Yigit Bulut, chief adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said the northern part of Cyprus should be made Turkey’s 82nd province, prompting a strong reaction from Turkish Cypriots.
Speaking on Turkish state television, TRT, Bulut, Erdogan’s chief economic adviser, questioned the fate of “illegally established” Republic of Cyprus, once Turkey’s EU accession process was over.
Bulut said: “Are we going to raise an EU flag in Cyprus and go there with a Schengen visa? The souls of our martyrs will not forgive us.”
He clarified that he was speaking in a personal capacity
“The TRNC should be made a province of Turkey. It is an overseas province of Turkey. It can have a licence plate and a governor. There is a president, a prime minister, and a parliament there and Turkey is paying the expenses.”
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