BASIC
CLAIMS OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS WITHIN BILATERAL AND INTERNATIONAL
DISCUSSIONSü Turkey's true and effective role as a guarantor should be
pursued by authorizing the country to maintain enough soldiers to
ensure the security of the Turkish-Cypriot people.ü Political
equality as well as equality between the two peoples is a fundamental
condition. The Turkish people should be granted the same rights as
those given to the Greek Cypriot people.ü The Turkish-Cypriot people
are not a minority. It will not content itself with minorities' rights
nor accept sovereignty of the Greek-Cypriot majority. Turkish-people
sovereignty and the TRNC should be recognised.ü Questions of controlled
free movement and rights of establishment and real-estate ownership
should be subjected to a moratorium. And once the moratorium has been
carried out, the use of the rights of establishment and real-estate
ownership should be given a certain limit.ü Border policies should be
drawn up adequately, considering the difficulties that will arise in
the case of a "return of Turkish Cypriots to their original homes".
Moreover, taking into account the profitability, self-sufficiency,
ownership and safety criteria on which Denktas and Makarios came to an
agreement in 1977, it would force the Turkish people to undertake a new
exodus.ü Many powers, except from those that will have been clearly
defined as belonging to the Central Executive, will have to be assigned
to the constituent States. Decisions made within the Council will have
to be approved unanimously and, as far as Parliamentary Assemblies are
concerned, each one of them will have to vote by qualified majority.ü
Lands that will be allocated to Turks will have to be profitable and
economically adequate and defendable as regards security, and in
accordance with the current TRNC concerning land ownership LES
REVENDICATIONS DE BASE DES CHYPRIOTES-TURCS AU SEIN DES DISCUSSIONS
BILATERALES ET INTERNATIONALES ü Le rôle réel et effectif de
garant de la Turquie devrait être poursuivi en l'autorisant à maintenir
sur l'île un nombre de soldats permettant d'assurer la sécurité du
peuple chypriote-turc.ü L'égalité politique et l'égalité entre les deux
peuples est une condition fondamentale. Le peuple turc devrait pouvoir
jouir des mêmes droits que ceux accordés au peuple chypriote-grec.ü Le
peuple turc n'est pas une minorité. Il ne pourra se contenter de droits
de minorités et accepter la souverainté de la majorité chypriote
grecque. La souveraineté du peuple turc et la RTCN devraient être
reconnues. ü Les questions de la libre-circulation contrôlée ainsi que
des droits d'établissement et de propriété immobilière devraient faire
l'objet d'un moratorium. Et au terme de ce moratorium l'usage des
droits d'établissement de et de propriété devraient être plafonnés à un
certain niveau. ü Les règlements frontaliers devraient être
dressés adéquatement, en prenant en compte les difficultés qui seront
rencontrées dans le cas d'un "retour des migrants Turcs dans leurs
habitations d'origine". Tenant par ailleurs compte des critères de
rentabilité, de suffisance, de propriété et de sécurité sur lesquels
sont parvenus à un accord Denktas et Makarios en 1977, il importerait
d'éviter de forcer le peuple turc à un nouvel exode.ü L'ensemble des
pouvoirs hormis ceux qui auront été clairement définis comme
appartenant à l'Exécutif Central devront revenir aux Etats
constituants. La souveraineté et les pouvoir de l'executif
suprême puiseront leurs source dans les Etats constituants. Les
décisions au Conseil des Ministres devraient être prises à l'unanimité
et les Assemblées parlementaires devraient pour leur part voter chacune
à la majorité qualifiée. ü Les terres qui reviendront aux Turcs
devraient être rentables et suffisantes en nombre d'un point de vue
économiques et défendables d'un point de sécuritaire, et elles devrait
être conformes à la règlementation actuelle de la RTCN au sujet de la
propritété des terres. TALAT AND DENKTAS FORM TURKISH CYPRIOT
GOVERNMENT The two Turkish Cypriot parties,
Mehmet Ali Talat’s Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and Serdar Denktas’s
Democrat Party (DP) agreed to form a coalition government with a pledge
to work towards a deal reuniting the divided Mediterranean island
before the Greek Cypriot Administration joins the European Union on May
1, 2004. Talat officially became prime minister on January 12, when
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas
formally approved the cabinet line up. Serdar Denktas the son of
President Denktas whose party was in the outgoing coalition became
deputy prime minister and foreign minister. The new government has 26
seats in the 50-member parliament. The accord
drew a warm welcome from Turkey, which also declared intentions to
resolve the Cyprus problem prior to May 1 2004. On January 12, Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Rauf Denktas met in Istanbul to
discuss ways to revive peace talks between the Greek and Turkish
Cypriots. Afterwards they told reporters that they were in perfect
harmony over the need for a fair and lasting solution to the conflict.
"Our common objective is to contribute to a just and lasting solution
of the matter in the framework of the good offices of the UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan," said Erdogan. "We do not have differing opinions,"
said Denktas, stressing that the Cyprus question was a national cause
in Turkey and the TRNC. Turkish Foreign
Ministry has prepared proposals for the revision of the Annan
blueprint, but has not made them public. The ministry document,
according to Turkish media reports, includes a series of proposed maps
offering alternatives for territorial redistribution on the island. The
document allegedly accepts lowering the number of Turkish soldiers in
northern Cyprus from around 30,000 to 6,000 within 40 months. It also
foresees Turkey and Greece maintaining their guarantor status on the
island and specifies that the number of residents from Turkey and
Greece should not exceed five percent on each side.
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer chaired a summit
meeting at the Presidential Palace on January 8 to discuss Turkey’s
policy towards Cyprus, attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, and Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi
Ozkok. While the final policy decisions will be taken at the upcoming
National Security Council meeting to be held on January 23, the
statement issued after the critical summit affirmed, "Turkey continues
its support for the good offices of the UN secretary general and
confirms its political determination for the speedy achievement of a
settlement based on the realities of the island through negotiations."
The government sources had also announced earlier that President Sezer
would host a second summit at a later date, this time with the
participation of TRNC President Denktas and the new Turkish Cypriot
prime minister. /Turkey Post-Turkish Daily News-Anatolia News Agency/
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