Eroglu says mission to maintain Turkish presence in Cyprus
The Turkish Cypriot leader said that their mission was to maintain Turkish presence in Cyprus.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 11:28
The Turkish Cypriot leader said on Monday that their mission was to maintain Turkish presence in Cyprus.
President Dervis Eroglu of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said the Greek Cypriot administration had rejected all agreements reached so far.
"We are standing firm on our feet with the support of Turkey and Turkish Armed Forces, and we are for a compromise. It is the Greek Cypriot administration who is trying to gain time by sitting at a negotiation table," Eroglu told a meeting in Berlin, Germany.
Eroglu said the two sides in Cyprus had started to negotiate property issue, and TRNC had prepared and put forth a program, which was welcomed by countries concerned about Cyprus but rejected by the Greek Cypriot administration.
The Greek Cypriots wanted to go back to days before 1974, and pretended as if no state had been established in the north of the island and not any other people had been living there.
"Turkish Cypriot people have been tired of negotiations, get bored of EU's behaviors, and have started to lose their confidence in the EU," he said.
Eroglu said planes taking off from Germany could not land at TRNC due to embargoes, and many countries had ben aware that the uncompromising party was the Greek Cypriot administration and it was deceiving the EU.
"You know this, so let you lift embargoes on Turkish Cypriots and then the Greek Cypriot administration will consent to negotiations and a compromise," he said.
Eroglu also said the European Union (EU) had always put Cyprus problem as an obstacle before Turkey's membership.
Gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1960, Cyprus became a bi-communal Republic where Greek and Turkish Cypriot constituent communities would share power guaranteed by the UK, Turkey and Greece.
However, reluctant to share power and pursuing a policy of Enosis (Union) with Greece, Greek Cypriots soon expelled Turkish Cypriots from power and terrorised and ghettoised them.
Decades long armed attacks on the defenseless Turkish Cypriots culminated in 1974 when an Athens-backed Greek Cypriot military coup on the island led to Turkey's intervention based on its rights stemming from the Treaty of Guarantee.
Although the Republic of Cyprus as described in the 1959 agreements is no longer there, Greek Cypriots continue to enjoy this title and international recognition while the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a fully democratic government representing Turkish Cypriots, still suffers under an unfair political and economic blockade.
Cyprus joined the EU as a divided island when Greek Cypriots in the south rejected the UN reunification plan in twin referendums in 2004 even though the Turkish Cypriots in the north overwhelmingly supported it.
The promise made by EU foreign ministers before the referendums to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots and establish direct trade with north Cyprus remains unfulfilled.
TRNC is an independent republic located in the north of Cyprus. TRNC declared its independence in 1983, nine years after a Greek Cypriot coup attempting to annex the island to Greece led to a peace operation by Turkey. The TRNC has received diplomatic recognition from the Republic of Turkey and the TRNC has representations in dozens of countries across the globe.
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i would like to thank the tcs from the bottom of my heart for electing this moron...
while the tcs started to lose their confidence in the EU they have no problem in accepting grants...
and they are still sore about the annan plan...6 years later...
