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Ministers of Unrecognized Turkish-Cypriot Government Use Republic of Cyprus Passports

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Turkish-Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen reports that ministers of North Cyprus possess passports of the Republic of Cyprus despite their public rejection of the Republic of Cyprus.

The paper states, “Minister of Foreign Affairs" Huseyin Ozgurgun stated at the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s (TBMM) committee on Foreign Affairs that 100 thousand Turkish-Cypriots are holders of passports of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkish-Cypriots use the passport of the Republic of Cyprus to go to Europe with no border controls, otherwise a visa would be essential.”
It was made officially known that Huseyin Ozgurgun is a holder of Cyprus passport, himself. Other documents have shown that four more “ministers of North Cyprus” have passports of the Republic of Cyprus including Minister of Finance Ersiusn Tatar, Minister of Economics, Sunat Atun, Minister of Education Kemal Durust, and Minister of Health Ahmet Kasif.
The nationalist newspaper Volkan, comments the unique situation of the internationally unrecognized ministers and their passports, emphasizing that Asim Akansoy, General Secretary of the Republican Turkish political party, who has been director af Mehmet Ali Talat’s office, seeped documents to the press.
Source: greece.greekreporter.com

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99,000 Turkish Cypriots have Cyprus Republic birth certificates
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December 4, 2011 | Filed under: Geopolitics A newspaper in northern Cyprus reports that 99,000 Turkish Cypriots have been issued birth certificates from the Republic of Cyprus, with 58,069 Cypriot passports having also been issued to Turkish Cypriots this year.

The new biometric passports have already been given to 7,376 Turkish Cypriots.

Speaking to Kibris, the Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis added that 93,308 ID cards had also been issued to Turkish Cypriots.

Meanwhile, Turkish Cypriots are conducting a census today.

The census has been a source of controversy ever since it was announced, with few expressing confidence that it will reveal the true numbers of Turkish settlers living in the occupied areas.

Source: famagusta-gazette.com

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Is it true that Rauf Denktas and other prominent TCs are receiving a pension from the Republic of Cyprus?