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Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 18-12-07Cyprus Press and Information Office: Turkish Cypriot Press Review Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review-07.12.18 No. 236/18 Contents[A] Turkish Cypriot Press
[B] Turkish Press
[A] Turkish Cypriot Press[01] Three dead and one missing after heavy rainfall and flood in the occupied area of CyprusThe loss of human lives and the great disasters caused by the heavy rainfall and floods in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus the day before yesterday are the main issue in the Turkish Cypriot newspapers today (07.12.17).Under the title "Both the pain and the disaster is great", K?br?s reports that three young persons had lost their lives when their vehicle fell into a cliff on occupied Keryneia-Nicosia road at Ciklos area. A fourth person, who was in the same car, is still missing. The situation after floods in the occupied areas of Keryneia, Lapithos, Karavas and Dikomo resembles a battle field, writes the paper. Moreover, measures against a possible flood were taken at Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital in the occupied part of Nicosia for fear that the occupied Gonyeli dam would overflow, notes the paper, adding that the self-styled ministry of education announced that the "public" and private schools of primary and secondary education would be closed yesterday and today. Under the title "You are murderers", Afrika refers to the "officials" and reports: "You are talking about a 'natural disaster'. However, you are the disaster! [?] All governments which built in the rivers and gave permission for everything to be done in exchange for profit, all district governors, all mayors and the responsible engineers as well as everybody who turned a blind eye to all this should be tried!" The paper wonders who had given the "permit" for the construction of Vuni Palace Hotel in a river bed in occupied Keryneia in a manner by which the rain water is obstructed from reaching the sea. Yeni Duzen reports that vehicles in the above-mentioned hotel's area had been dragged into the sea, while three vehicles in occupied Lapithos and Karavas had been carried away into the stream. Hundreds of vehicles cannot be used anymore because they sank into the mud. One house in occupied Dikomo collapsed. The self-styled mayor of Dikomo stated that the disaster had taken them 20 years back. Other front-page titles used by some papers are as follows: Star K?br?s: The price of treason against nature was heavy Havadis: We are in mourning Halk?n Sesi: Our pain is a flood K?br?s Postas?: Disaster said 'I am coming' and it came! When it came it took lives this time Detay: Black Thursday! Vatan: Great disaster! Nacak: Those responsible should be tried! Hakikat: Crime Haberator: The lack of measures and negligence took three lives (I/Ts.) [02] Akinci expresses sorrow over loss of livesAccording to illegal Bayrak television (07.12.18, http://www.brtk.net/?englishposts=akinci-expresses-sorrow-over-loss-of-life), Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci issued a statement on Thursday expressing sorrow over the loss of life and property as a result of the floods that swept through the "country"."We have been struck with deep sorrow caused by the flood disaster and the consequent loss of life" added Akinci, expressing the hope that similar disasters do not occur ever again. Drawing attention to the need for greater planning and measures to limit the scale of such disasters in the future Akinci said, "the flood disaster our country has experienced, the loss of the lives of three of our young persons and the fact that one person is still missing has greatly saddened us". He added that "all of the state institutions were working round the clock and in a speedy manner to heal the wounds inflicted by the disaster. I have no doubt that the public will work in solidarity and do all it can to assist these efforts. No doubt the most painful aspect of this disaster is the loss of the lives of our young people. I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families of those who perished and patience to those who have experienced this tragedy". Akinci added that society as a whole needed to understand the responsibility that fell on everyone to prevent such disasters from occurring again. [03] Erhurman on the loss of lives and damages caused by the floodingAccording to illegal Bayrak television (07.12.18, http://www.brtk.net/?englishposts=pm-erhurman-holds-press-conference-3), self-styled prime minister Tufan Erhurman said that "the country was going through an extraordinary period and that everyone was working hand in hand to recover from the damage caused by the flooding".Speaking at a press conference following a meeting at the Disaster and Emergency Coordination Center, Erhurman expressed sorrow over the loss of lives. Stating that he had inspected the damage caused by the flooding in occupied Keryneia and the surrounding areas, Erhurman said that the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority in Turkey (AFAD) had offered to the "TRNC" full support and assistance. He added that "TRNC civil defence organisation" had been notified and that they will ask for assistance if any is required. (?) Pointing out that there was serious damage to property in occupied villages of Karavas and Lapithos, Erhurman said: "Most of the damage caused in the Alsancak area (occupied village of Karavas) was the result of stream beds being inadequate to cope with the flow of water. We