[07] Columnist: The government crisis in Turkey has started to deeply influence the occupied area of Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot columnist Ahmet Tolgay writes in daily Kibris newspaper (09.05.16) that the government crisis in the Recep Tayyip Erdogan ? Ahmet Davutoglu ? Justice and Development Party (AKP) triangle in Turkey has started to deeply influence the "TRNC", breakaway regime in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus. The columnist reports, inter alia, the following on the issue:
"While talking about the Water Project of the Century and the financial and economic protocols which have been pending for signature since October, crises that should have been created were created between the TRNC and Turkey. [?] The government crisis in the Recep Tayyip Erdogan ? Ahmet Davutoglu ? AKP triangle in Turkey has started to deeply influence the "TRNC". The foreign exchange has soared. The visits of our prime minister and ministers to Ankara have been postponed. The signing of the protocol and the water issues have been postponed for an indefinite period of time. Every political crisis penetrates and passes. If we read the situation correctly, it is obvious that this crisis in Turkey will penetrate us as well. In our country, where drought has started to make itself felt, the water in the Panagra dam may delay even more to reach the people. The hot money flow, which the protocol will provide to our economy, may not be secured. Both the market and the salaries may be shaken by the shortness of money. This shortness has anyway been dominating for months. If you say why, Turkey's internal policy and bureaucracy have been focused now on their own serious problems.
Weeks of perhaps months are needed for the overcoming of this very serious crisis, which started by the settling of accounts within the ruling party in Turkey. According to the decision taken, AKP's extraordinary congress will be held on 22 May and the new president will be determined. The new prime minister will be appointed. The new prime minister will establish his government. The president of the republic will approve the new government. The government program will be prepared and read in the TGNA. The government will secure vote of confidence. A new deputy prime minister responsible for Cypriot affairs will be appointed. It is not known whether Tugrul Turkes will stay at his post. It is possible that the growing of the dimension of the political crisis to lead to AKP's split up and early election coming onto the agenda.
The essence of these my friends is that a long time and burdensome efforts are needed for the situation to calm down and the Turkey-TRNC relations to be put on the right track. [?]"
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[08] Cavusoglu: The Turkish Cypriots are ready to sign the "supplementary protocol" regarding the water
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (08.05.16) reported that Nazim Cavusoglu, self-styled minister of agriculture and natural resources of the breakaway regime in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus, has said that the Turkish Cypriots have completed what they had to do on the water issue and are ready to sit at the table with Turkey and sign the "supplementary protocol" which will include the transitional period until the invitation of tenders as regards the distribution of the water.
Cavusoglu visited on Saturday the pumping station and the water desalination installation in occupied Myrtou area and the pumping station and the dam in occupied Panagra area. During the visit Cavusoslu was briefed by engineers of Turkey's State Water Affairs who are responsible for the occupied area's water provision project.
Cavusoglu said that there are currently 12 million cubic meters of water in occupied Panagra dam and that the annual water needs of the occupied area of Cyprus are estimated to be around 27 and 30 million cubic meters. He noted that the water is currently coming from Turkey in full capacity but the dam is not full and the extra water is flowing into the sea because some technical tests are being carried out.
The daily capacity of the occupied Myrtou desalination facility is 200 thousand cubic meters and its annual capacity reaches 75 million cubic meters.
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