Emphasizing that Turkey will continue to stand by the TRNC, Yılmaz said, "It should be known that no initiative in which Turkey is not involved, and where the rights of the Turkish Cypriots and our legitimate interests in the Eastern Mediterranean are ignored, can succeed."
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz made important statements in Nicosia, the capital of the TRNC, on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation.
Here are the highlights from Vice President Yılmaz's statements:
"The motherland and guarantor Turkey will continue to stand by the TRNC so that Turkish Cypriots can live freely, honorably, and securely.
It should be known that no initiative in which Turkey is not involved, and where the rights of the Turkish Cypriots and our legitimate interests in the Eastern Mediterranean are ignored, can succeed.
The international community must now accept that Turkish Cypriots are as much the owners of these lands as the Greeks.
Cyprus will never be a Greek island."
News Source: 12punto
