Cyprus PIO: Turkish Press and Other Media, 03-08-22

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[A] NEWS ITEMS

[01] Ali Erel establishes a new party.

[02] The pseudo-state was invited to participate in the International Competition of Islamic Capitals.

[03] Two Turkish Cypriot Trade Unions accused the parties of the pseudo-government of offering employment positions prior to the pseudoelections

[04] Akıncı: "We want a united Cyprus member of EU".

[A] NEWS ITEMS

[01] Ali Erel establishes a new party

Announcing the establishment of the new party yesterday Ali Erel said at the news conference that he would not resign as Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.

Ali Erel said at the news conference that they have formally set up the party by submitting the SEUP's documents to the occupation regime. Asserting that following a yearlong struggle the Turkish Cypriots have finally forged a union under the SEUP by leaving aside their social and ideological differences, Erel said that the December elections would be in the nature of a referendum. He added that at the December elections they will seek votes not only for their own party but also for the Republican Turkish Party [RTP], the United Forces [UF, which is affiliated with the RTP], and the Peace and Democracy Movement [PDM]. Erel said that as a political party they support EU membership and a solution before 1 May 2004 on the basis of the Annan plan.

After the reading of SEUP's founding declaration by Mustafa Damdelen, Ali Erel replied to journalists' questions. In reply to a question as to why they are not running in the elections together with the RTP, UF, and PDM, Erel said that their aim is to win over those who will not be voting for the RTP-UF and PDM and those who have defected from the National Unity Party [NUP] and the Democratic Party [DP]. Asked whether he will resign as Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Ali Erel said he will not resign, adding that it would be wrong for the chambers and politics to turn their backs on each other, for the civilian organizations will find themselves in a difficult situation then. In reply to another question, Ali Erel said that they met several times with RTP leader Mehmet Ali Talat and Communal Liberation Party [CLP] leader Huseyin Angolemli and concluded that the best formula would be to launch a three-pronged campaign. Erel added that after the elections the SEUP would form a coalition with these two parties [RTP and CLP].

The SEUP's founding members are: Ali Erel, Mustafa Damdelen, Unsal Ozbilenler, Cahit Kaya, Turhan Beydagli, Cetin Masharoglu, Asim Dedezade, Ismail Sayi, Salih Celiker, Hasip Erel, Cetin Sadi, Ali Erdal Osmanlar, Dervis Musannif, Halil Berkut, Alpay Ertac, Ilksoy Aslim, Mehmet Sukan.

[02] The pseudo-state was invited to participate in the International Competition of Islamic Capitals

As the paper reports the pseudo-state will be represented by the occupied Nicosia "Municipality", which is a member of the Organization. The Competition is a contest for written works and scientific research and aims at retaining the Islamic culture heritage of the cities and to protect and develop the Islamic culture. The prize of the competition is ten thousand USA dollars. The paper writes that the pseudostate must apply until the 27th of September in order to participate in it.

[03] Two Turkish Cypriot Trade Unions accused the parties of the pseudo-government of offering employment positions prior to the pseudoelections

The two trade Unions gathered yesterday in front of the so-called Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and criticized various actions of the "government".

The chairman of the KTAMS Mr Ali Seylani speaking in front of the "Ministry" strongly criticized the Denktas regime and said that appointments made to the newly "Compensation Commission" were silently realized and that recently 20 new temporary job openings for the so-called "Custom Office" were announced but the so-called official gazette, which included this job openings was not permitted to circulate.

[04] Akıncı: "We want a united Cyprus member of EU"

Akinci concluded by saying that the Turkish Cypriots want to govern themselves and to establish their own future.

/SK

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