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Economic crisis wraps Turkish Cypriot cabinet in jail stripes
Saturday, August 9, 2008

ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News


The economic crisis and chronic rise in prices have led to unusual acts of protests in northern Cyprus. Successive rises in oil, electricity and grocery prices, and vehicle fees have drawn a strong reaction from civil society.

Prominent unions and nongovernmental organizations in the country have undertaken an unusual campaign of protest. Protestors from 38 labor unions and NGOs published and distributed posters portraying Turkish Cypriot cabinet members as the Dalton brothers from the Lucky Luke cartoons, daily Kıbrıs Postası reported. Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Foreign Minister Turgay Avcı, Finance Minister Ahmet Uzun, and Labor and Social Security Minister Sonay Adem are pictured as Avarell, Joe, Jack and William Dalton, who rob banks and trains in the cartoon.

The press statement at the back of the posters, titled “Price hikes are not fate,” called on the public to put the posters up in their offices, houses and cars. It said the government “ripped off the people despite the discourse of self-rule.” Therefore the members of the cabinet, who are like the Daltons because of their offenses against the public, earned themselves the title “Zamtons,” it said. Labor union members also hung posters in their offices reading “For sale. Apply to the Prime Ministry.”

On another front, the Northern Cyprus Hoteliers Association has put its hotels up for sale, placing ads in newspapers. Expressing its criticism of the government's tourism policies via the ads, the association's published statement read, “In order to save our honor, we decided to sell our hotels.”

Meanwhile Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer said they had “asked YTL 200 million from Turkey, but Ankara did not give them any money,” daily Milliyet reported Friday. Opposition parties claimed that the Soyer government had burdened the economy with over-employment.

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=112084

I can't help wondering as to why they are refused the extra bucks...is there something "turkey=fascist state" expecting and she ain't getting, like the 13th salary in the past?

And how long is this gonna last...surely "turkey=fascist state" must realise this is gonna alienate the tcs...whats the point of all this?

[boomerang]

Just on the side, how long can the north stretch the YTL200 million...

[repulsewarrior]

...it shows you how tight things must be in Turkey, a country of 90 million, which cannot contribute to the welfare of less than half a million.

There are negociations afoot, Cypriot with Cypriot. Hopefully this is timed to help the public see them as a viable alternative to the permanent military occupation which is the other choice...

[Raymanoff]

whats the massive military orders? i think we discussed this before...

[repulsewarrior]

ray, i'm sorry i didn't understand your post...

[Raymanoff]

repulsewarrior,

it shows you how tight things must be in Turkey, a country of 90 million, which cannot contribute to the welfare of less than half a million.

[Oracle]

So the Turks are beginning to feel the squeeze from feeding the ever-hungry mouths of the selfish, spoilt TCs.

Well the GCs had to suffer with TC selfish demands for hundreds of years ..... and Turkey, with 80M is crumbling under their constant "Feed me, feed me," demands after just 34 years of nurturing ... well at least Turkey has an alternative ... dump them back to the GCs ..... or ethnically cleanse them from "her territory" of the "trnc"

[Nikitas]

An economic crisis in the north is definitely NOT good news. It means more TCs will be forced to emigrate and more settlers brought in to replace them.

Revolutionary as it might sound, if it means keeping the TCs on the island I would say it is worth our while to provide the money is some legal way which does not point to recognition etc. In the event of a solution the financial burden of the TC component, constituent, etc state would fall on us anyway, so we might as well start now. Letting the TCs go bankrupt is not a victory for us. It is a ballsup for all Cypriots.

[humanist]

Well Nikitas, how about the openning of more crossings where people can have access to work more freely, that way the pay their fair share of taxes to the RoC tax office, increase spending in the north cause they have more cash and bi communal business incentives t encourage growth in the occupied areas.

[boomerang]

An economic crisis in the north is definitely NOT good news. It means more TCs will be forced to emigrate and more settlers brought in to replace them.

Revolutionary as it might sound, if it means keeping the TCs on the island I would say it is worth our while to provide the money is some legal way which does not point to recognition etc. In the event of a solution the financial burden of the TC component, constituent, etc state would fall on us anyway, so we might as well start now. Letting the TCs go bankrupt is not a victory for us. It is a ballsup for all Cypriots.

While I agree with you, I think its about time the tcs start seeing realities what una fatsa una ratsa between turkey and tcs exactly means...This is a taste what annexation will bring...