"Phoney republic"
Under the above front page title, Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika (31.10.11) reports on statements by Hasip Kaplan, a Turkish MP from Sirnak with Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). Kaplan with his statements in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) criticized the decision taken by breakaway regime's "council of ministers" to expel 18 students of Kurdish origin.
Kaplan said inter alia: "The state in Cyprus, which you call it 'small homeland' and turn it into a phoney republic, is a banana republic. [...] This land has been turned into a centre for money laundering, mafia and prostitution, then our people should not study in the universities, not take their money, not open their doors, the Ministry of National Education should not accredit their universities. They were afraid that 18 Kurdish students would destroy the country's peace!"
http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/tcpr/201 ... .tcpr.html
