TURKISH CYPRIOT AND TURKISH MEDIA REVIEW
No. 71/13
13-15/4/13
1. Talat: transfer of Cypriot natural gas through
Turkey is related to the solution; Davutoglu’s statement on the division of
Cyprus was an intimidation
2. Denktas says he is ready to find investor for the
Cyprus Airways, forgetting how they have led “Turkish Cypriot airlines” to
bankruptcy
3. Rustem Tatar: “Turkish Cypriots have rights to the
gold”
4. Self-styled minister of energy held a meeting with
Yildiz in Turkey on petrol and natural gas exploration
5. Finland says Cyprus UN problem; “regrets” block on
Turkish bid
6.
Tekelioglu described the Cyprus problem as a pebble stone inside Turkish shoes
7.
AKP Vice Deputy stated that Turkey will make new openings in several fields in
the occupied area of Cyprus; statements on the Cyprus problem
8.
CHP’s Deputy in Ankara submitted a parliamentary question the TBMM about the
construction of luxury villas in the occupied area of Cyprus by two Israeli
firms
9. Land in occupied Karpasia peninsula is given to a
Turkish Holding
10.
Members of the Finance Committee of the Federal Assembly of Germany visited the
Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Trade
11. Workshop titled “2013 Planning the Future of North
Cyprus” took place in Ankara
12. Hasipoglu: “we should not have hopes for a Cyprus settlement”
12. Hasipoglu: “we should not have hopes for a Cyprus settlement”
13. “KITSAB” will attend the 46th UFTAA
Congress Kuala Lumpur 2013
14. Turkish aviation companies say they would stop
flying to the occupied area of Cyprus due to increased cost
15. Protocol of co-operation in health and education
signed between illegal GAU and Istanbul Bilim University
16. IS Bank opened a new branch in occupied Lefkosia
17. Erdogan to visit Gaza as Israel ties remain in
deep freeze
18. Germany ready to assist Turkey for renewable
energy, said German vice-chancellor
19. BDP delegation visits Imrali to hear Ocalan's response to Kandil
19. BDP delegation visits Imrali to hear Ocalan's response to Kandil
20.
The “1st Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”
to take place in the occupied area of Cyprus
21. The incidents of cancer have been increased due to
the operation of the electrical power without filter
1. Talat: transfer of Cypriot natural gas through
Turkey is related to the solution; Davutoglu’s statement on the division of
Cyprus was an intimidation
Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen newspaper (14.04.13)
reported that former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat has said that the
transfer of Cypriot natural gas to international markets through Turkey is
related to the solution of the Cyprus problem. In statements to illegal Bayrak
television, Talat argued that the Greek Cypriots could be right from their point
of view when they oppose to the transfer of natural gas through Turkey, because
they do not want to depend on Turkey in these conditions with the Cyprus
problem being unsolved.
Talat claimed that the transfer of the natural gas
through Turkey is the only reasonable way from economic point of view, but this
is obviously depended on the solution of the Cyprus problem.
Talat reiterated his view that if the Cyprus problem
had been solved, the Republic of Cyprus would not have faced the current
economic crisis. He said that the Cypriot banks had put all their eggs into one
basket by investing in Greek bonds and argued that if the Cyprus problem had
been solved, this money could have been invested in other fields, such as the
constructions for example. He alleged that if a solution was found, the “common
government” would be deterrent in the unilateral use of resources and the
Turkish Cypriots in the central bank would have prevented the wrong
investments.
Asked to comment on Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu’s
statement saying that either a solution will be found in Cyprus or there will
be a division, Talat said that “this could be perceived as a kind of warning or
intimidation”.
Talat argued that a negotiating process which will not
be held at the level of the community leaders would be meaningless and added
that “as soon as the stance of the UN is revealed, we will assess where these
negotiations could lead us to”.
Talat said that there are efforts by the Turkish side
to corner President Anastasiades and described these efforts as “correct”, but
added that in case these efforts serve to the non-solution, they will be of no
use.
Talat alleged that the Europeans should recall to the
Greek Cypriots that they have rejected the Annan Plan and exert pressure on
them, because they have allegedly deceived the world.
Asked to comment on the allegations as regards the
money laundering in the Republic of Cyprus, Talat claimed that the Greek
Cypriot side should pay a price both on this issue and for the non-solution of
the Cyprus problem.
(I/Ts.)
