Faiz and Durduran wrote:p. 3
Alpay Durduran: Their population is a lot more than we are. Some still think that the population from Turkey is
concentrated around Karpasia and Varosia or that they are around Famagusta. But this is wrong. They
are everywhere. They are at every neighbourhood, at every apartment, in every family. They are the
majority. As we have just said the population from Turkey should be more than 300,000 according to
the 2006 statistics. And when we add the ones that are born here, the ones that are written down as
Cypriots, we see that our population reaches 590,000 together with those that are not yet citizens.
When I say these things they point to the lunatic asylum. And Mr. Talat openly insulted me. And then
they declared me as a racist, giving my name. The Republican Turkish Party representatives visiting
foreign countries say that we are racists and xenophobes. There are those who accept these
accusations and there are those who do not; and there are those who ask questions. I definitely do not
claim to be as such, but I am doing everything possible to protect the Cypriot culture, and the
Cypriotness of this country. In this respect, the population problem is important for us.
Let us now turn to aforementioned 225,000 motorized vehicles and around 400,000 mobile telephone
subscribers. Notice that we are saying subscribers and not the number of phones. There are no such
things in the world.
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Muharrem Faiz: What is happening in north Cyprus? All these stem from the fact that immigration is seen as a threat.
In the light of all these developments discussions around definitions have increased. While the
meaning of de-facto is being used for foreigners in a given country including tourists, de-jure is used
for people whose permanent residence is within certain borders. For these to come together is not
coincidental; when there was a census in our country in 2006, it was said that to have stayed or
staying in the country for six months was enough to be considered for permanent residency. As it was
accepted as such, it was declared that besides the 265 thousand de-facto population, there was also
256 thousand de-jure population; something not seen in another part of the world. This was because
the permanent residency of a worker from Hatay was declared to be Cyprus, whereas if you had a
child studying abroad he/she was not included in the census. I do not believe that the definition of the
de-jure population in our country is very innocent.
Source: PDF: The demographic composition of the northern part of Cyprus
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