{"id":148070,"date":"2025-08-22T10:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/?p=148070"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:57:16","slug":"ozturkler-if-the-status-of-crimea-can-be-debated-legitimacy-and-recognition-of-the-trnc-must-also-be-reconsidered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/ozturkler-if-the-status-of-crimea-can-be-debated-legitimacy-and-recognition-of-the-trnc-must-also-be-reconsidered\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d6zt\u00fcrkler: \u201cIf the status of Crimea can be debated, legitimacy and recognition of the TRNC must also be reconsidered\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Speaker of the Republic\u2019s Assembly Ziya \u00d6zt\u00fcrkler commented on U.S. President Donal Trump\u2019s remarks about Crimea.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking at a reception, \u00d6zt\u00fcrkler described U.S. President Trump\u2019s remarks, which implied that Crimea belongs to Russia, as an important argument that should be assessed from the TRNC\u2019s perspective.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00d6zt\u00fcrkler stated that Trump\u2019s remarks present an opportunity for the international community to reflect on itself, and added, \u201cIf the status of Crimea can be debated, then the legitimacy and recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) must also be re-evaluated.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00d6zt\u00fcrkler stated that Trump&#8217;s remarks revealed the depth of inconsistent approaches in international law, emphasizing that the principle of \u201cequality against double standards\u201d must be upheld.<\/div>\n<div>\u00d6zt\u00fcrkler stressed that the Greek Cypriot side\u2019s reaction to this statement indirectly acknowledges that the TRNC has a just and legitimate basis under international law.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Furthermore, \u00d6zt\u00fcrkler stated that the Greek Cypriot side&#8217;s claim of being the &#8220;sole legitimate government&#8221; contradicts the principle of equality of peoples and said that this approach is blocking the resolution process.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker of the Republic\u2019s Assembly Ziya \u00d6zt\u00fcrkler commented on U.S. President Donal Trump\u2019s remarks about<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":148068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148071,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148070\/revisions\/148071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}