Official Statements
Regarding the Understanding reached on the Construction of the Yiğitler – Pile Road
As is known, the Pile – Yiğitler road project was prepared with the purpose of easing access of our citizens living in the village of Pile to the TRNC, as well as their own lands in Pile, with a purely humanitarian purpose. The need for this project has been repeatedly communicated to the United Nations
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Regarding the crisis between Israel and Palestine
We are deeply concerned about the escalation of crisis between Israel and Palestine. We condemn all forms of violence against civilians. The events have shown once again the urgency to find a fair solution to the Israel – Palestine problem. It is important that the Israeli – Palestinian conflict is settled with an agreement on
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Regarding the disruptions experienced at the border gates of the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus
We have been informed by the Greek Cypriot authorities that a server upgrade will be carried out at the Greek Cypriot border gates from 15:30 hours on 6 October, 2023 until Monday, 9 October 2023. Within the scope of the mentioned upgrade, the online system which is used to carry out the identity checks for
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Regarding the speech delivered by Greek Cypriot leader Christodoulides at the 78th United Nations General Assembly
During the speech delivered at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, the Greek Cypriot leader Christodoulides made shallow, insincere and disrespectful statements towards the Turkish Cypriot people that are detached from the historical background and the current realities on the island. The Greek Cypriot leader repeated in his speech the claim that there is “occupation
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Regarding the adoption of the 2022 Report on Türkiye by the European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) 2022 Report on Türkiye has been adopted following a vote at the EP General Assembly on 13 September 2023. The EP has maintained its biased attitude as in previous years and adopted a report which is far from the realities of the island, ignoring the inherent rights and the existence of
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Regarding the Attack on İbrahimağa Köprülü Mosque
We strongly condemn the attack on İbrahimağa Köprülü Mosque in the city of Limassol of the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA), which was perpetrated in the early hours of today (01:10am). The fact that this mosque of great significance in terms of historical and cultural heritage has been attacked for the second time following a previous
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Regarding the press release from the United Nations Security Council on the Pile-Yiğitler road
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has issued an unfortunate statement about the Pile – Yiğitler road, the construction of which was commenced for purely humanitarian purposes in order to facilitate the access of our citizens living in the village of Pile to TRNC territory as well as their lands in Pile. The Pile
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Regarding the extension of the decision to lift the arms embargo imposed by the United States of America on the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus
The arms sales restrictions imposed by the United States of America (US) on the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA) since 1987 were partially lifted in 2020 and completely lifted in 2022. Recently, with the statement of the US Department of State dated 18 August 2023, it was announced that the decision to lift the defense trade
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Regarding UNFICYP’s intervention in the construction of the Pile – Yiğitler road
Construction works on the Pile – Yiğitler road, aimed at providing ease of access to TRNC territory for our citizens living in the village of Pile, have commenced on 17 August 2023. It is amply clear that this road project has a purely humanitarian objective. Despite this, today, with a view to block the road
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Regarding Pile – Yiğitler road
The Pile – Yiğitler road project has been prepared with the entirely humanitarian objective of providing ease of access of our citizens living in the village of Pile to the TRNC. The said project, which envisages expanding and enhancing the existing Pile – Yiğitler road, has been prepared with the aim of enabling the
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