by Nikitas » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:33 am
Just look at a map of the occupied north and see where Turkey has not made investments. Is there any such place? No, so according to the principle implied by Erdogan no part of the north will be returned. So what are we negotiating at these talks beginning on September 3?
Without substantial territorial adjustments we are left with legalising the occupation.
As for Famagusta, the Annan plan returned PART of the city, essentially the part south of the Dherynia road. Kato Varosi, Ayios Georgios, and surrounding areas were not to be returned.
But there is another aspect to this attitude. Erdogan and other Turkish officials have never, not even once, made any statement about the welfare of the people of Cyprus as a whole. It is always an "us first and only" approach.