Ersin Tatar: Both We and Turkey Want an Agreement on the Cyprus Problem, and This Agreement is Based on a Two-State Policy
Ersin Tatar: Both We and Turkey Want an Agreement on the Cyprus Problem, and This Agreement is Based on a Two-State Policy
President Ersin Tatar emphasized that a new era has begun on the island following the Cyprus Peace Operation and stated, "We do not have the luxury of wasting more time. We are now advocating a two-state policy." He also noted that efforts to increase the visibility of the TRNC will continue with Turkey’s support.
President Tatar reiterated that a new era has begun in Cyprus with the Cyprus Peace Operation and said, "The new policy is a two-state policy. We do not have the luxury of wasting more time."
President Tatar received Dr. Mustafa Canbey, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TGNA), Member of the Turkish Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and Chairman of the Turkey-Argentina Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, along with his accompanying delegation.
UBP Secretary General and Famagusta MP Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu and CTP MP Armağan Candan were also present at the reception.
Ersin Tatar: The Turkish People of Cyprus Have Suffered Greatly
In his speech at the reception, President Tatar expressed his satisfaction with the visit.
Noting that a dynamic process is taking place regarding the Cyprus issue, Tatar highlighted that relations with various institutions, organizations, the United Nations, the European Union, and different countries are ongoing.
"We are making efforts to increase the visibility of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," Tatar said, adding that they will continue to defend the two-state policy and that their biggest supporter in this struggle is the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Tatar noted that many civilizations came to Cyprus, but the longest period was the Ottoman period.
Recalling a quote by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Tatar said, "We existed before 1571. Therefore, we have always existed, we exist now, and we will continue to exist."
"THEY KICKED US OUT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, OF WHICH WE WERE EQUAL CO-FOUNDERS, AT GUNPOINT"
Noting that the Greek Cypriot side played all kinds of games to harass, migrate, and destroy the Turkish Cypriot people, Tatar stated that they always trusted Motherland Turkey.
In his speech, Tatar commemorated the late Prime Minister of Turkey Adnan Menderes and Foreign Minister Fatin Rüştü Zorlu with mercy and touched upon the events of that period.
"They kicked us out of the Republic of Cyprus, of which we were equal founding partners, at gunpoint," Tatar said, adding that the Turkish Cypriot people had suffered a lot.
Stating that with the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation, a new era started in Cyprus, Tatar noted that the Greek Cypriot side has never accepted an agreement with the Turkish Cypriots on the basis of equality and said, "They have always played games in this. They played for time."
Reminding that the Greek Cypriot side, which said "no" to the Annan Plan, was rewarded and admitted to the European Union, Tatar stated that the Turkish Cypriot side made sacrifices and said "yes" to the Annan Plan for a compromise.
Tatar said, "Southern Cyprus, as a European Union state, is dealing with us with the whole European Union. The state recognized by the European Union is the Greek state in the South... If there is an occupation in Cyprus, that occupation is the occupation of the Republic of Cyprus."
"WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE ANY MORE TIME"
Stating that the new policy is two-state politics, Tatar said, "We no longer have the luxury of wasting more time. Everything has been tried. Opportunities were given, and they rejected them all."
"The Republic of Turkey has historical rights, laws, and international agreements here," Tatar said, emphasizing that the Republic of Turkey is the most powerful country in the region.
Noting that the Erenköy resistance is the Çanakkale Epic of the Turkish Cypriots, Tatar mentioned that great battles took place there.
Stating that in the 1960 Founding Treaties, the massacre stopped with Turkey's intervention through the right of unilateral intervention, Tatar referred to the process leading to the establishment of the TRNC with the Cyprus Peace Operation.
"IN THE PROCESS TO COME, WE AND TURKEY WANT AN AGREEMENT, AND THAT AGREEMENT IS A TWO-STATE POLICY"
Emphasizing that the Turkish Cypriot people have the right to determine their own future, Tatar stated that the Turkish Cypriot people are a sovereign people.
"In the following process, both we and the Republic of Turkey want an agreement. That agreement is two-state politics," Tatar said, referring to the Project of the Century, and stated that it brought great wealth to Cyprus.
Stating that they continue to present their proposals in order to carry the future of Cyprus into the future with the cooperation of the two states on various issues, Tatar said, "I hope it will be reciprocated."
Referring to the developments in the world, Tatar said that the guarantee of peace and tranquility in Cyprus is Turkey's Turkish Cypriot Peace Forces corps in the country.
"Cyprus is not the old Cyprus. The Eastern Mediterranean is not the old Eastern Mediterranean," Tatar said, adding that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is the southernmost Turkish state.
Tatar stated that the TRNC is a window and gate of the Turkish world opening to the Mediterranean.
MUSTAFA CANBEY: "WE ARE HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER WITH CYPRIOT TURKS"
Dr. Mustafa Canbey, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Member of the Turkish Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and Chairman of the Turkey-Argentina Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, expressed his pleasure to be in Cyprus and with Turkish Cypriots.
Noting that they will carry out some studies and trips in Cyprus, Canbey stated that it is important to recognize the TRNC in the international arena.
Canbey said, "You will have a meeting in Geneva. We wish you success. You are waging a great struggle. We are always with you in this struggle."