Turkish Cypriot daily Vatan newspaper (25.02.15) reports that Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, within the framework of his “election campaign”, visited yesterday the occupied Ortakoy village (Mintzeli) where he briefed the residents of the village on the latest developments on the Cyprus problem and his “candidacy”.
Speaking about his “candidacy”, he alleged that up to now he followed a policy towards the “Turkish Cypriot people’s rights and benefits” and added that the “expectations” of the Turkish Cypriots are very important to him.
Referring to the Cyprus problem, he stressed the need for the solution to be found not to take them back to pre-1974 conditions on the island, adding, that the solution to be found should take into consideration the “existing realities” on the island.
Accusing the Greek Cypriot side of having excessive demands on the territory issue, Eroglu said: “They want the whole of Karpasia, from Koma tou Gialou. This is as having a part of a map. They want north Mesaoria from the boundaries of the Famagusta municipality. Is this not part of a map also? They want the area from Gerolakkos to Morfou. If they also want Kythrea, Neochorio Kythreas, Trachoni and Voni, is this not a map as well? (…)”, Eroglu wondered.
Claiming that he is still at the table, Eroglu said that he will continue to be there until the night of April 18 and added that he informed the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide about this.
