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Greece reacted strongly to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Varosha, which opened 46 years later in Cyprus with MHP President Devlet Bahçeli on Sunday. In its written statement, the Greek Foreign Ministry used the phrase “an unprecedented provocation” for the visit.
The statement said that the visit “completely contradicts resolutions 550 and 789 of the UN Security Council.”
The same statement also said: “With this action, a new one has been added to the ongoing illegal Turkish actions in the Eastern Mediterranean. We strongly condemn this and hope that the issue will be discussed at the EU summit in December.”
At the end of the statement, it was stated that “the Cyprus problem is just and permanent under the supervision of the UN Secretary General; it favors the resumption of negotiations for a solution within the framework of the UN Security Council resolutions. and the EU acquis “.
‘This trip is a great pain for the Greeks of Marash’
Turkish BBCSpeaking with former Cypriot MP Takis Hadjigeorgiou, about Erdogan and Bahçeli’s trip, he said:
“What can be said of this insulting visit? These trips between the houses, shops, hotels and workplaces of the Greeks of Marash are, of course, a great pain for the Greeks of Marash.
“Maras, Turkey in 1974, even though the Greeks abandoned the goal of being one of their own homeland, claiming that Maras Turkey does not provide.”
Although it is Hadsjigeotrgio, “Turkey’s support for the President of North Cyprus, Ersin Tatar Cyprus, will propose the return of Varosha to the Greek Cypriots to their homes by the original owners under the Turkish administration,” he believes.
The Greeks had left Maraş
The most popular tourist island of Cyprus Varosha under the auspices of the UN In 1974, Turkey’s second military operation in Cyprus fell under the control of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Greeks from Maraş had left the region.
One of those who left Marash was the Mavrides family. When asked why he left Marash with his wife and children, Iliyas Mavrides replied, “We were not ordered to leave Marash. But we, who live here, leave our homes en masse for fear that the Turkish soldiers will seize Marash later. or later “.
During the 46-year negotiations in Cyprus, proposals for the return of Varosha to the Greeks were rejected.
Greek Cypriot politicians will accept and formally recognize the declared state in occupied North Cyprus despite the fact that the original owners of Maraş are Greek Cypriots, and that the status of official recognition of the Turkish state in North Cyprus in exchange for handing over Varosha to the Greek part was never accepted. they show that there is no Greek leader ”.
Communications Department: Opinions will be exchanged on the latest developments in the region
Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar invited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the island on Sunday.
In the statement made by the Communications Directorate on the visit, it was stated that “in the framework of the visit, President Erdogan will attend the ceremonies to be held on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.”
The statement, which will be held between Erdogan held talks with the Tatars, the close cooperation between Turkey and Northern Cyprus will discuss the steps to take to further strengthen and exchange views on the latest developments in the region.
In the statement, it was said that the official opening of the Nicosia Emergency Hospital was also planned within the scope of President Erdogan’s visit.
‘We watch from the screens, we want to experience it personally’
President Erdogan on October 26 You are following your visit to Turkey at a Tatar’l press conference with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu turning to “I guess I’m saying, Mr. Cavusoglu closed Maras we have a picnic. Is Mani something? ” he had asked.
In response to Erdogan’s request for a picnic, the Tatar president of Northern Cyprus replied “Maraş has opened, I hope.”
On the other hand, Erdogan said the following:
“It is useful to have a picnic there that day. We see it from here on the screens, we want to experience it personally. The doors have opened, now let’s open the roads there at this point. Let our Cypriot brothers see and live the steps that will be taken hereinafter”.
In his speech at the AKP Kahramanmaraş Province Congress on November 7, Erdoğan said: “I hope that we will attend the ceremonies at TRNC with Mr. Bahçeli on the 15th of the month and we will have a collective picnic in the region of Maraş “.