep blowing your own trumpet like that old man and you'll never want to get out of the house!

[GeorgeV97qaue]

Viewpoint lets face it TC's dont want to unite the Island. You keep making these comments about your not safe and so on. I guess you are happy with the spoils of war. You continue to occupy the north of the island sell our land to the stupid brits.

I hope you TC's are proud of yourselfs. We will never allow the isolation to end until you give back our land.

[soyer]

George you can continue with obstruction to our end isolation demand it's your choose.

haven't you realize in 34 years that it's not working? as long as we have door open to Turkey your try to keep windows shut can not bring T/C on they knees.

this is not the attitude for ending Cyprus Problem, G/C must show humanity and not to continue with past tough way of behavior.