Erdogan requests not to return occupied Morphou to it’s legal owners

Erdogan has reportedly asked Siber not to return occupied Morfou to its legal owners and give the regime’s “citizenship” to 10,000 settlers
Under the title “Stand tall, do not step back”, Turkish daily Milliyet newspaper (10.02.16) reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said to the Turkish Cypriot delegation headed by the “parliament’s speaker”, Sibel Siber, that he closely follows the negotiations held in Cyprus. “Stand tall in Cyprus, do not step back”, noted Erdogan addressing the Turkish Cypriot delegation according to Milliyet’s information.
The Turkish President is also quoted as saying that “the EU’s promises should not be trusted”. Erdogan has reportedly emphasized that no step back should be made from the Annan Plan, which had been rejected because of the Greek Cypriots’ “no” vote in 2004 and argued that “making a step back would be wrong”.
Referring to occupied Morfou which would be returned to its legal Greek Cypriot owners according to the provisions of the Annan Plan, Erdogan has reportedly said: “Morfou should not be given to the Greek Cypriots. Because the Annan Plan has not been accepted, the things happened there are not valid”. According to the paper, Morfou is the most productive area of the island.
Erdogan has also drew attention to what Milliyet describes as “the problem of approximately 10,000 citizens of the Republic of Turkey”, who had acquired the right of becoming “citizens of the TRNC” [Translator’s note: The breakaway regime in the occupied area of Cyprus], but have not been granted the “citizenship” yet. He reportedly said the following to the Turkish Cypriot delegation: “Why don’t you give the citizenships? A step should be taken on this issue”. The delegation said that “a legal preparation is being made for the citizenships”, but Erdogan replied: “We as Turkey accepted to the country 2.5 million people from Syria. Why don’t you make citizens? Why are you afraid of the citizenship?”
Erdogan has also drew attention to the slow tempo of the reforms carried out in the occupied area of Cyprus and added that “the necessary steps for people’s prosperity should be taken”.
According to the paper, complaints on the issue of the “citizenship” were also expressed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who also met with Siber’s delegation. When a self-styled deputy in Siber’s delegation told him that “the EU and the Greek Cypriots oppose to the citizenships”, Davutoglu has reportedly replied that “this cannot happen by looking at the others”.
Referring to the issue of granting “citizenship” to Turkish businessmen, Davutoglu said: “You are a small state, open your doors”.
As regards the Cyprus talks, Davutoglu has reportedly described as “important” the territory issue and noted that Ankara is not positive to “putting a limit on the citizenships”.
Siber has reportedly explained that “there is a climate of optimism in the negotiations”.
According to the paper, persons who have been working for five years with a work “permit” in the occupied area of Cyprus are acquiring the right of becoming “citizens” of the regime. However, the current self-styled government is granting “citizenship” to those who have worked for twelve years with a “permit” and if a “draft-law” which is now being examined by the relevant “parliamentary committee” is adopted, this period will be extended to fifteen years.