In order to shed light on the past of the Cyprus issue, the Communications Office of the Administration of the President of Turkey published a book entitled “Who is to blame? Today cannot be considered separately from the past.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on the history of the Cyprus question, emphasized: “There is no resolution of the UN Security Council, which could justify the reduction of the Cyprus issue only to the events of 1974, as well as isolation and ignoring of Turks-kypriots, the ancient and main element of the island , from the world.
In the introductory article to the book, President Erdogan called the Cyprus question “a complex phenomenon in the field of international relations, in which negotiations were conducted, possibly the longest, and which was never resolved”.
“Documentation and explanation of the historical background, which was formed under the influence of various ethnic and political stresses, geopolitical interests and international interventions throughout history, as well as an understanding of the sociological structure of the island are necessary to assist the problem,” Erdogan said.
recalling that the ethnic and political tension that arose on the island of Cyprus, especially since the 1960s, formed the basis of the problem, which continues so far, Erdogan indicated that the injustice and attacks that the Cyprus-Turkish people were subjected to throughout all stories give an opportunity to understand today’s problems.
According to the author, the tension between the Turkish and Greek communities living on the island, which began in the 1960s and intensified in 1963, was directed against the Turkish unit and threatened the safety of the Turkish community.
“Of course, the actions aimed at the destruction of the Turkish presence on the island are closely related to the strategic position of the island and efforts to establish domination over it and cannot be considered independently of them. Masions against the Turkish community on the island, as well as the purpose of enosis – joining – joining Cyprus to Greece – became a threat to the existence of the Turkish community in Cyprus.
The attacks of the Greeks-kiprots in the framework of the plan of ethnic purges and the goal of Enosis threatened the existence of the community of Turks-Cipriotes and led to the need for Turkey’s intervention in 1974. Having tried all political and diplomatic funds, Turkey, using its guarantor rights, conducted Cyprus peaceful operation on July 20, 1974 in order to protect the community of Cypriots-trousers and ensure peace on the island. In this context, it must be recognized that the Cyprus question began on July 20, 1974.