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ERDOGAN SPEAKS ABOUT WITHDRAWAL OF TURKISH TROOPS FROM CYPRUS
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.03.2010 18:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will be ready to withdraw its troops from
Cyprus if stability is established in the island. According to CNN
Turk, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told this in an
interview with the Cypriot publications.
In 1974, following 11 years of intercommunal violence and an
attempted coup d'etat by Greek Cypriot nationalists, Turkey invaded
and occupied the northern portion of the island. The Turkish invasion
led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Cypriots and the
establishment of a separate Turkish Cypriot political entity in the
north. This event and its resulting political situation are matters of
Cyprus dispute. The Republic of Cyprus has de jure sovereignty over
the entire island of Cyprus and its surrounding waters except small
portions allocated by treaty to the UK as sovereign military bases.
The Republic is de facto partitioned into two main parts, the area
under the control of the Republic of Cyprus, comprising about 59%
of the island's area and the Turkish-occupied area in the north,
calling itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, covering
about 37% of the island's area and recognized only by Turkey.
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.03.2010 18:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will be ready to withdraw its troops from
Cyprus if stability is established in the island. According to CNN
Turk, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told this in an
interview with the Cypriot publications.
In 1974, following 11 years of intercommunal violence and an
attempted coup d'etat by Greek Cypriot nationalists, Turkey invaded
and occupied the northern portion of the island. The Turkish invasion
led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Cypriots and the
establishment of a separate Turkish Cypriot political entity in the
north. This event and its resulting political situation are matters of
Cyprus dispute. The Republic of Cyprus has de jure sovereignty over
the entire island of Cyprus and its surrounding waters except small
portions allocated by treaty to the UK as sovereign military bases.
The Republic is de facto partitioned into two main parts, the area
under the control of the Republic of Cyprus, comprising about 59%
of the island's area and the Turkish-occupied area in the north,
calling itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, covering
about 37% of the island's area and recognized only by Turkey.