Denktaş: “Turkish Cypriots will never be a minority.”
3 October, 2017Only a partitioned island will bring the dispute between Turkish and Greek Cypriots to an end
4 October, 2017Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün received Turkish Athletics Federation President Fatih Çintimar and World Champion 200m sprinter Ramil Guliyev ahead of the TRNC International Athletics Championship which will be held at the Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium.
Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün stated that the TRNC’s many talented athletes encounter great difficulties in the sporting arena due to the embargos that have been imposed on the Turkish Cypriot people. Özgürgün also said that the TRNC was sending a clear message to the world by giving talented Turkish Cypriot athletes the opportunity to compete in international arenas under the Turkish flag.
Today, 60 athletes from 10 countries will participate in the competition, which is organized by the TRNC Athletics Federation in Lefkoşa. TRNC athlete and World athletics champion Ramil Guliyev will compete in the games, as well as Ukrainian World Championship High Jump Silver Medallist Yuliya Levchenko.