Eroglu says that no one can force him to sign an agreement which will endanger the future of his “people”
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (08.08.14) reports that the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has alleged that he is sincerely exerting efforts for finding an agreement on the Cyprus problem, knowing what kind of agreement the Turkish Cypriot “people” want, but no one could force him to sign an agreement which will endanger the future of his “people”. “No one can drag me to such a point”, he argued in his message on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Tilliria area by Turkish jets, which the Turks call “Kokkina [Village] Resistance”.
Eroglu alleged that the Turkish Cypriot “people” are determined, they are satisfied with living freely under their own administration and “state” and on their own land and no one could “drag them into a so-called solution by ignoring these realities”. He reiterated the allegation that the active and effective guarantees of Turkey are fundamental for the Turkish Cypriots, because they know that a “so-called agreement”, as he described it, which will not include these guarantees will be tantamount to Turkey not being able to interfere against the Greek Cypriot attacks like it had happened in Kokkina area and to suffering the same events like in Palestine and Bosnia.
“I am obliged to declare to the Turkish Cypriot people that the Greek Cypriots still desire to impose on us an agreement which will pave the way of being able to return to the pre-1974 period”, claimed Eroglu and alleged: “When the Greek Cypriot side refers to a solution within the framework of the ‘EU principles’, its target is the return to the pre-1974 period. We hope that the UN and the EU will not add another mistake to the mistakes they have committed until today and will not contribute in keeping the dreams of the Greek Cypriot side alive”.
Referring to the “TRNC”, the breakaway regime in the occupied area of Cyprus, Eroglu claimed: “The TRNC was not offered to us by anyone. The TRNC is a result of a struggle. (…) I would like to [to be able to] say that the targets which our Greek Cypriot neighbors’ had 50 years ago changed, that they consider us as much owners of this island as they are, and that they respect our equality, sovereignty, freedom, and our efforts to create an economy and hang on these lands, but unfortunately this is not possible (…) The TRNC is our security, our future. Defending with conscious and determination this state, and doing what is necessary is our debt to our martyrs, our fathers”.
(I/Ts.)
