Reaction from Turkey to Greek Cypriot Administration
5 October, 2018Özersay: “Political equality is not a right to be taken by giving up guarantees”
5 October, 2018Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the deadlock in the Cyprus issue caused loss of reputation to the United Nations.
Speaking at the closing session of the TRT World Forum in Istanbul, themed ‘Exploring a Just Peace in a Fragmented World’ for which Anadolu Agency is a global communication partner, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: ‘The U.N. was established to create peace and harmony, yet unfortunately still cannot find an answer to the issues in our world’. Erdoğan gave the example of Cyprus and stated that the Cyprus issue hasn’t been resolved since 1974 and underlined that the decisive attempts of the Turkish side for the solution were refused by the Greek Cypriot side again and again especially in 2004 and although South Cyprus refused the Annan Plan by saying no in the referenda they became a member of the European Union.