Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi (06.11.14) reports that the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, in an interview to Turkey’s NTV private news channel, said: “At the moment, Turkey does not have a platform, but this does not mean there will not be. If we claim that we are also rightful owners (beneficiaries) on this sea region, we should do the necessary.”
Alleging that the intention of the Greek Cypriot side is to use the natural gas as a weapon, Eroglu said: “While some circles think that the presence of natural gas will contribute to the solution, it seems that the natural gas will be the biggest obstacle before the agreement.”
Meanwhile, Eroglu, in an interview to the journalist Resat Akar published in the Turkish Cypriot daily Diyalog (06.11.14), repeated that the Greek Cypriot leadership was looking for an excuse to abandon the negotiations.
Eroglu said that the Greek Cypriot leader Anastasiades had not submitted a map during the negotiation process; however, he submitted a list for the return of some villages, which were not included in the Annan plan. He explained that the Annan plan envisaged the return of only four villages from the Karpassia region, but according to this list, now the return of all the villages has been demented. He added that these kinds of approaches are unacceptable.
Referring to the “presidential elections April 2015), Eroglu said that he will announce his decision after the “celebrations” of the anniversary of breakaway regime’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) on the 15th of November.
Eroglu: The Greek Cypriot side demands the return of all the villages in the Karpassia region
