Sener Levent argues that the image policy followed by the Turkish side is not useful anymore

Writing in Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika (09.11.11), Sener Levent, columnist and editor in chief of the paper, in his commentary entitled: “The image of the side which is in favour of the solution is not useful anymore”, points out that although the situation in Cyprus has changed, together with the situation in the Middle East which has also changed, the Turkish side has not changed at all, since it exerts efforts to prove to the world that it is the side which is in favour of the solution in Cyprus. Levent underlines that it is the first time since 1974 that the Greek Cypriot side is not afraid of Turkey since it has Israel by its side. He argues that Ankara could not evaluate correctly the new situation in the region, because it did not take into consideration that Israel acts always with the support of the USA.

Levent notes that the Turkish side follows an image policy and tries to present the Greek Cypriot side as the side which is responsible for the non-solution in Cyprus. Levent writes also that Ankara is exerting efforts so that the UN to announce that the Greek Cypriot side is responsible for the non-solution in Cyprus.

Supporting that Ankara is preparing to keep the Turkish Cypriots as hostages, like it did in 2004 when it put them in the freezer, Levent writes that there are even proposals for the annexation of the occupied north part of Cyprus to Turkey.

Levent writes also that the statements made by Ankara, Eroglu and Ozersay, as regards the New York summit, do not reflect the reality