Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 14-02-26

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[01] Ozersay's statements to Hurriyet: "My briefcase is full of surprises"

[02] Erdogan and Eroglu hold a phone conversation on the Cyprus talks

[03] Eroglu reiterated Turkish Cypriot side's 'red lines' on the Cyprus problem

[04] The "National Existence Council" evaluates the joint statement

[05] Support by political parties and NGO's to Murat

[06] The Cyprus problem was in the agenda of Davutoglu's meeting with envoys of Asia-Pacific countries

[07] Turkey and the breakaway regime to sign an agreement on energy

[08] The Association of Turkish Confederations asked from the World Bank to recognized the independence of the breakaway regime

[09] Kasif admits that Turkey's Internet law may affect the breakaway regime after all

[10] Siber underlines the importance of strengthening the "TRNC" institutions

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[01] Ozersay's statements to Hurriyet: "My briefcase is full of surprises"

Ozersay referred to the "cross talks" that will take place tomorrow in Athens and Ankara and said that his briefcase that will carry to Athens is full of surprises.

Underlining that they are aware that the Greek Cypriots will bring to the agenda during their visit to Ankara issues related to Varosha, guarantees, the issue of Turkish troops and ports, Ozersay added: "I would not like to relieve my thoughts before the meeting. We have made preparations, the Greeks will learn about the files that my briefcase has inside when I arrive in Athens. It is a briefcase full of surprises".

Referring to the meeting he held last week with Turkey's Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, Ozersay said that they had a fruitful meeting and said that they discussed what the Greek Cypriots will bring to the agenda at the meeting in Ankara. He stated that they did not discussed the issues that they will take to Athens, since, as he said, they made their preparations long before.

Ozersay stated further that it will be the first time after 55 years that a Turkish Cypriot negotiator will visit Athens. He added that the last one who visited Greece, was the late former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktas in 1959 under the title of the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community. Also, as Ozersay said, Archbishop Makarios was the last "Greek Cypriot leader" who visited Ankara on November 22-26, 1962 under the title of the President of the Republic of Cyprus.

Ozersay said that he will travel today to Athens via Istanbul and will meet tomorrow with the General Secretary of the Greek Foreign Ministry, Anastassis Mitsialis, while the Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Marvoyiannis will meet with the Undersecretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Feridun Sinirlioglu.

Meanwhile, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (26.02.14) reports that Ozersay will be accompanied during his visit to Athens by Gulfem Veziroglu Sevgili, first secretary of the self-styled ministry of foreign affairs and representative/director of the so-called presidency and Gunes Onar, responsible for political affairs.

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[02] Erdogan and Eroglu hold a phone conversation on the Cyprus talks

According to the paper, Eroglu, briefed Erdogan on Monday regarding the on-going Cyprus peace talks. It was reported that Erdogan expressed that Turkey's positive contribution to the reconciliation deal between Turkish and Greek Cypriots will continue.

[03] Eroglu reiterated Turkish Cypriot side's 'red lines' on the Cyprus problem

Eroglu claimed: "It is only natural for citizens who arrived from Turkey to be concerned about their future. The Cyprus Turkish people are expecting and waiting for a solution that will allow them to have a peaceful and secure future".

Eroglu reiterated that it is out of the question to abandon Turkey's active and effective guarantees.

Members of the association conveyed their expectations from the Cyprus negotiations process and expressed their support to Eroglu in the talks.

Speaking during the visit, the President of the Association Huseyin Sancar said that Turkey's guarantor rights should not be wavered, nor should "TRNC citizens" who emigrated from Turkey or the martyrs to be forgotten. Sancer concluded: "We may have all arrived on this island at different times but at the end we are all citizens of this country".

[04] The "National Existence Council" evaluates the joint statement

Noting that the Turkish Cypriot "sovereignty" and equality was just one of the issues that they were most concerned about, Celik alleged that the threat by the Cyprus Government to leave the talks is proof that they do not accept the equality of the Turkish Cypriots.

