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NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME MINISTER

'Cyprus Wounds Must Finally be Healed'

Ferdi Sabit Soyer, 56, is the prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is only recognized as an independent country by Turkey. He spoke with SPIEGEL about negotiations with his Greek neighbors to the south.


SPIEGEL: The presidents of northern and southern Cyprus have met 10 times recently to discuss the future of the divided island. Has there been progress?

Soyer: Our goal was to vote in the June 2009 European Parliamentary elections as a united Cyprus. But everything's moving too slowly. I'm afraid we're not going to meet our goals -- we're seeing more problems than progress right now.

SPIEGEL: Last week's talks apparently ended in some pretty serious quarreling.

Soyer: We in the north are interested in a country made up of two states with equal rights, and are supporting a federal model similar to Germany's. but the Greeks in the south don't want to give Turks equal rights.


DER SPIEGELSPIEGEL: The Greeks say their right to return to the north isn't being taken seriously.

Soyer: That's not true. We have agreed to resettle 55,000 Turkish Cypriots -- a fifth of our population. We're willing to trade land for equal rights. But he other side must sacrifice as well.

SPIEGEL: How long do you envision this process taking?

Soyer: We're still working to find a solution in the next year. We Northern Cypriots appeal to all Europeans to end our isolation. Cyprus's wounds must finally be healed.

Interview conducted by Dietmar Bednarz

http://www.spiegel.de/international/eur ... 96,00.html

[halil]

sssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!

don't you dare to say prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ................ how dare you are ???????????????????

illegal news paper .................. so called ''SPIEGEL''

how much u got from the so called ''TURKS'' ......... u finished man .....


come on Insan ..... where is the credible link !!!!!!!!!!

[Get Real!]

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME MINISTER

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME TRAITOR is the correct title.

[halil]

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME MINISTER

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME TRAITOR is the correct title.

how dare u are so ''called Greek ''

[insan]

sssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!

don't you dare to say prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ................ how dare you are ???????????????????

illegal news paper .................. so called ''SPIEGEL''

how much u got from the so called ''TURKS'' ......... u finished man .....


come on Insan ..... where is the credible link !!!!!!!!!!

[YFred]

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME MINISTER

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME TRAITOR is the correct title.

You are confusing TRNC with eoka, eoka-b and eoka-c again.
Poor sod.

[bill cobbett]

I love the way deputy muhktari SoyaBean deceives when he compares his view of a CY confederation with the Federal Republic of Germany.

What a deceptive tnct-ish plonker.

[Oracle]

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME MINISTER

OK .... I'll do it!

[YFred]

I love the way deputy muhktari SoyaBean deceives when he compares his view of a CY confederation with the Federal Republic of Germany.

What a deceptive tnct-ish plonker.

You should not joke like that Charlie, because if this vote turns to no, we may yet become the new "Vilayet" of Turkey with a " Vali" to match.

[insan]

NORTHERN CYPRUS PRIME MINISTER

OK .... I'll do it!

I love u ma president of universe. :**