2. Denktas says he is ready to
find investor for the Cyprus Airways, forgetting how they have led “Turkish
Cypriot airlines” to bankruptcy
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibrisli newspaper (15.04.13)
reports that Serdar Denktas, chairman of the Democratic Party (DP) has argued
that in case the government of the Republic of Cyprus accepted 50% partnership
of the Turkish Cypriots in the Cyprus Airways, he was ready to find an investor
for saving the company and make it “common property of the two peoples” living
in Cyprus.
In a written statement issued yesterday, Denktas
argued that finding a solution to the Cyprus problem was the most important
element for the Greek Cypriots’ being saved from the economic deadlock. Within
this framework, he added, “relations-building measures” are inevitable in
parallel to the statements made for the Cyprus problem.
Denktas said he sees that the Cyprus Airways will not
have a different fate than the one of the bankrupted “Turkish Cypriot Airlines”
(KTHY) and added that he sees also an opportunity for “relations-increasing
measures between the two peoples”.
(I/Ts.)
3. Rustem Tatar: “Turkish Cypriots have rights to the
gold”
According
to Turkish daily Hurriyet (15.04.13), Omer Bilge – paper’s correspondent in the
occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus – reports that Rustem Tatar, who is the
father of the so-called minister of finance Ersin Tatar, said to the paper that
the Turkish Cypriots have also rights to the gold that the Central Bank of
Cyprus is planning to sell.
Evaluating
the situation in Cyprus, Rustem Tatar said:
“The Turkish Cypriots may have separated from the Greek Cypriots, but
they haven’t still get an official divorce. Turkish Cypriots have also shares
at the public resources like the natural gas and the gold reserves.” He added
that the 14 tons of gold reserves were bought by the Central Bank of Cyprus in
1960.
Meanwhile,
the paper reports that Rustem Tatar was an economic adviser of the Turkish
Cypriot committee during the London-Zurich agreements in 1960.
4. Self-styled minister of
energy held a meeting with Yildiz in Turkey on petrol and natural gas
exploration
Illegal Bayrak television (13.04.13) broadcast that
the self-styled minister for economy and energy Sunat Atun, took up the issue
of petrol and natural gas exploration efforts of the Republic of Cyprus with the
Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz in Turkey.
During the meeting Yildiz claimed that any natural gas
reserves found in Cyprus should be used by both “peoples” on the island.
“He also sent a clear message to the Greek Cypriot
side saying that Turkey’s determined stance and policy on this issue is very
clear, if they want peace and stability in the region the Greek Cypriots must
cooperate fully with the Turkish side”, illegal Bayrak broadcast.
Yildiz also received information regarding the
workings being carried out regarding renewable energy in the breakaway from
Atun and said that Turkey fully supports the work that is being carried out.
5. Finland says Cyprus UN
problem; “regrets” block on Turkish bid
Turkish daily Hurriyet Daily News (15.04.13) reports
that Finland regrets the political blockade that has been applied to Turkey for
Ankara’s European Union-accession process, Finland’s foreign minister has said.
Erkki Tuomioja said they thought Turkey’s negotiations
should proceed normally, “opening and closing chapters as the objective
negotiation situation evolves.” “There will be some chapters opened,” he told
the Hurriyet Daily News April 12 alongside the Second Istanbul Conference on
Mediation.
Turkey and Finland launched the mediation initiative
in 2010. It then became a United Nations initiative after a resolution was
approved at the U.N. General Assembly in 2011.
Finland has always supported the opening of the other
chapters that have overshadowed Turkey’s accession talks, the minister said.
“We regret this political blockade, but I think we see some changes and there
is a possibility of getting a more normal negotiation process.”
“When Finland was holding the rotating EU presidency
in the second half of 2006, Tuomioja had a prominent role as the spokesman of
EU foreign policy. He also has been conducting intensive work on the Cyprus
issue to find a solution that will enable the uninterrupted continuation of
Turkey’s accession negotiations and improve the situation of both communities
on the island.”, writes the paper.
When Tuomioja was asked whether Turkey’s EU membership
would be a dream until the Cyprus problem was solved, he emphasized that it was
more or less true, “because, if somebody is in the EU, they have to have normal
relations with all others in the bloc. That is the basic idea of European
integration.”
All parties involved in the problem need to support
the work of the U.N., he said. “We are trying to solve the Cyprus problem; we
are trying to solve some items which will help communities working together on
the island, where the EU clearly has an interest and a mandate to do so. But
the actual issue of Cyprus is a U.N. issue.”
