Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 18-06-27

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[A] TURKISH CYPRIOT / TURKISH PRESS

[A] Turkish Cypriot Press

[01] President Erdogan's first foreign visits to Azerbaijan and the occupied area of Cyprus

[02] KTOS and KTOEOS received 5,152 applications for passport of the Republic of Cyprus

[03] The uncontrolled distribution of licenses for wells has caused the increase of salinity levels in the water

[B] Turkish Press

[A] TURKISH CYPRIOT / TURKISH PRESS

[01] Trump congratulates Erdogan in a phone call on his election victory; They both confirm commitment to Manbij roadmap

[02] EU leaders congratulate Erdogan on election victory

[03] Kilicdaroglu: "CHP members to decide about party's fate"

[04] Meral Aksener to continue as IYI Party leader

[05] MHP says state of emergency should not be lifted yet

[06] Turkey's YSK releases initial figures of Sunday's elections

[07] "What did Erdogan mean when he said 'message received' after the election?"

[08] Detention warrants out for 151 FETO suspects

[A] Turkish Cypriot Press

[01] President Erdogan's first foreign visits to Azerbaijan and the occupied area of Cyprus

During Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's first foreign visit to Ankara on April 25, Erdogan said: "God willing, I will pay my first visit to Azerbaijan as the Turkish President after the elections scheduled for June 24".

It is also expected that Erdogan's first international summit to be the NATO summit that will be held in Brussels on 11-12 July.

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[02] KTOS and KTOEOS received 5,152 applications for passport of the Republic of Cyprus

Sener Elcil, KTOS' general secretary, stated that 70% of these persons have not applied to the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus for passport and added that some of the rest have applied and received a receipt for their application, while others have not been given a receipt. He said that until today, they have categorized the applications, separated the various cases into groups and created analyses and lists.

Elcil noted that they will discuss the issue with the Minister of Interior Constantinos Petrides during a meeting they will hold with him in July and added that the issue is to solve through dialogue with the authorities the problem of some "victims", who fulfill the criteria required by the "south", as he described the Republic of Cyprus. He also said that lawsuits will be filed for some other "victims", who do not fulfill the above-mentioned criteria and added that they held meetings with lawyers and made the necessary arrangements for this. He stated that after their meeting with the Minister of Interior, they will launch the procedure of the lawsuits.

According to Elcil, in the office which they will establish in KTOS' headquarters, they will receive applications from persons who until today have not applied for passport of the Republic of Cyprus and they will brief these persons on the documents which they have to complete. He said that after the completion of the process, they will file a group application with lawyers and representatives of the Press.

Moreover, Elcil noted that they intend to discuss the issue with the Turkish Cypriot leader and the "authorities" of the breakaway regime in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus and claimed that it is important to bring up the issue at the table during the Cyprus negotiations. Elcil concluded by saying that they will hold contacts on the issue with representatives of the European Parliament and the European Commission in Cyprus.

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[03] The uncontrolled distribution of licenses for wells has caused the increase of salinity levels in the water

The producers in the occupied village of Elia complained that licenses for wells were distributed last year in the sake of "political gains" and as a result the salinity level of the water in the area has increased. The producers added that for this reason their production of potatoes and watermelon has been decreased.

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[B] Turkish Press

[01] Trump congratulates Erdogan in a phone call on his election victory; They both confirm commitment to Manbij roadmap

The roadmap, which was announced on June 4, foresees the withdrawal of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) from the northern Syrian city of Manbij.

The U.S. considers the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), dominated by YPG militants to be its main ally in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.

Ankara has long pushed for the removal of YPG, which it considers the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that has been designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.

While Trump called Erdogan to congratulate him after his elections victory, the two leaders also stressed the importance of executing the Manbij roadmap and the continuation of the joint fight against terrorism, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.

The White House later stated that Trump also reaffirmed "the strong bonds between the United States and Turkey as NATO allies and strategic partners."

"President Trump and President Erdogan recommitted to efforts to resolve issues in the bilateral relationship and to increase cooperation in addressing shared strategic challenges," a National Security Council spokesman said in a statement.

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[02] EU leaders congratulate Erdogan on election victory

The European leaders sent a joint letter to Erdogan two days after the parliamentary and presidential elections in the country expressing their desire to work with Erdogan "closely".

"Let us congratulate you on your re-election as President of the Republic of Turkey. Turkey is a candidate country and key partner of the European Union. We look forward to continuing to work with you closely in areas of common interest for EU-Turkey relations such as security, migration and energy," said the statement.

[03] Kilicdaroglu: "CHP members to decide about party's fate"

"CHP members will decide what happens to our party," he said in a press meeting at the CHP headquarters in the capital Ankara.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu proceeded to analyze Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections.

He said that the winner of the elections was democracy, while he dubbed the Justice and Development (AK) Party as "the loser of elections". "The only loser of these elections is AK Party," he said. "They lost 7 (percentage) points of their total votes [from the previous election]."

Kilicdaroglu also commented on presidential candidate Muharrem Ince's performance in the elections, saying the voter turnout for him had been "below expectations".

"He needed to get more votes, he was below expectation, that's what he said to me," Kilicdaroglu said. "We complied with him throughout his campaign, he is a young man, he worked hard", Kilicdaroglu added.

On Sunday, with 99.9% of votes counted, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won an absolute majority in the presidential poll with 52.5% of the vote, while Ince received 30.6%-- a losing percentage, but the best showing by the CHP at the national level in years.

In Sunday's parliamentary poll, the CHP won some 22.64%, far less than Ince. The AK Party received 42.56%, winning 295 seats in the parliament, according to unofficial results.

[04] Meral Aksener to continue as IYI Party leader

Addressing reporters for the first time since Sunday's elections, in which she was also a presidential candidate, Aksener said that the general executive board of the party convened after election results.

Citing the board decision, Aksener said the results were "a win that has increased the nation's hope for the future", adding that the board agreed she should lead the party.

"We are only beginning our honorable march," Aksener added.

According to Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won an absolute majority in the presidential election with 52.5% of the vote, while his closest rival lagged behind at 30.6%.

Aksener gained 7.2% of the votes.

In the parliamentary polls, the People's Alliance of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Justice and Development (AK) Party won 53.6% of the votes, with 99.9% of ballot boxes opened.

In its first election, the IYI Party made it to Parliament with over 40 Deputies and received 10% of the votes as part of the "Nation Alliance" with Republican People's Party (CHP) and Felicity Party.

[05] MHP says state of emergency should not be lifted yet

"We think the threat posed by FETO continues," said Kalayc?, referring to what the authorities call the Fethullahist Terorrist Organization, widely believed to have orchestrated the July 2016 coup attempt.

Speaking on private broadcaster CNN Turk, Kalayc? also referred to ongoing operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in neighboring Iraq. "It seems that the state of emergency should last a little longer," he said.

The state of emergency was declared in the wake of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt and has since then been extended in three-month periods, latest of which will expire on July 19.

However, following opposition criticism on the emergency state, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also vowed to lift the implementation after the June 24 general and presidential election. "God willing, we will review the state of emergency after the elections and we may lift it. We will work on it after we form a cabinet. The issue will not linger on for very long. We will take a step and move on," Erdogan had said on June 8.

Turkey has a "clear will" to lift it, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag also said a day after the elections.

"We have given a promise before the elections. The state of emergency will expire on July 19. When it expires we will make the final decision. Our will is very clear and it for the lifting of the state of emergency. But the timing has not been decided yet," Bozdag said.

[06] Turkey's YSK releases initial figures of Sunday's elections