Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 15-07-24

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[01] Akinci met with the British Ambassador to Ankara

[02] The Turkish Cypriot leader met with the German Marshall Fund Chief

[03] Self-styled foreign minister Colak said that she will support Akinci on the Cyprus talks

[04] Talat called the US and the UK to undertake positive steps on the Cyprus problem for ending the division

[05] Ayia Paraskevi Church became a place of drugs use and prostitution 6. Turkey carries out airstrikes on ISIL targets early this morning

[07] Obama and Erdogan agree to stem flow of foreign fighters

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[01] Akinci met with the British Ambassador to Ankara

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci met with the British Ambassador to Ankara, Richard Moore.

No statements were made and present at the meeting were the "foreign ministerial under-secretary" and negotiation team member Erhan Ercin and Akinci's spokesman Baris Burcu.

[02] The Turkish Cypriot leader met with the German Marshall Fund Chief

Issuing a written statement Akinci's spokesman Baris Burcu said that Leigh briefed Akinci on the study they have carried out on the Eastern Mediterranean's natural gas and energy and presented Akinci with two reports they have prepared.

During the visit, Akinci informed Leigh that once a solution is found to the Cyprus problem, new conditions and opportunities will emerge and with these new opportunities, on the basis of joint gains for the two sides, he underlined the fact that the energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean will be able to be used more productively and in a secure manner.

[03] Self-styled foreign minister Colak said that she will support Akinci on the Cyprus talks

Colak, who took the duty as the only woman "minister" in the newly "coalition government" between the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and the National Unity Party (UBP), interpreted the new "government" as an opportunity for a settlement. She explained that there is a debate that this new "government" is risky; however, she added that they should give opportunities. She also noted that they have also differences with the Greek Cypriot community, but after all, their aim is peace.

Asked to comment on her new role as "foreign minister", Colak explained that she has already briefed foreign politicians, who were in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus due to the celebrations of the 41st anniversary of the Turkish invasion to Cyprus, on the ongoing Cyprus talks and the latest stage reached in the Cyprus problem. She added that it was really important for her, in her first days of being appointed to be coincided with the illegal visit of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus, so she learned the messages that Erdogan wanted to give them in the tete-a-tete and public meetings.

Referring to the Cyprus talks, Colak said that one of her priorities is to support and assist the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on these positive steps that he started on the Cyprus problem, because one person cannot do everything. She added that they should work, like beavers in this process that will change the Cyprus problem, which is vital for all and the future generations.

Noting that it is not correct to have claims as "foreign minister" to be also a negotiator, Colak said that her role is to strengthen their foreign relations. She further noted that in this process, apart from the official contacts, it is extremely important to have face-to-face meetings and it is very important to create opportunities for dialogues in these special days through social and cultural contacts. Colak explained that the "foreign ministry" should come out of its shell and should use its entire means through sports, culture, art, "municipalities" and act together with different institutions and non-governmental organizations for international contacts.

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[04] Talat called the US and the UK to undertake positive steps on the Cyprus problem for ending the division

"The time has come for the other actors to become a part of this effort. Three out of the five members of the UN's Security Council support the Greek Cypriot side. The other two members have no role, they are impartial. We are waiting for positive steps by the US and the UK which is a guarantor country, for ending the division. The US should be more active towards the solution. [?]", Talat said.

Referring to the economic crisis in "south Cyprus", as he called the Republic of Cyprus, Talat said that the Greek Cypriots should have a more positive look for the solution. He also supported the view that with the solution of the Cyprus problem the economic crisis will end.

As regards the formation of a coalition "government" between CTP-UBP, Talat stated that the "government" has not been formed with Turkey's instructions and refused Turkey's any mediation to this process.

Replying to allegations that he would undertake the role of a "shadow prime minister" of the new "government", Talat said that he has no intention to intervene to the "government's work".

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[05] Ayia Paraskevi Church became a place of drugs use and prostitution

The paper writes that persons who live in the area described the very bad condition of the church noting that the windows of the building are broken, the walls are falling and there is garbage everywhere. In addition they have seen young people using drags while they argue that the building became a place in which prostitutes gather.

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[06] Turkey carried out airstrikes on ISIL targets early this morning

Three Turkish F-16 fighter jets took off from the Diyarbakir 8th Main Jet Base at 3:12 a.m. and hit two ISIL headquarters and one rallying point inside Syria with guided missiles from 3:40 a.m. to 3:53 a.m., Turkish Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.

ISIL targets were located near the Havar village of Syria, which is across Turkey's Kilis on the border, according to Dogan News Agency. Private broadcaster CNNTurk reported that the Turkish jets launched their missiles from Turkey, without entering the Syrian airspace.

The decision was taken at a special security meeting in Ankara late July 23, hours after the clash on the border. "The state of the Republic of Turkey is decisive in taking any precaution to safeguard its national security," the official statement confirming the airstrikes said on July 24, adding that the Turkish F-16s returned to their bases at 4:24 a.m.

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) had announced that five armed terrorists opened fire at a military outpost on Syrian border on July 23 and killed one non-commissioner officer, while wounding two troops. As a result of Turkish retaliation, one ISIL terrorist was killed and three ISIL vehicles were hit.

Hours before the July 23 border clash which involved four Turkish tanks, Turkey had agreed to open its Incirlik military base to aircraft of the anti-ISIL coalition. The new joint action consensus between Turkey and the United States, also covers a partial no-fly zone over the Turkey-Syria border.

[07] Obama and Erdogan agree to stem flow of foreign fighters

It said the two leaders also discussed deepening their cooperation in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has grabbed swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory and declared a caliphate. TURKISH AFFAIRS SECTION

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