Tuomioja said he was hopeful. “After the last
elections in Cyprus there has actually been a wind of opportunity except for
the financial debt crisis, which is now overhanging.” He also noted that he
found it understandable that at least for the short term Cyprus would be unable
to act until they solve its economic problems. “When this is over – certainly
we are not talking about years, we are talking about months if not weeks – we
should start seriously to get these parts together again,” he said.
Nothing can immediately happen regarding peace talks
on the Cyprus problem, Tuomioja said, adding that Cypriot President Nicos
Anastasiades would take this up as soon as possible.
6. Tekelioglu described the Cyprus problem as a pebble
stone inside Turkish shoes
Under
the title: “We are ready to make a sacrifice on Cyprus”, Turkish Cypriot daily
Haberdar (13.04.13) reported on statements by Mehmet Tekelioglu, AKP Deputy in
Izmir and chairman of the EU Harmonization Committee at the Turkish Grand
National Assembly (TBMM) who in statements during a press conference he
organized in the Turkish Embassy in Paris referred to the Cyprus problem said
that the Cyprus problem was into the agenda during the contacts he carried out
with French politicians in Paris in the framework of the discussions about the
opening of the 22 chapter on Turkish-EU negotiation talks.
Referring
to Cyprus, Tekelioglu said: “Cyprus is a pebble stone inside Turkey’s shoes and
we should be discarded from this. We are aware of the fact that Cyprus is a
pebble stone in our feed. We are ready to make any kind of sacrifices and we
want the re-launching of the negotiation talks. But, when we say that we are
ready to make sacrifices, nobody should expect from us to cut our feed in order
to be discarded from this”.
(AK)
7. AKP Vice Deputy stated that Turkey will make new
openings in several fields in the occupied area of Cyprus; statements on the
Cyprus problem
Under
the title: “There would be new openings in several fields”, Turkish Cypriot
daily Halkin Sesi (14.04.13) reported on statements by Salih Kapusuz, Deputy
chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey, who is illegally
visiting the occupied area of Cyprus in the framework of the Academy Kibris
(Cyprus) seminar which took place in the illegal Near East University (YDU) on
April 13.
In
statements about the Cyprus problem, Kapusuz stressed the need for the Cyprus
problem to be solved. Saying that the stance of Turkey and the “TRNC
government” about the Cyprus problem is clear, Kapusuz expressed the belief
that better days will come for the “TRNC”, as he described the occupation
regime.
Stating
that Turkey will undertake steps for solving the electricity problem in the
“TRNC”, which is as he said one of the most important problems there, Kapusuz
added that new openings will be made also by Turkey in several other fields,
such as in education and economy.
Kapusuz
stressed also the need for the encouragement of more investments in occupied
Keryneia. He said that the investments made until now to the occupation regime
did not reached the desired level and stressed the need for the Turkish and
Turkish Cypriot businessmen to meet more frequently.
Referring
to the health sector, he assured that Turkey and the “TRNC” will continue their
cooperation. He then said that the Turkish Premier Erdogan will soon find the
opportunity to carry out a visit to the “TRNC”.
(AK)
8. CHP’s Deputy in Ankara submitted a parliamentary
question the TBMM about the construction of luxury villas in the occupied area
of Cyprus by two Israeli firms
Turkish
Cypriot daily Vatan (14.04.13) reported that the Republican People’s Party
(CHP) Deputy in Ankara, Bulent Kusoglu has submitted a parliamentary question
to the Turkish National Assembly regarding the allegations published in the
press that Israeli firms, and particularly two firms called Davit Lewis and
Koll Mann, have launched the construction of luxury villas by the sea in the
“TRNC”, with the encouragement of the “ministry of finance”, and the above
mentioned firms do not permit to the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot citizens to
buy them.
As
the paper writes, Kusaoglu has transferred this issue to the Turkish National
Assembly by submitting a parliamentary question. Kusoglu demanded from Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to investigate this issue and give answers towards
this matter.
(AK)
9. Land in occupied Karpasia
peninsula is given to a Turkish Holding
Turkish Cypriot daily Volkan newspaper (15.04.13)
reports that according to new information it has obtained on 300 donums of land
[Translator’s note: a land measure of about 1000 square meters] granted to a
Turkish Cypriot named Ahmet Ozcag or Varyant Ahmet in occupied Yialousa
village, the above-mentioned Turkish Cypriot was acting on behalf of Attas
Alarko Holding, which is one of the biggest companies in Turkey. The paper
recalls that Varyant Ahmet had said that he bribed “civil servants” and that is
why he was arrested and led to “court”.