discussed the matter with the mayor and asked him to carry out the necessary work immediately to expand, improve or clear the stream beds. We were told that several problems had been experienced in the past due to the fact some private property owners in the area had not allowed the municipality to carry out such work. Private property owners must make sacrifices at some point for the good of the public. We told the mayor that the central government will give the necessary support for the work to be carried out". Erhurman further pointed out that there was extensive damage in the occupied area of Dikomo as well despite the fact the "municipality" had constructed walls on the banks of the stream beds. "We shall somehow compensate or cover the costs of the damage caused to property but it is impossible to bring back the lives we have lost. This is our greatest sorrow. Our greatest effort from this point onward will be to ensure that nothing like this happens again. I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. Let us work all together to overcome this disaster in the quickest way possible" he said. Erhurman also announced that all schools would remain closed for another day due to the extent of damage in some schools and the continuing unstable weather conditions. [04] Ozersay over the flood disaster in the occupied area of CyprusTurkish Cypriot daily newspaper Halkin Sesi (07.12.18) reports that so-called foreign minister Kudret Ozersay, in statements yesterday via his social media account, expressed sorrow over the loss of lives of young people in the recent flood disaster in the "TRNC".Stating that he had visited and inspected the areas damaged by flooding, Ozersay said that unfortunately they all pay the price of the lack of structure and the careless exaggerations. (AK) [05] Turkish officials say that Turkey is ready to provide support for the areas affected by the flood disasterIllegal Bayrak television (07.12.18, http://www.brtk.net/?englishposts=oktay-calls-erhurman) broadcast that Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay called yesterday and expressed his sympathies to "prime minister" Tufan Erhurman, according to sources from the Turkish Vice-Presidency.Receiving detailed information on the scale of the flood disaster experienced in the occupied area of Keryneia, Oktay expressed his condolences for those who lost their lives. Stressing that Turkey will use every means available to dress the wounds of the flood disaster, Oktay said Turkey always stood by the "TRNC". On the same issue, "BRT" (07.12.18,
http://www.brtk.net/?englishposts=soylu-calls-baybars) also broadcast
that Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu during a telephone
conversation with the self-styled interior minister Aysegul Baybars
expressed Turkey's readiness to provide any kind of help for the areas
affected by the flood disaster. (?)
Expressing his condolences for those who lost their lives as a result
of the floods, Soylu said the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency
Management Authority (AFAD) in Turkey was ready to provide all kinds of
assistance to the region.
Anastasiades said to Akinci that they are ready to provide any kind of
help to the Turkish Cypriot community if necessary.
Turkish Cypriot leader Akinci for his part, thanked Anastasiades for
his interest, telling him that he was in close contacts with the crisis
desk and that Turkey and the British High Commissioner has also offered
help. Akinci said further that at the current stage they would not need
additional help.
(AK)
"'More population', says a friend. 'It should become equal with the
Greek Cypriots', he adds. I salute him!
Much more population means much more buildings, much more hospitals,
much more schools. Buildings were constructed, the hospitals are
insufficient. And the schools! And the roads!
We had absolutely no proper laws and plans. We tried to issue 'decrees'
and save the day.
We have even put up our ideology for sale. For the sake of daily profits,
for the sake of unearned incomes we constructed houses, apartments at
every point, but really every point of the country that 'makes money'.
And we have hidden the real truth. What was the real truth? Actually,
these lands on which we constructed buildings, which we divided
into parcels and sold, were not 'ours'. You were also afraid of the
solution! Because the solution might have given these lands, which you
divided into parcels and sold and from which you earned unbelievable
money, to their real owners!
'But they did not say yes to the Annan Plan, they said no'! [?] And
because they said no, was it necessary for you to choke Lapithos, Karavas
and Keryneia into concrete, regardless of whether your infrastructure
was adequate or existed? Did this give you the right to erect and sell
buildings in stream beds, in water ways, everywhere? [?]
If, however, you look at the issue with the lack of planning for 44 years,
the lack of reflection, the illegality and the irresponsibility of the
non-solution, everyone who became the reason for us to remain far from the
solution by saying 'the Greek Cypriots do not see us as equal, the Greek
Cypriots do not want us' is responsible. Everyone should give account. [?]
What did bright attorney generals, chief judges and most leading
lawyers tell you right after 1974? 'Do not give title deeds, this is
not possible'. [?] The established system was such that even the CTP,
which opposed the fake system, did the same when it came to power. The
leading CTP members were saying 'so what, will the Turkish Cypriots live
in barracks?' [?]
