Ersin Tatar: Without common ground, no meaning to begin negotiations on the Cyprus Issue – Monologue by the Turkish Cypriot leader during his meeting with the UN Secretary-General
He appeared unyielding setting sovereignty equality and equal international status as a precondition for negotiations
Turkish-Cypriot leader: “No one guarantees that there will not be another war in Cyprus”
"Only on the basis of two separate states can there be an agreement in Cyprus" he stated
Turkish President Erdogan provocatively announces the re-opening of part of Famagusta
He called on the Greek Cypriots to take back their properties