The land had been leased to Varyant Ahmet in 2009 for
49 years and afterwards the rent for four years was condoned by the self-styled
minister of interior, Nazim Cavusoglu, notes Volkan adding that the land
remained to Varyant Ahmet’s Ozkom Ltd Company with the aim of making
investments in the field of tourism.
According to Volkan, Alarko Holding belongs to Ishak
Alaton and Izzet Garih, Turkish citizens of Jewish origin. The paper writes
that the land given to Alarko was next to the 450 donums of land granted to
businessman David Lewis, British citizen of Jewish origin, for constructing a
marina.
“As it is known, many businessmen of Jewish origin
have closed tens of thousands of donums by the sea in the area of Karpasia”,
writes the paper.
(I/Ts.)
10. Members of the Finance Committee of the Federal
Assembly of Germany visited the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Trade
Turkish
Cypriot daily Kibris (13.04.13) reported that a delegation of the members of
the Finance Committee of the Federal Assembly of Germany, accompanied by the
Ambassador of Germany in Cyprus, Gabriela Guellil, visited (yesterday-Friday)
the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Trade (KTTO), where they met with the chairman
and the administration board of the chamber.
According
to a statement issued by the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Trade, the officials of
the chamber and the visiting delegation exchanged views about the economic
structure of the occupation regime and about the financial crisis experienced
in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus.
In
statements during the meeting, the chairman of the chamber, Gunay Cerkez
referred to the economic crisis in the Republic of Cyprus and stressed the need
for a solution to be found out.
Referring
to the Cyprus problem, Cerkez said that the solution of the Cyprus problem
could be used as a catalyst for the crisis and added: “We should transform the
crisis into an opportunity for the solution”.
Cerkez
said that besides the water to be transferred from Turkey, the issue of the
hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the transferring
of these resources through Turkey has shown that the solution of the Cyprus
problem is very important.
Cerkez
went on and said that the responsibility for the financial crisis in general
belongs to the EU Central Bank.
(AK)
11. Workshop titled “2013
Planning the Future of North Cyprus” took place in Ankara
Turkish Cypriot daily Gunes newspaper (15.04.13) reports that a workshop titled “2013 Planning the Future of North Cyprus’ is taking place in Ankara on Saturday.
Turkish Cypriot daily Gunes newspaper (15.04.13) reports that a workshop titled “2013 Planning the Future of North Cyprus’ is taking place in Ankara on Saturday.
The workshop was organized by the Eurasia Economic
Affairs Associations.
Speaking during the workshop, the self-styled minister
of national education, youth and sports Mutlu Atasayan, stated that students
from 90 countries, including students from Turkey, Azerbaijan, USA, Russia, UK,
Iraq and Iran study at the illegal universities of the breakaway regime and
added that every students is important for the recognition and the
advertisement of occupied Cyprus.
12. Hasipoglu: “we should not have hopes for a Cyprus
settlement”
Turkish
Cypriot daily Kibris (14.04.13) reports that the so-called minister of health
Ertugrul Hasipoglu, speaking to a seminar entitled “A struggle against cancer
in Turkey and in the world”, said, among other things, that they should not
carry any hopes for the solution of the Cyprus problem and for this reason they
should walk away from an “imaginary solution” and they should develop the
breakaway regime and organize their own houses. He also added that with the
support of their motherland Turkey they will carry the best points of the
occupation regime.
13. “KITSAB” will attend the 46th UFTAA
Congress Kuala Lumpur 2013
According
to Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi (15.04.13), the Turkish Cypriot
Association of Tourism and Travel Agents (KITSAB) will be represented at the 46th
UFTAA (United Federation of Travel Agents’ Association) Congress 2013 in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, by the honorary chairman of KITSAB Ahmet Necati Ozkan and
Ozbek Dedekorkut, member of the management board.
Ozkan,
in an announcement, said that they applied a year ago so that the next congress
of UFTAA to be held in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus. Ozkan also
said that they have informed them that in case the Congress takes place in the
occupied part of Cyprus then they would have reduced air tickets, reasonable
hotel rates, as well as simultaneous interpretations. Ozkan added that the place and the date of
the new Congress will be decided by the administrative board of UFTAA.
