Last Updated On: May 03 2021 02:51 Gmt+3
The Cyprus summit held in Geneva, Switzerland last week was an important event as the parties put forward their views. The meetings were held within the framework of the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council, in which both sides were represented as communities. This is an important point. In addition, it should be noted that the summit was held under an informal status in response to a call issued by the U.N. secretary-general for ‘new and creative ideas’.
While the Greek Cypriot side called for the completion of the process within the framework of existing U.N. Security Council resolutions, the Turkish side (Turkish Cypriot side and Turkey) asked for sovereign equality and international status, stating that they will no longer support a bicommunal, federal solution for the island’s four-decade division.
Last Updated On: Apr 27 2021 01:57 Gmt+3
Is it possible to expect any concrete results from the informal Cyprus meeting that is being held in Geneva this week?
The Turkish Cypriot side has begun to play a new political game on the island, backed by Turkey’s insistence that the Cyprus problem can no longer be solved on the basis of a United Nations bi-zonal, bi-communal model. It is returning to the maximalist thesis of the 1990’s.
Meanwhile, the decision of the Greek Cypriot-controlled Republic of Cyprus to sign natural gas and joint security agreements with Egypt, Greece and Israel and the opening of Paphos Airport for the use of French warplanes also constitute steps boosting political tension and making a solution less likely.
Last Updated On: Jan 23 2021 05:48 Gmt+3
Both administrations on the divided island of Cyprus appear to be on a mission to prove that they are not that different after all.
On the one side, the south to be exact, you have Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades, who made a threat-laced phone call to the boss of a journalist in order to have the said journalist fired.
In the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), President Ersin Tatar insulted a journalist with a comment under their Twitter post, which lead to death threats against them.
Andreas Paraskos, the editor-in-chief of the Cyprus edition of Greek newspaper Kathimerini, has worked to remove the issue of missing persons - the thousands of men, women and children who went missing on the island during the 60s and 70s - from the grip of Greek nationalists through his reporting.
Source: Republic of Turkey
We commemorate the late Rauf Raif DenktaÅ, the founding President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, with respect and gratitude on the ninth anniversary of his passing away.
The late Rauf Denktas defended the cause of the Turkish Cypriot people for their rights, equality and liberty with wisdom and devotion in close unity of ideals and sentiments with Motherland Turkey. Having shown an outstanding leadership in overcoming every kind of difficulties along this process, Rauf DenktaÅ, as a defender of one of the most righteous cause of our age, will always retain his exceptional place in our hearts and in history.
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