The Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, considers the enclosed city of Famagusta as part of the territory of the pseudo-state. The TC leader rejected the idea of returning Varosha as a Confidence Building Measure (CBM).
Varosha "is part of our sovereignty. I stress once again from here that we will never accept giving Varosha to the control of the United Nations in the framework of Confidence Building Measures," Tatar said, writes Gouness, according to the Press and Information Office.
Mr. Tatar made statements about the closed city of Famagusta at a ceremony held yesterday in Varosha to inaugurate a memorial mausoleum of the Ottoman commander-in-chief Pertev Pasha, who lived in the 16th century.
Reiterating the claim that Varosha lies within the "borders" of the pseudo-state, Tatar expressed confidence that "the town will slowly open up for settlement alongside the promotion of the idea of "two separate sovereign equal states living side by side".
Noting that the opening of Varosha is a dimension of their new policy, Tatar argued that it had not been possible to open Varosha until a year and a half ago because efforts had been made for 50 years to find a federal solution. "It turned out that a federal solution would not meet the expectations of Turkish Cypriots," he claimed.
Tatar also said that those claiming rights to Varosha would be able to acquire "to the extent they are entitled" their rights and properties through the "Property Commission."
In the context of his statements, Mr. Tatar referred from his own point of view, to the history of Varosha claiming that "there have been interventions in the nature of Varosha and "betrayal in its history" and that Greek Cypriots and Greeks opened Varosha to tourism by building structures taking advantage of their superiority in the 1950s and 1960s, despite the fact that the land in the closed Varosha belongs to the EBKAF".
In his own speech, the chairman of the EBKAF administration, Ismail Bender, claimed that the debate in Varosha concerns the properties transferred to individuals removed from the EBKAF.
Yesterday's inauguration was attended by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, Turkey's "ambassador" and representatives of the T/C leadership.
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