At UN, Erdogan Tells World to Accept Occupied Side of Split Cyprus

NEW YORK – He refuses to recognize the Greek-Cypriot legitimate government that’s a member of the European Union he wants his country to join, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the United Nations should recognize a rogue state seized in unlawful 1974 Turkish invasions. That has seen Turkish-Cypriots occupying the northern third for almost 50 years and decades of diplomacy failing, leading Erdogan and Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to reject reunification. They want a...