Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 15-05-14

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[01] Akinci says that they want to open a new page with no pain and missing persons

[02] Akinci announces his negotiating team

[03] Burcu: The talks are expected to be intensified in the period ahead

[04] Erel: We should give Varosha tomorrow morning

[05] Denktas has reportedly decided to resign from the "government"

[06] Serdar Denktas will approve the new "regulation" of the Turkish Cypriot Football Federation

[07] Foreign fighters from '90 countries' try to pass through Turkey to join ISIL

[08] Demirtas vows to resign if HDP fails to pass the election threshold

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[01] Akinci says that they want to open a new page with no pain and missing persons

In statements yesterday during a meeting with Gulden Plumer Kucuk, the Turkish Cypriot member of the Committee on the Missing Persons, Akinci expressed the wish for the young generations of both communities in Cyprus to share a better and brighter future, underlining that turning these words into something more than a wish depends on the success of the negotiating process which will start on Friday. Akinci pointed out to the importance of the communities on the island adopting the results which will be achieved on paper and developing a culture of peace.

Kucuk briefed Akinci on the meeting of the Committee with the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon in New York and said that Akinci's support to the Committee is very important. She noted that Ban Ki-moon has always been supporting the Committee and accepts its demands. According to Kucuk, the UNSG has personally told her that he wants to meet with Akinci.

(I/Ts.)

[02] Akinci announces his negotiating team

Akinci said that in addition to himself, the delegation will include Negotiator Ozdil Nami, his spokesman Baris Burcu, the self-styled foreign ministry undersecretary Erhan Ercin and the "third clerk from the foreign ministry" Sertac Guven.

Akinci added that Guven's job is to take notes and that he can be replaced but that the other names will not be replaced; furthermore, additions can be made to the delegation depending on the topics to be discussed as the process moves ahead.

Akinci made this announcement about his negotiating team in reply to a reporter's question when he met with Ms Gulden Plumer Kucuk, the Turkish Cypriot member of the Missing Persons Committee.

(DPs)

[03] Burcu: The talks are expected to be intensified in the period ahead

Evaluating Monday night's meeting between the two leaders and the negotiations process which will officially start this Friday at "BRT", Burcu said that the talks start at a very good level.

"The leaders' decision to start the negotiations on the 15th of May shows that the pace of the process will be intensive. The schedule and the method of the negotiations will be jointly decided by the two leaders during their first meeting on the 15th of May", Burcu added.

"We have a number of opinions and proposals on the timetable but it would not be right to make any predictions or to share these with the press before a common agreement is reached on the methodology", said Burcu adding that "as it is understood from the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide's statements, the negotiations will be conducted within the framework of the main principles laid out in the joint declaration signed between the two sides on the 11th of February 2014."

Burcu also said that they aimed to form a bi-communal, bi-zonal and politically equal federal structure that will safeguard the interests of both sides.

Expressing his happiness over the public's interest towards a solution, he said the people's support for a settlement will no doubt contribute to the success of the process.

"The world's interest turned to Cyprus after the election of Akinci. We can easily understand this from statements made by Mr Eide and other foreign officials. I hope this problem will be solved with the willingness of the two peoples and the capacity of the two leaders", Burcu said.

He also expressed the hope that the courage, capacity and determination to be put forward by Akinci on the solution of the Cyprus issue will be embraced, supported and upheld by the people.

[04] Erel: We should give Varosha tomorrow morning

"We should give Varosha tomorrow morning and demand customs union", he argued in statements on a television program. "If you are going to comply with the UN Security Council Resolutions, you should give Varosha", he noted.

Arguing that the Cypriots expect a federal solution, Erel said that the leaders of both communities should "negotiate with Turkey side by side".

Referring to the issue of guarantees, Erel argued that Article 3 of the Treaty is deficient and added that if one of the sides at the negotiating table says that "we need no guarantees" the leaders should not oppose to this.

(I/Ts.)

[05] Denktas has reportedly decided to resign from the "government"

The chairman of the party and so-called deputy prime minister, Serdar Denktas read out to the participants in the meeting the reasons for which he will resign from his duties in the "government". He reportedly said that it is meaningless to continue being in the "government" in such an environment. "Within this framework, I will return my duties as deputy prime minister to prime minister Ozkan Yorgancioglu", he added.

Denktas argued also that Turkey's aid delegation "went out of its functionality and became a part of the system". For many years, he said, the persons who are appointed to this position could not show the necessary devotion and implement the necessary projects.

Denktas is expected to announce the above-mentioned reasons later today during a press conference he will be organizing at Merit Hotel in the occupied part of Nicosia.

(I/Ts.)

[06] Serdar Denktas will approve the new "regulation" of the Turkish Cypriot Football Federation

Speaking to "BRT", Denktas said that he will examine soon the "regulation" and then he will send it to the "office of the chief public prosecutor" to ratify it.

Claiming that the football clubs have approved the new "regulation", because they were afraid of the chairman of KTFF Hasan Sertoglu, Denktas said: "I will approve this regulation, but later the clubs will cry a lot".

(DPs)

[07] Foreign fighters from '90 countries' try to pass through Turkey to join ISIL

The NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in the southern province of Antalya would be an opportunity to share the issue with the members of the alliance, Cavusoglu said, speaking at a press conference in Antalya ahead of the gathering, which kicked off on May 13.

The threat from ISIL to the south of the alliance's borders would be a key issue of the two-day meeting, the Minister said. "Once they enter our country, it becomes very difficult to control our borders. We have to rid the region of terrorism. For this we need determined policies," Cavusoglu said, adding that Turkey has put travel ban for 13,800 suspected fighters.

He welcomed a training program for moderate Syrian opposition on Turkish territory in cooperation with the United States but said more was needed. "This will be effective but this will not be enough on its own and we have to take further steps," he said, adding that measures like air strikes were also not sufficient alone.

[08] Demirtas vows to resign if HDP fails to pass the election threshold

"Our election agenda is democratic and it offers a high standard of living for everyone. If we fail to communicate it to the Turkish society, then that would be our fault. If the HDP fails to pass the 10% election threshold because of my failure to clearly tell the people what we have to offer, then I would resign as co-chair of the HDP," said Demirtas, speaking on private news channel NTV on May 13.

Demirtas, however, voiced hope that the HDP would get more than 10% of the ballot. "We will gain around 10.5% of the total votes, but we must increase that amount to around 13%", he said. TURKISH AFFAIRS SECTION

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