“There was a tyranny in the statements of Erdogan and several other officials; there was psychological violence and threats in his words and also physical violence against the protesters. The violence targeted the protesters, those who are called marginal groups; which are using their democratic rights. The violence and tyranny appeared not only in the places that Erdogan was, but in every place in the country…”
WORSE THAN DENKTASH
Saying that it is remarkable the statements made by Erdogan that he will not give Morfou, Karpassia and Varosha, Kanatli said that taking into consideration that even the former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash had accepted the arrangement of the 29% of the territory issue, Erdogan is much more in favour of the non-solution in Cyprus than Denktash.
FAKE PROSPERITY
Meanwhile, the leader of the Social Democracy Party (TDP) Mehmet Cakici said that the ruling “government” of the National Unity Party (UBP) deliberatively gave wrong information to Turkey’s Prime Minister about living standards in the north.
“It is not correct that we live in opulence. It is out of reality and deviousness to promote that there is prosperity in the country [occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus] while a huge part of our youth population is unemployed, while our people are forced to immigrate and while there is financial crisis.”
BACKFIRED
There has been widespread hostile reaction to Tayipp Erdogans ‘hardman’ statements during his trip to Cyprus last week.
A top German conservative has said the EU should break off entry talks with Turkey, if the country implements Erdogan's threat to freeze relations with the EU during Cyprus' tenure as president of the bloc in the second half of 2012.
The secretary general of Bavaria's CSU arm of the Christian Democrats, Alexander Dobrindt, said that anyone who would stop talking to the European Union has no business seeking membership in the bloc.
Erdogan Cyprus visit described as tyrannical | CEM BARBER / FG ONLINE • Sat, Jul 23, 2011
