Turkish Cypriot daily Star Kibris newspaper (10.01.14) reports that Dogan Sahir, chairman of the Green Peace Movement in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus, said that the unregulated quarrying, which he describes as slaughtering, in Pentadaktylos mountain range must be stopped the soonest possible.
He said that the destruction of Pentadaktylos continues for 20 years now and reminded that the Greek Cypriot side brought the issue at the European Parliament agenda. He went on and said that despite the area is included in the EU 2000 Natura program” of the EU and the Turkish Cypriot side received 5-6 million Turkish Lira for its protection, the area’s destruction continues.