Cyprus PIO: Turkish Press and Other Media, 03-08-19

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[A] NEWS ITEMS

[01] Durduran : If there is no solution holding or not holding elections make no difference.

[02] Occupation Regime forbids Turkish Cypriot farmers to sell their barley produce to the Cyprus Grain Commission in the free areas.

[03] Three days remand order for the British couple.

[04] A fire at occupied Pentadaktylos range destroys 100 acres of forest land.

[05] Rauf Denktas and Mehmet Ali Talat criticized each other.

[06] Rauf Denktas met with the Palestinian Ambassador in Nicosia.

[A] NEWS ITEMS

[01] Durduran : If there is no solution holding or not holding elections make no difference

Durduran claimed that it is possible to reach an agreement prior to ^Óelections^Ô and he urged the opposition to unite their forces and wage a struggle against the present regime.

Durduran held a press conference yesterday and briefed the press about his movement^Òs recourse to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Durduran said that he hopes that the ECHR will process their application soon and an early result will be received.

The PUM^Òs foreign relations secretary referred to Turkey´s stance as well and said that the Turkish Government should be sincere in its quest for a settlement in Cyprus.

[02] Occupation Regime forbids Turkish Cypriot farmers to sell their barley produce to the Cyprus Grain Commission in the free areas

When the Cyprus government informed the producers that it is ready to buy their grain, necessary preparations were made to receive the barley yesterday. However, the occupation regime interfered and forbid the farmers to sell their produce to the Commission .the so-called Minister of Agriculture of the pseudostate Irsen Kucuk after meeting the farmers has claimed that ^Ósuch business should be carried out from state to state^Ô and that Turkish Cypriot farmers agreed not to sell their produce to the Cyprus Government.

The farmers who applied to the so-called Trade Department of the pseudo-state for permission to sell their produce in the free areas received the oral reply that ^Ótheir application was considered not suitable^Ô. Turkish Cypriot farmers demanded a written answer to their written application.

Meanwhile Irsen Kucuk has alleged that the Cyprus government was not sincere in its desire to buy the Turkish Cypriot farmers grain produce.

[03] Three days remand order for the British couple

The accused couple is Christopher (70) and Sylvia (62) Boak who are neighbours of the murdered Rankin.

Meanwhile, in a separate article in the same newspaper it is reported that Radkin was a wanted man by the British police for being involved with another British national in a major narcotics smuggling and in 2001 he had been deported from the occupied area but returned to the occupied area after six months.

The paper wonders how come a wanted man by British police was allowed to enter in the occupied area after his deportation?

The paper concludes by demanding an explanation from the occupation regime.

[04] A fire at occupied Pentadaktylos range destroys 100 acres of forest land

As the paper reports, the fire started yesterday around 14:00 in a valley between the Kyrenia-Kythrea high way, the dirt road of Halevka and the hills of Pentadaktylos. It was announced that the fire started after a short circuit in the high voltage energy lines. The fire was put out after two hours, but the so-called firemen of the pseudostate remained on the area until late evening for possible flare up.

The paper stresses that a major calamity was just evaded; one similar to the big fire that broke out at the Pentadaktylos range in 1995. The fire destroyed around 100 acres of forest land: 40 acres of pine and cypress young trees and 60 acres of bushes. A large number of these young trees, which turned into ashes, were planted in the occupied Pentadaktylos range after the fire of 1995.

[05] Rauf Denktas and Mehmet Ali Talat criticized each other

Mr Talat stated yesterday that Mr Denktas ^Óstarted a fight against the Turkish Cypriots^Ô and that ^Óthe National Revival Party and the Democratic Party beg for votes^Ô. Mr Talat also stated that those who gave their ^Óvotes^Ô to this two parties in the past, they do expect anything from them now. He said that the Turkish Cypriots believe in peace and want to be European Union members that they have put aside in their minds the past and they have turned their eyes and heart towards a new Cyprus.

Describing the statements of Mr Talat as ^Óodd^Ô, Mr Denktas said that the leader of the RTP only represents his party and not the Turkish Cypriots. He also alleged that ^ÓIf there is anyone who can claim that he represents the Turkish Cypriots, is the ´President´ the man elected by the ´people´^Ô.

Mr Denktas also alleged that he has no other choice but to defend himself against the continuous attacks of Mr Talat and said that Talat is not the appropriate person to be a leader of a party. ^ÔBy saying that he represents the ´people´ he can deceive the English and the Americans, but the `people´ is not deceived yet and by the help of God it will not be deceived^Ô, he said.

[06] Rauf Denktas met with the Palestinian Ambassador in Nicosia

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