Turkey promises to stand by north Cyprus as it mark 44th anniversary of Turkey's Peace Operation
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in his message to Turkish Cypriots on the anniversary of the 1974 Turkish Peace Operation on Friday said that “the transformation of the Eastern Mediterranean into a field of security, stability and cooperation will make a major contribution to achieving a solution to the Cyprus problem.”
But Turkey will not allow the Turkish Cypriot people to be a victim of non-solution to the Cyprus problem, he said.
He congratulated Turkish Cypriots on the “celebration of peace and freedom”.
On the Cyprus question, Erdogan said the Turkish Cypriots had proved their commitment to peace and to a solution, and despite the “unfair and illegal restrictions” they had been exposed to, had shown their willingness to overcome any obstacle.
In the last half century, we have been working to achieve a just and viable comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem, he said.
Unfortunately, because of the attitude of the Greek Cypriot side, which, with persistence, does not approach the founding of a new cooperation on the basis of political equality with the Turkish Cypriots, the desired outcome has not been reached in any negotiation process yet. The latest example, he said was last year in Crans-Montana during when the talks failed yet again.
Erdogan’s message was part of events to celebrate Turlkey's intervention that included flyovers by fighter jets and a military parade presided over by Turkish Cypriot president Mustafa Akinci and Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay.
Armoured, tanks, other military vehicles, fire brigades, and police, paratroopers, students and veterans took part in the parade in the north of Nicosia.
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