14. Turkish aviation companies
say they would stop flying to the occupied area of Cyprus due to increased
cost
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (15.04.13)
reports that Turkey’s Private Sector Aviation Entrepreneurs’ Association
(TOSHID) has noted that they have not yet received a reply to the call they had
made on the breakaway regime’s so-called government in the direction of
re-determining the prices at illegal Tymvou airport. The association said they
could stop the flights between the illegal airport and Turkey either for one
day or for one week.
Officials of Onur Airlines, Pegasus Airlines and
Atlasjet Airlines, which fly between the occupied area of Cyprus and Turkey,
have told Kibris that TOSHID’s administrative council will convene on 22 April
and most probably will decide postponement of the flights to the illegal
airport. They said that they might postpone the flights for one day or for a
longer period in April. They noted that they are obliged to pay additional fees
that exceed five million Turkish liras annually. However, the self-styled
minister of transportation and public works, Ersan Saner has argued that no
increase was made to the fees.
(I/Ts.)
15. Protocol of co-operation
in health and education signed between illegal GAU and Istanbul Bilim
University
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (13.04.13)
reports that the illegal Keryneia American University (GAU) signed a
co-operation protocol with the Istanbul Bilim University (IBU) and Florance
Nightingale Hospital (which is affiliated with IBU) in the fields of education
and health.
According to the protocol, a health complex under the
name “GAU Florance Nightingale Smart Health” will be built in the Ayios
Georgios area. The complex will include among others geriatrics and eldest care
facilities, rehabilitation center, hotel and shopping market. Cooperation in
health and education between GAU and IBU will be established as well.
The project will cost 160 million Euro and is planned
to be completed in three years.
16. IS Bank opened a new
branch in occupied Lefkosia
Illegal Bayrak television (13.04.13) broadcast that Is
Bank has opened up its 15th branch in occupied Lefkosia.
Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, self-styled
speaker of the “assembly”, Hasan Bozer, “prime mister” Irsen Kucuk and the
“Turkish ambassador” to occupied Lefkosia Halil Ibrahim Akca, were among the
“officials” attended the opening of the bank.
Speaking during the opening ceremony Eroglu called for
all “title deeds” in the breakaway regime to be accepted as collateral at the
bank and adding: “The title deeds are being given by the TRNC government”.
A similar statement was made by Akca who said that he
hopes in the near future “IS Bank will also not discriminate between title
deeds and allow them to be used as collateral while gaining loans.”
17. Erdogan to visit Gaza as
Israel ties remain in deep freeze
Turkish daily Today’s Zaman newspaper (15.04.13)
reports that the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he
will stick to his plan to travel to Gaza and visit the coastal strip in late
May, a day after he insisted that Turkey will not send an ambassador to Israel
unless Israel lifts the blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.
On March 22, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
offered a formal apology and promised compensation for families of the victims
and those injured during the Israeli raid on Mavi Marmara during a telephone
conversation with Erdogan in what appeared to be a peace initiative brokered by
US President Barack Obama, who was on a visit to Israel. The lifting of the
Gaza blockade, however, is not part of the deal.
Since then, Erdogan has insisted that the lifting of
the blockade is a condition for normal ties and said he would visit Gaza to
monitor the status of the blockade. Speaking to a group of journalists en route
to Turkey from a visit to Mongolia on Saturday, Erdogan also said Turkey will
not send an ambassador to Israel until the blockade of Gaza is lifted, when responding
to a question on whether the appointment of an ambassador is imminent.
In addition, Turkish daily Hurriyet Daily News
(15.04.13) reports that compensation talks between Turkey and Israel over the
latter’s killings of nine Turkish citizens on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara
vessel should not turn into “dirty bargaining,” Turkish officials have said,
adding that Israel should prepare to pay a substantial amount to the victims’
families.
“Israel should perfectly know that this is not a
process of bargaining. Compensation talks should not be turned into horse
trading or dirty bargaining. We want to solve this issue in next week’s talks,”
a diplomatic source told the Hürriyet Daily News on condition of anonymity.
18. Germany ready to assist
Turkey for renewable energy, said German vice-chancellor
Ankara Anatolia news agency (12.04.13) reports that the German Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic and Technology Philipp Roesler on Friday said that conditions were excellent for renewable energy in Turkey.
Ankara Anatolia news agency (12.04.13) reports that the German Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic and Technology Philipp Roesler on Friday said that conditions were excellent for renewable energy in Turkey.
