A 77-year old Turkish Cypriot celebrates the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (17.08.12) reports that a 77-year old Turkish Cypriot named Kamil Hur celebrated yesterday the 16th of August, the day on which, he says, the Republic of Cyprus had been officially declared in 1960. This is the eighth celebration of the same anniversary by Hur, who was born in Mamunda village in Pafos.
The flags of the Republic of Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Britain, the Commonwealth, the UN and the EU are waving in front of Hur’s house in the occupied part of Lefkosia.

Pointing out that the Greek Cypriots celebrate the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus on 1 October and the Turkish Cypriots do not celebrate it at all, Hur said he recognizes nothing else but the Republic of Cyprus and that he could see no other solution to the Cyprus problem than the return [of the Turkish Cypriots] to the Republic of Cyprus”.