Under the title “Eroglu remained in the middle”, Turkish Cypriot columnistSami Ozuslu assesses in Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen newspaper(27.01.14) the information published in the press that Ankara directly submits proposals to the Republic of Cyprus through the Ambassador of the United States to Nicosia.
The columnist argues, inter alia, the following: “…This initiative, which could be accepted as ‘true’ because no refutation came from Ankara or Nicosia or Washington, is very important. And it is important from many aspects.
One: Turkey has by-passed president Dervis Eroglu, who does not want a ‘single sovereignty’.
Two: With this ‘direct contact’ Ankara has given the signal that she could make an opening in the direction of ‘normalization’ of its relations with the Republic of Cyprus.
Three: It is something new for Ankara to negotiate the ‘single sovereignty’ and the ‘guarantees’ not with the other guarantor powers, but with the one of the sides in Cyprus.
Four: With these initiatives Ankara itself has blamed Eroglu for the fact that the negotiations could not resume.
Five: Turkey has given the message to both the UN and the EU that ‘do not pay attention to Eroglu’s hard stance, we are at the point Talat left it’…”