by repulsewarrior » Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:35 am
[05] Soyer: The foundation presented as "owner" of occupied fenced-off Varosha closed down in 1935
Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Duzen (24.09.19) reports that Ferdi Sabit Soyer, former "prime minister" and leader of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), has said that Abdullah Pasa Foundation, which is presented by EVKAF religious foundation as the owner of the fenced-off city of Varosha, had been compensated and closed down in 1935. In statements to the paper, Soyer referred to a book under the title "The History of Turkish Cypriot Foundations with Documents" [Translator's note: The title in Turkish is: "Belgelerle K?br?s Turk Vak?flar Tarihi"] written by Mustafa Hasim Altan, which had been printed by the "Cyprus EVKAF Administration Publications" in 1986.
The above-mentioned documents are published in the second volume of the book on pages 1262-1281, writes the paper adding that the book had passed from a control by a committee composed by Harid Fedai, H. Fikret Alasya and Guney Esendag before taking the decision as regards its publication by EVKAF and the so-called religious affairs department.
The book was based on "official documents" which say that "no such foundation exists in Cyprus", notes the paper adding that the book's presentation was written by former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas, its foreword by Raif Unsal, the then chairman of the administrative council of EVKAF and religious affairs, and its preface by Soner Cuvalcioglu, the then general director of EVKAF. Furthermore, the book was submitted to the then "prime minister" Osman Orek.
Soyer told the paper that "the EVKAF phenomenon" was important "for the process of existing on these lands", but some mistakes existed in its history, which should be discussed objectively. Soyer noted that neither the "EVKAF phenomenon in Varosha" nor the "historical reality" could be defended with the current propaganda of EVKAF and its director through TV channels and advertisements.
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...EVKAF, enough said.