Turkish Cypriot daily Realist newspaper (13.03.14) reports that the Turkish Cypriot leader, Dervis Eroglu has said that the issues of property and territory are being discussed now at the negotiations for finding a solution to the Cyprus problem. “It could not be said that the proposals put forward by the Greek Cypriots sound good”, argued Eroglu yesterday addressing the opening ceremony of a fire brigade station at occupied Trikomo village.

Eroglu claimed that during the negotiations, which started in 1968, some solution plans that were satisfying the Turkish Cypriots came up, but no solution could be reached because of the stance of the Greek Cypriot side.

Eroglu went on and alleged that the important thing is to defend the “TRNC state”, as he described the breakaway regime established as a result of the 1974 Turkish invasion and occupation of the northern part of Cyprus. He claimed that every nail driven in the occupied northern part of Cyprus “shows the permanency of the Turkish Cypriots on these lands and their rightfulness”. 

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