Eroglu was responding to the criticism he received yesterday after the publication of a photograph presenting him speaking during an event he attended within the framework of his “election campaign”. The picture shows him at a table covered with both flags of Turkey and the “TRNC” and food on top.
Turkish Cypriot and Turkish social media covered the story widely yesterday criticizing Eroglu for not respecting the flags and for violating the “election restrictions” related with the “flag”.
In the written statement, Eroglu clarified that he has always showed respect for the “national flags” and felt honoured to protect both the Turkish and “TRNC” flags.
Eroglu said that various circles in the “TRNC” have taken advantage of this photograph in order to serve their political purposes and added that this was saddening, since the people who organized the event organized it with good intentions. “People who knew me, know that I am a person with values”, Eroglu said, adding that his main mission is to protect those “flags”.