The ups and downs are brought about by the new defiant attitude of her forces Turkey who harassed in the dead zone at Cyprusfarmers at a time when Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are trying to improve relations between them.
The president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis, reported on the incident of harassment by Turkish forcesin his statements after the event “Day of Remembrance of the Reservations”, in honor of the detained EOKA fighters at the Reservations of Kokkinotrimithia.
In response to a question about the new Turkish challenge, the president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis he said that he has been informed about what happened in Denia and he has also spoken with the president of the community “and from the first moment all the necessary processes are being carried out in a specific direction, so that this kind of phenomenon does not happen again”.
When asked if these phenomena contaminate the developments in the Cyprus issue, the president said that they are definitely not positive developments, “in an effort that we are trying to create the appropriate climate so that the talks can resume”.
The chronicle
The incident took place on the morning of Saturday 08.11.2025, in the area of Denea, with the Turkish military vehicle entering the dead zone to evict Greek Cypriot farmers who went to cultivate their fields, which they have been doing for many years.
According to information from KYPE, around 10 am a Greek Cypriot farmer entered the dead zone in the Denia area to cultivate his field.
After a while, a military vehicle of the occupying forces drove towards the farmer, asking him to leave.
Members of the United Nations then went to the scene and the farmer left. After everyone left the scene, the vehicle of the occupying forces returned in a short time and then the UNFICYP members also returned.
Both the Turkish soldiers and the peacekeepers left the dead zone after some time.
As he reported to West Nicosia News, the president of the community, Charalambos Alexandrou, is not the first such incident, while a few days earlier, Turkish soldiers cut the barbed wire fences that have been in the area for decades to enter and, holding a map, told the farmers that the new boundaries are what they are now demonstrating. Two more Turkish military vehicles were added along the way.”