The new protocol that was announced on Friday between Ankara and the occupied territories is yet another blow to the existence of the community, freedoms and rights of the Turkish Cypriots, while at the same time promoting new fait accompli on the Cyprus problem. This development comes at a time of economic crisis, new price increases and political interferences by Turkey in the internal affairs of the Turkish Cypriot community.
The provisions of the new protocol, among other things, facilitate the demographic alteration (of the occupied areas), institutionalise the promotion of the policy...