Speaking at the Turkish-German Energy Forum in Ankara
on Friday, Roesler indicated that Germany was ready to assist Turkey for
renewable energy and that they wanted to contribute to Turkey.
"Of course, legal arrangements (in Turkey) must
be made for that purpose," Roesler stressed.
"I have come to Turkey with the representatives
of more than 50 German companies. This number could have been bigger if we had
more seats. This is my first time ever travelling with such a large delegation.
Our visit is an indication of the importance we attach to the Turkish
economy," Roesler underlined. "Turkish economy has achieved great
things in the last 10 years and this was no coincidence. We want to see long
term relations with Turkey and could cooperate in many fields in this
direction," Roesler noted.
We would like to make contributions to the Turkish
economy in the field of renewable energy, Roesler stated.
"We know that the Turkish government wants to
save itself from being dependent on energy. This would make a positive
contribution on the current account deficit. [..] All legal arrangements must
be ready for such a cooperation. We will discuss legal arrangements at the next
Turkish-German Energy Forum," Roesler expressed.
"We would like to establish long term partnership
with Turkey in all fields, including energy. The Turkish side wishes to see
Germany's works conducted for energy efficiency," Roesler noted.
"The next forum would take place in Germany in
2014. Germany will hold elections in September and I do hope to host you as a
minister in 2014," Roesler stated.
Answering a question on Germany's stance on Turkey's
concerns about a possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and the US,
Roesler underlined that he had a chance to meet the Turkish Minister of Economy
Zafer Caglayan. "I listened to Caglayan's criticisms on this issue. It is
the European Commission which holds talks with the US. Every bilateral FTA
affects the Customs Union," Roesler said.
"I speak while considering the interests of my
country. However, I do understand Turkey's interests well. I told Mr. Caglayan
that I bring up this issue in my talks within the EU. As a friend and partner,
it would be beneficial for us if Turkey's condition is well," Roesler
noted.
19. BDP delegation visits
Imrali to hear Ocalan's response to Kandil
Turkish daily Today’s Zaman (15.04.13) reports that a
group of deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP)
travelled to İmralı Island on Sunday to meet with imprisoned Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and hear his response to a letter sent to him
by the commanders of the PKK bases in the Kandil Mountains.
The delegation included BDP co-chair Selahattin
Demirtaş and Deputies Sırrı Süreyya Onder and Pervin Buldan. Ocalan was
expected to send a message about the withdrawal of PKK members from Turkey and
whether it would be with their weapons.
At a press conference held after the meeting BDP
delegation said the PKK head will reveal the details of the the group's planned
withdrawal from Turkey in the coming days.
Buldan said the meeting lasted for an hour and a half
and Onder read out a message from Ocalan.
“The peace process we are currently going through is continuing at full
speed. I am striving to make the ceasefire permanent and to ensure a
withdrawal. I can say we are happier now at this stage to which we have come.
In this context, I will reveal the details of the efforts we are making,” Ocalan's
statement said.
Onder said that they delivered the letter from Kandil
to Ocalan and added that the PKK leader will send a response to Kandil about
the withdrawal of PKK members from Turkey. The message will also be made
public, he noted.
20. The “1st Mediterranean Symposium on
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants” to take place in the occupied area of Cyprus
Turkish
Cypriot daily Haberdar (15.4.13) reports that the Faculty of Pharmaceutics of
the illegal Eastern Mediterranean University (DAU) will organize at the Kaya
Artemis Hotel the “1st Mediterranean Symposium on Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants (MESMAP).
The
symposium will take place between April 17-19 and around 300 participants from
36 different countries are expected to attend it, writes the paper.
In
statements about the symposium, the Dean of the Faculty of illegal DAU,
Professor Doctor Ilkay Erdogan Orhan described the event as very important both
for the promotion of the “TRNC” as well as of the illegal university.
(AK)
21. The incidents of cancer have been increased due to
the operation of the electrical power without filter
According
to Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (14.04.13), the so-called minister of health
Ertugrul Hasipoglu, speaking to a seminar entitled “A struggle against cancer
in Turkey and in the world”, said that the incidents of cancer have been
increased especially in the occupied village of Agios Amvrosios. He also
stressed that the electrical power plant in the area still operates without a
filter.
The
so-called mayor of occupied Agios Amvrosios, Erdal Barut, said that the
electrical power plant in the occupied area of Trapeza produces 40 thousand tons
of sulphur and 250 tons of hydrocarbons.
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