This week in North Cyprus > 1st-8th May 2006
Preparations Have Been Completed for Tomorrow’s Census
As most of the preparations are completed for tomorrow’s national census, the public service staff who will be visiting our homes to conduct the census are completing their own training for the day.
A daytime curfew will be in force on Sunday starting from 5 am and lasting until 6 pm.
A statement issued by the head of the State Planning Organisation Isilay Yilmaz, reminded the citizens that everyone will be obliged to respond – and - provide answers to, the questions to be put to them during the census.
She also said that the Ercan Airport and seaports in the Republic will be functioning normally and the checkpoints between the TRNC and South Cyprus, kept open.
Those violating the curfew will be liable for penal action and may even be prosecuted, the statement reminded.
Everyone with the exception of those with special permits will have to stay at home during the curfew.
Doğan Şahali, the Undersecretary for the Prime Ministry, told a joint press conference in Lefkosa with Mrs Isılay Yılmaz, that the national census will be open to foreign observation.
Ali Erel Has Said That the Legal Procedure Has Begun
Ali Erel, the President of the non-governmental organization ‘The Cyprus EU Society” has said that the legal procedure has begun to claim Turkish Cypriots’ electoral rights from the Greek Cypriot administration, stemming from the 1960 Agreements.
In a written statement yesterday, Mr Erel said that a lawsuit was filed at the Greek Cypriot High Court on the issue after the Greek Cypriot Minister of Interior Andreas Hristou rejected the Society’s written request for Turkish Cypriots to be entitled to vote and contest elections in South Cyprus, scheduled for May 21st this year.
He added that the lawsuit was filed in the Turkish language and that plaintiffs were written down as Ali Erel and Mustafa Damdelen.
Referring to the Greek Cypriot administration’s rejection of their requests, the President of ‘The Cyprus EU Society’ said that the administration’s stance was against to the Articles 3 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and also the article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Turkish Airspace Remains Closed To Greek Cypriot Aircraft
Turkey’s Ministry of Communications and Transport has declared that Greek Cypriot-registered aircraft are not authorized to use the Turkish air space directly but that planes from third countries are allowed to use the airspace for transit flights to South Cyprus.
Commenting on newspaper reports that the Turkish air space has been opened to Greek Cypriot aircraft, the Ministry warned that this could lead to a misunderstanding.
The statement reiterated that the Turkish air space has been closed to the use of Greek Cypriot aircraft since 1974, and that flights involving aircraft from third countries are being evaluated within the framework of an earlier declaration issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, dated 23rd of March 2001.
Soyer Has Stressed Importance of Turkish Cypriot People’s Democratic Consciousness
Prime Minister –the leader of the Republican Turkish Party – Ferdi Sabit Soyer has stressed that peace in Cyprus can only be achieved through the Turkish Cypriot people’s democratic consciousness.
Mr Soyer was speaking at a gathering of his party last night.
Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer said that the CTP tries to improve Turkish Cypriots’ life standard and to let a better future to the next generation.
Reminding the Turkish Cypriot people’s stance at the referendum on the Annan plan two years ago, he said that Turkish Cypriots will continue to surprise the international community.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer will be flying to Istanbul tomorrow for contacts.
During his three-day visit, Mr Soyer will be accompanied by the Prime Ministry’s Chief of Staff Erkut Sahali.
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