Everyone who said 'this cannot happen', 'you cannot squander the property
right', have been declared 'traitors of the country' or were silenced
by saying 'they are crazy'. Afterwards, when the warnings of these crazy
persons, these traitors 'boomed' and exploded in the hands of the thieves,
they were forced to establish compensation commissions. They abandoned
'global exchange' and passed to 'compensation, return, exchange'
[position].
It failed. Why it failed? Because no matter how many laws, how many
tricks, how many tactics are materialized, almost every individual knew
very well that this land had an owner. [?]
They tried to gain profit from every single span of looted land. No one
paid attention even to the fact that the price of those [lands that had]
'Turkish title deed' was higher! This, however, was a message! It was
a warning! They sold cheaper the [lands] with Greek Cypriot title deed,
that is, the looted ones, that is, the stolen plots of land!
Meanwhile, they of course neither built infrastructure nor felt the
need to do so! They had the mentality of 'what is the need of building
infrastructure for the property of the Greeks'! [?]
Of course we are not going to blame the current government, the prime
minister, his colleagues in the cabinet!
Some ones should, however, come out and explain that the lack of planning
for so many years, the lack of reflection, [?] the theft, the looting
was an 'immorality'. And apologize! [?]
My issue is not our brothers, who are members of the government. My
issue is the acceptance of this 'system', which derives from the lack
of system or the absence of state, the apology and the beginning from
zero. This is why the solution is a precondition. The Cyprus problem
must be solved. We have no other way. There is no other way.
That is, is the non-solution the reason for the rain and the
flood? No! However, the reason for the deaths, the material and moral
damage, yes, it is definitely the political non-solution."
(I/Ts.)
According to the paper, Kilicdaroglu met with Turkish Cypriot leader
Mustafa Akinci.
Kilicdaroglu will further meet with the "speaker" of the so-called
assembly, Teberruken Ulucay, the so-called minister of national education
and culture, Cemal Ozyigit, the so-called foreign minister Kudret Ozersay
and with representatives of the main Turkish Cypriot political parties.
According to illegal Bayrak television
(07.12.18-http://www.brtk.net/akinci-chp-genel-baskani-kilicdaroglunu-kabul-etti/)
Akinci met today with Kilicdaroglu at the so-called presidential palace.
During the meeting, Akinci briefed Kilicdaroglu on the latest flood
disaster in the "TRNC" which resulted in the loss of lives of three youth
and stressed the need for undertaking measures in order to be able to
confront such natural disasters.
In his turn, Kilicdaroglu expressed sorrow over the flood disaster and
wished mercy for the deads.
Referring to the Cyprus problem, Kilicdaroglu alleged that CHP is a
party which from the very beginning had staked a claim on the Cyprus
cause and had always exerted efforts for the recognition of the "TRNC"
in the international arena. He further argued that in all meetings the
party holds with EU officials, it always asks for the reasons why the
Direct Trade Regulation is not implemented.
Expressing support to Akinci's efforts on the Cyprus problem, Kilicdaroglu
alleged further that they always pay attention to the development of the
"TRNC" and to improvement of the Turkish Cypriot "people's welfare".
Referring to the so-called universities, Kilicdaroglu supported that
the foreign students who study at the "universities" in the "TRNC" will
create opportunities for the recognition and promotion of the "TRNC"
upon returning to their countries.
Also, Akinci recalled that within the framework of the negotiation
process, an Ad-Hoc committee has been established in the EU with the aim
to speed up the harmonization process of the Turkish Cypriot institutions
in case of a solution and added that after the collapse of the talks in
Crans Montana, the activities of this committee were ended.
Akinci supported that that whether or not negotiation talks are taking
place, this committee should work for the harmonization of the Turkish
Cypriot community with the acquis communautaire. Akinci further accused
both the Greek Cypriot leadership and the EU officials of not being
helpful and of not performing their duties towards this issue. He went
on to say that apart from that, they will continue their struggle for
the improvement of the "TRNC's institutions", for democracy and the
development of their "economy".
(AK)
"This person visited Germany and a few European countries. This person
who ends up in Germany before every election in Turkey met with some
people. Looking at the persons he met with, we see a different picture. He
met with people who have dedicated their political lives to enmity toward
Turkey, with close links to the terrorist organizations," Erdogan claimed,
referring to the illegal PKK.
"We can see him in the same photo with those who appeared at the German
federal parliament with the rags of the terrorist organizations,"
he added.
