Statement by Sener Elcil, Secretary General of the Union of Turkish Cypriots Teachers (KTOS)
We follow with particular interest the evaluation by the Turkish Prime Minister Mr. Erdogan, of the visit to our island by the German Chancellor Mrs. Merkel.
Mr. Erdogan’s statements reveal the real goals of Turkey in Cyprus. Mr. Erdogan behaves as if it were not the Government of the Party of Justice and Development and the Turkish state which annihilate the Turkish Cypriot community, a partner on an equal footing in the Republic of Cyprus. As if it were is not Turkey which is transferring population and neutralize our political will, imposing the so called economic packages and force us to immigrate. As if it were not them who built mosques in every corner, assimilating the Turkish Cypriots.
Striving to appear as the side which wants solution and asking Mrs. Merkel to apologize because she has referred to these realities, constitutes a political distortion . We remind Mr. Erdogan that Turkey is a guarantor of the Republic of Cyprus together with Greece and Britain. Supposedly Turkey is in Cyprus to protect the territorial integrity and the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus. Mr. Erdogan should know that the transfer of population, the creation of dividing structures, the distribution of Greek Cypriot properties to Turkish nationals and all that Turkey has done in Cyprus contravene the International Law and are not included in its duties as a guarantor.
Your outburst against Mrs. Merkel who reminded you of all these as well as your accusation that she lacks knowledge on the Cyprus Problem, cannot cover these realities. How easy you have forgotten that it is you who ‘slept’ on the 65% of the Yes vote by the Turkish Cypriots at the referendum and without making a step forward towards a solution, you revealed your real goals by stating that “we did not give away a single stone”
Once more you revealed your real goal by saying that you will not give away a single gram of north Cyprus, forgetting, however, that the real owner of this land are all the Cypriots. With what right are you bargaining with our land? Cyprus is not the property of your fathers.
It should be made clear that if there is somebody who should apologize for his actions which push the Turkish Cypriots to immigration and to assimilation, this is you.
From the Turkish Cypriot newspaper Havantis, 16.01.2011
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