Unbelievable continues challenges for the Cyprus the Recep Tayyip Erdogan who stated that if there is a new negotiating process, it will no longer be between two communities, but between two states with sovereign equality.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, today went on Saturday (03.05.2025), to occupied Nicosia and, accompanied by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatarhe immediately went to the site where he performed the inauguration of the buildings of the “Presidential Palace” and the “House” built by Turkey.
At the short inauguration ceremony in the courtyard, the Turkish president characterized the band, ‘An manifestation of the will of a state to exist against injustice and lawlessness and an indication of the common fate of Turkey and northern Cyprus, “saying that on this strong foundation”We hope that we will build new achievements and new projects and continue our struggle for independence and the future. “.
He reiterated that Turkey, as in the past, in the present and the future, is and will always be on the side of the Turkish Cypriots.
#Teknofest We are in the TRNC. https://t.co/zm6hrtHQgt
– Recep Tayyip Erdogan (@rtterdogan) May 3, 2025
Speaking after the step of the band’s conference center, Erdogan said that “unless the unfair isolation in which the” Turkish Cypriot people “(sic.), Is not ended. If there is no fair, permanent, sustainable and realistic solution on the island, it is not possible for us to accept the “Greek Cypriot administration of southern Cyprus” – As mentioned in the Republic of Cyprus- as an interlocutor, to trade, let us use our ports. “
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in the TRNC.
President Erdoğan, the opening ceremony of the TRNC Republican Campus and #Teknofest He will join the TRNC. https://t.co/9oZ53cQvpV
– TRT News Live (@Trthabercanli) May 3, 2025
Once again a reference to a solution to the two states in the Cyprus issue said that “If there is a new negotiating process, it will no longer be between two communities but between two states with sovereign equality.”
He also said that “those who are trying to destroy our fraternity, create a rift between us and sow the seeds of hatred instead of peace and tranquility in these fertile territories will not succeed.”
Following his speech he made historical references, and also talked about the issue of Islamic headscarfs in Turkish Cypriot schools that has sparked Turkish Cypriots’ demonstrations in the occupied territories.
On this issue, Erdogan indirectly raised but clearly criticized the opposition in Turkey, but also in that department of Turkish Cypriots, who are complaining about restoring the use of a headscarf to schools.
Nicosia’s reaction
According to the government spokesman in Nicosia, the Cypriot government believes that “the illegal visit, combined with the statements we have been watching lately by both Tatar, but also from sources attributed to Turkey, are once again confirming its dedication. They are not only provocative, they despise the international community, the SA resolutions of the UN, despise the EU itself. “
According to the spokesman, “the government is watching with strong alertness and is in constant contact with any diplomatic medium, with all our international partners, whether they are the EU or the international partners that we maintain a very close relationship as a Cypriot Republic”.