Celik also claimed that the joint statement is trying to annihilate the Turkish Cypriots "sovereignty", alleging: "The Greek Cypriot side is trying to erode the notion of political equality by degrading the two founding states that is stated in founding UN documents to two founding state entities."

He also reiterated "the Council's desire for the sovereignty of the two peoples to be clarified in the solution to be found to the Cyprus problem and that the bi-zonal and bi-communal characteristics of the state to be established should be unchangeable".

[05] Support by political parties and NGO's to Murat

Almost all the Turkish Cypriot dailies report on this issue on their front page with the title "Handcuff to Murat".

According to Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris postasi (online, 25.02.14), the YKP issued a press release after Murat Kantl?'s detention, writing that Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Murat Kanatl? was sentenced to 10 days in prison for objecting to participate in the annual compulsory military exercises in the northern part of Cyprus (editor's note: in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus) on the basis of his ideological conscientious objection.

The announcement continues: "Murat Kanatli, an EBCO Board member, had declared his conscientious objection on ideological grounds in 2009 and has since refused each year to participate in the annual compulsory military exercises in the northern part of Cyprus. On 14th June 2011 he was summoned to appear in the military court on charges relating to his refusal in 2009. After numerous postponements, on 8 December 2011 the Military Court accepted the demand of Kanatli to refer his case to the Constitutional Court, as it refers to freedom of conscience which is a human right. (?)

The court gave a penalty of 500 Turkish liras and 10 days in prison if Kanatli failed to pay the penalty. Upon refusal to pay the penalty Kanatli is sent to serve 10 days in prison. (?)

The Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus calls upon the international community to express its solidarity with Murat Kanatl? and send letters of protest to the Turkish Cypriot authorities as well as Turkish authorities' embassies abroad which is the country directly responsible for human rights violations in the northern part of Cyprus following the Turkish invasion of the territories in 1974."

[06] The Cyprus problem was in the agenda of Davutoglu's meeting with envoys of Asia-Pacific countries

Approximately 25 Ambassadors attended the breakfast, where Davutoglu discussed with the envoys Turkey's relations with the Asia-Pacific region and the developments in the countries there.

Meanwhile, the negotiation talks in Cyprus which have gained momentum in recent days were also another topic that was discussed, the paper reported.

[07] Turkey and the breakaway regime to sign an agreement on energy

The paper writes that the agreement will be signed soon by the Turkish Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz and the self-styled minister of Agriculture and Energy Onder Sennaroglu.

[08] The Association of Turkish Confederations asked from the World Bank to recognized the independence of the breakaway regime

During the meeting, she stated that the World Bank must recognize the "TRNC" independence". She also stressed that the "embargoes faced by the people of the TRNC", cannot be accepted.

[09] Kasif admits that Turkey's Internet law may affect the breakaway regime after all

Kasif stated that the internet users who use server from Turkey may be affected by the new regulation, but they will try to limit the problems created as a result by the new law.

[10] Siber underlines the importance of strengthening the "TRNC" institutions

Speaking during the meeting, the Chairman of the association Arsen Angi said that the Cyprus negotiations process is expected to speed up in the coming days with the aim of reaching a successful conclusion. He added that the association was conducting various contacts in accordance with the efforts being carried out to reach a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem.

For her part, Siber claimed that it is important that the "TRNC" to be ready for a solution, both politically and economically.

Stating that the focus of her contacts in Iran recently was to establish closer relations with Islamic countries in a bid to strengthen the "TRNC's institutions", Siber said that she had conveyed to her "counterparts" and officials she met the Turkish Cypriot side's desire to successfully conclude the negotiations in a short period of time.

"Any relation established with the Turkish Cypriots will only help to strengthen and elevate the status of our institutions. Such developments may motivate the South towards a solution", she alleged. TURKISH AFFAIRS SECTION

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