Cyprus on Monday marks the 38th black anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by Turkey within the northern a part of the divided island.
The federal government and political events strongly condemn the transfer which violates worldwide regulation and UN resolutions.
Greek Cypriot refugees are to carry anti-occupation protests to mark the anniversary.
Solely Turkey which nonetheless maintains troops within the breakaway north since a 1974 invasion acknowledges the ‘republic’ established there.
UN-brokered talks all through the years to reunite the island underneath a bi-zonal, bi-communal federal system failed primarily because of the Turkish intransigence.
The final spherical of talks collapsed in 2017 with recently-released UN minutes on the high-level convention on Cyprus revealing that Turkey’s non-negotiated demand for its position as guarantor to proceed was the explanation the method had collapsed.
Turkey, together with Greece and the UK, are the guarantor powers of Cyprus since its independence in 1960. Each Greece and Britain have mentioned they not need to proceed on this position.