Statement of the TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the Resolution adopted at the Plenary session of the European Parliament on 11 September 2025

The Resolution adopted at the Plenary session of the European Parliament on 11 September 2025, which disregards the legal realities, culminates in an open attempt to interfere with the independence of our judiciary and entirely reflects the views of the Greek Cypriot side, constitutes yet another example of the European Union’s persistent biased and prejudiced stance on the Cyprus issue. This and similar resolutions and approaches clearly demonstrate why the European Union can never be impartial and fair on the Cyprus issue.

We categorically reject the baseless and unfounded allegations and accusations directed against Motherland Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in the said Resolution. The language used in the Resolution openly disregards the inherent rights of the Turkish Cypriot people on the island. We wish to take this opportunity to recall once again that the only occupation on the island is the usurpation of the 1960 Partnership State by the Greek Cypriot side and its transformation into a Greek Cypriot state. The reference in the Resolution to Northern Cyprus as “EU territory” is the clearest indication of how detached the European Union is from the legal and factual realities on the ground. This approach, which denies the very existence of the Turkish Cypriot people and of the TRNC, is completely unacceptable.

As we have repeatedly underlined, the ongoing judicial processes in our country are carried out in accordance with the principles of the independence of judiciary and the rule of law, which are fully protected under our Constitution. As a democratic state governed by the rule of law, all citizens and foreigners within borders of the TRNC are treated equally without discrimination and fully enjoy their right to a fair trial.

The allegations contained in the Resolution that the cases before the TRNC courts target the Greek Cypriots who have applied to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) are also entirely fictitious. As is well known, the IPC has not only been recognised as an effective domestic remedy by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), but this status has been repeatedly confirmed. Nevertheless, the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA) is engaged in politically motivated actions to undermine the IPC and maintains an obstructive stance. While an effective domestic remedy recognised by the ECtHR, such as the IPC, is in place, the GCA’s attempts to politicise legal matters through individual legal cases constitute the clearest evidence of its insincerity on this matter.

On this occasion, we once again call upon the European Parliament to abandon its biased and one-sided approach regarding the Cyprus issue, and to adopt a stance based on the historical and legal facts of the island.