The President also questioned why the CHP leader's meetings were closed
to the press. "We can roughly guess what K?l?cdaroglu said against our
country behind closed doors," he said.
The CHP leader paid a visit to Germany by the end of last month, meeting
with German politicians before moving on to Austria on Nov. 30.
Speaking at the 25th Council of Ministers Meeting of OSCE in Italy's
Milano, Cavusoglu claimed: "Persons and groups linked to Fetullah
Terrorist Organization (FETO) have been disguising themselves as civil
society actors and have been abusing OSCE events. This is against OSCE's
own rules and past practice. We have patiently but persistently been
raising this problem for two years now, this cannot go on. We expect a
concrete and satisfactory solution to this problem, without any further
debate". (?)
Cavusoglu expressed concern over the tensions between Ukraine and
Russia following a dispute in the Black Sea. "Recent developments in
Kerch Strait are concerning. We urge responsible behaviour and respect
for international law and the tension should be de-escalated as soon as
possible," he added. (?)
Cavusoglu further said Turkey supports Ukraine's sovereignty and
integrity including Crimea, (?) and added that frozen conflicts such as
Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are indeed
to be resolved. "Again, our guiding principle must be international law
and full respect for the territorial integrity of the states concerned,"
he argued. (?)
Earlier on Thursday, Cavusoglu held bilateral meetings with OSCE
Secretary General Thomas Greminger and with his Kyrgyz, Belarusian,
Danish, Belgian and Austrian counterparts.
Onder, HDP's former lawmaker for Ankara, was sentenced to three
years and six months in jail for "spreading terrorist propaganda" in a
court decision together with former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas in
September. His jail term was upheld by the Istanbul Regional Court's 2nd
penal chamber on Dec. 4. Onder will serve his sentence at the Kand?ra
High Security Prison.
Around a dozen HDP lawmakers are currently in prison pending trial for
terrorism-related offenses after their parliamentary immunity was lifted
in May 2016. (?)
Citing Turkish sources, the report said that the top spy briefed
members of the Senate about Khashoggi's killing upon request of the
lawmakers. Turkish media reported that Fidan would also hold other
meetings with top officials on the issue.
The reported meeting comes days after CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed
a select few members of the Senate about the murder. Senators leaving
the briefing said they are even more convinced that Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the death of Khashoggi. (?)
U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that the crown prince must have
at least known of the plot, but Trump has been reluctant to pin the blame.
Meanwhile, columnist Abdulkadir
Selvi, writing in Turkish daily Hurriyet (06.12.18,
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/saudi-courier-in-khashoggi-murder-identified-by-turkey-columnist-139491),
reported that Turkish officials have identified another key figure in the
murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who operated as a "courier"
between Istanbul and Riyadh in the planning stage of the brutal killing.
Ahmed Abdullah al-Muzaini worked as Saudi Arabia's "intelligence station
chief" at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi was killed
on Oct. 2, according to Selvi, who described the man as "a figure at
the centre of the whole traffic related to the Khashoggi murder". (?)
"From the moment Khashoggi entered the consulate for the first time,
the process was managed by Muzaini. He flew to Riyadh on Sept. 29 and
met Saudi intelligence deputy chief Ahmed al-Asiri, who formed the team
that would kill Khashoggi," Selvi wrote.
The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office filed an application Dec. 5 to
obtain arrest warrants for Assiri, as well as Saud al-Qahtani, a close
aide of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (?) Selvi concluded by
writing: "All arrows are pointing to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman".
In a statement on Dec. 6, the party said Eskisehir Mayor Y?lmaz
Buyukersen, Hatay Mayor Lutfu Savas, Mugla Mayor Osman Gurun, Ayd?n Mayor
Ozlem Cercioglu and Tekirdag Mayor Kadir Albayrak will run for another
term. Edirne Mayor Recep Gurkan will also run for another term. The
party also announced its candidates for dozens of districts.
This was the first CHP list announced for the March 31, 2019 local
elections, as the party continues talks with the IYI (Good) Party for a
partial alliance. The main opposition party is yet to reveal candidates
for Turkey's three largest cities, Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
The 41 were part of a group of 87 former air force sergeants wanted by
Ankara prosecutors for their links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization
(FETO), said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions
on speaking to the media.
Separately, Istanbul prosecutors issued arrest warrants for 41 active-duty
soldiers -- including a major, two captains, five first lieutenants,
and two lieutenants -- at the Istanbul gendarmerie for their alleged
FETO links. (?)
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