'If demilitarisation of the islands is not completed as soon as possible, we shall dispute sovereignty over the islands in the framework of international law and treaties,' Fuat Oktay declared.
'We all know that they [Greek Cypriots] tried in a sly manner to take Cyprus from our hands,'Ersin Tatar said, trumpeting the existence of the breakaway “TRNC, which only Turkey recognises.
In the years after the occupation a very high percentage of the Turkish Cypriots emigrated to the UK and other countries due to the insufferable socio-economic conditions.
The tanks along with their ammunition were transported from the Turkish city of Edirne by transport ship.
The element of “political equality” between the two communities has long been in the vocabulary of the UN in its countless settlement efforts, but it has taken on a new meaning now that rich offshore gas and oil deposits have been detected in Cyprus’ EEZ.
