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TRNC Prime Minister Ersin Tatar’s joint press conference with President Erdogan was marked by statements about Maraş, which has been closed since 1974 and has become a ghost town.
Tatar announced that Maraş, which has been closed for 46 years, will reopen for public use on Thursday.
Tarar announced that he will resign from Varosha Beach starting Thursday morning.
On the other hand, President Erdogan said: “The objections of the opposing party have already been in vain, as there will be no victimization due to the absence of private property. We hope that Maraş will be opened to full use. We are ready to provide everything. kind of support to the TRNC authorities on this issue. The chains will begin to break one by one. ” used expressions.
REACTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF TRNC AKINCI TO THE DECISION MARAŞ
President Erdogan and TRNC Prime Minister Ersin Tatar announced at a joint press conference that Varosha would be opened, while TRNC President Mustafa Akıncı reacted to the decision.
Commenting on the statement as an embarrassment to Turkish Cypriot democracy, Akıncı said: “These arrangements made in Ankara and in Cyprus just to give advantage to one of the candidates constitute another dimension of the intervention made in our elections.” used expressions.
Akıncı also said: “I have a duty to state that it is extremely wrong that an important issue like Maraş, which is the responsibility of the Presidency, was openly presented as electoral material very shortly before our elections. I believe that the Turkish Cypriot people will give the answer. necessary with your free will. ” He said.
Both Mustafa Akıncı and Ersin Tatar will compete as candidates in the elections to be held on Sunday in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
WHY IS MARAŞ CLOSED AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Maraş, a coastal town in Famagusta just before the island of Cyprus was divided in two in 1974, was considered one of the most important resorts in the Mediterranean. So much so that the name of Maraş, whose star shone, became known next to Beirut.
Captured by the Turkish Armed Forces on the last day of the Cyprus Peace Operation in 1974, Maraş was subsequently closed to settlements and settlements under the agreements reached. It was claimed that many lands belonging to the Turks in Marash before the war were confiscated by the Greek administration and given to the Greeks and British.
There is only one building that belongs to the United Nations in Maraş, where entry is currently prohibited. Approximately 400 meters from this building, there is an army house belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces.
The Maraş Icon Church was open to visitors before 2016, but the church has also been closed to visitors since 2016.
According to the Annan Plan, Varosha, which was closed, would come under the control of the Greek side. However, although Annan’s plan was accepted by the Turkish Cypriots in the referendum, this did not happen when it was rejected by the Greek Cypriots.
