No one can violate the Turkish Cypriots’ rights - Erdogan warns

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday said Turkey will protect the rights of it's right as well as that of Turkish Cypriots in the Mediterranean Sea.

Erdogan made the remarks during a speech at an event in Ankara on Tuesday and according to him, his country is determined to pursue gas drilling in the Mediterranean Sea, “in order to protect our rights as well as those of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

No one can violate the Turkish Cypriots’ rights, he added.

We shall proceed together. We shall invest in this together. The delegation that will take shape, the team that will arise, will be conducting drills for all and whatever is discovered will be shared between North and South Cyprus according to their population.

He noted that a rig recently acquired by his country would soon set course for the Mediterranean to conduct exploratory drilling for hydrocarbons.

We possess one of the largest drillships in the world, 36m wide. Soon our drillship will be en route to the Mediterranean to carry out its first drill, Erdogan said.