From: miscord@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Michael Scordilis)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek
Subject: News on Cyprus
Date: 16 Oct 92 02:55:06 GMT
Organization: Electrical and Electronic - University of Melbourne


- On Oct 6, 1992, the Turkish Cypriot (TC) radio station "Bayrak" reported 
the opposition of Ozker Ozgut, leader of the Turkish Republican Party, to 
moves to open hotels in Varosha to be used for student accomodation.  In a 
written statement, Ozgut said that accomodation has been a problem for years
and that the recent moves only aim at disrupting the UN peace efforts.
30,000 Greek Cypriot (GC) inhabitants of Varosha have been living as refugees
since 1974 and the town, formerly a prosperous tourist resprt, remains 
deserted since then, surrounded by Turkish troops.  

- On Oct 8, 1992. the TC newspaper "Kibris", reported that the leader of the
New Cyprus Party, Alpay Durduran, declared that opening Varosha to settlement
is an international issue fraught with dangers, even the outbreak of war. He
accused Denktash and Eroglu of working hand in hand to preclude peace in
Cyprus.  Durduran further added that finding a solution to the Cyprus 
problem and joining the EC were historical opportunities for the TC.  He 
critisized Denktash of creating obstacles for a solution and for entering EC.

- A TC doctor has taken Turkey to the European Court of Human Rights for 
alleged violations of his personal rightts emanating from the convention for 
the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.  Ahmet Cavit, a 
TC paediatrician living in the Turkish-occupied part of the divided capital 
Nicosia, said in an interview with the local Greek Cypriot (GC) daily 
"Fileleftheros" that he had been repeatedly denied free movement by the 
Turkish occupation regime.  He said he had been repeatedly refused permission
to attend even medical conferences or other functions in the government-
controlled area or in the UN controlled buffer zone.  He said Friday the 
Turkish regime did not allow him to attend a reception given by the German 
Ambassador in Nicosia last night on the occasion of the anniversary of 
German reunification.  In his interview, the doctor said that he had warned
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hikmet Cetin about the lawsuit and had also
informed UN officials here about his predicament.  According to the 
interview, the dictor said the TC press refused to publish news of his suit
against Turkey because it considered it "a very delicate matter".  Speaking
on radio Saturday morning, the journalist who interviewed the doctor, Anthos 
Lykavgis, editor of "Fileleftheros" said this was not an isolated case and 
added more TC intellectuals might follow the doctor's example.

-  Washington, Oct 2, 1992:  The American Government has warned the Turkish 
side that if the TC leader Rauf Denktash does not negotiate, he will face 
"a tough UN Security Resolution".  The US official, taling on conditions of
anonimity, described Denktash as a terrible puzzle, who has a terrible record.
"We warned them that if he does not negotiate, the will have to face a tough
UN Resolution", he said.   

M Scordilis

 
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