President Ersin Tatar praised the statements issued towards the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Wednesday by the Deputy Chairperson of Turkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Chairperson of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States Binali Yıldırım.
A statement issued by the Office of the President said that Binali Yıldırım had commended the long years of struggle waged in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) during his address at the 12th meeting of the Council of Elders in Istanbul.
It said that Yıldırım had pointed out that Turkish Cypriots were an inseparable part of the Turkic world.
Referring to the decades long unjust isolations imposed on the Turkish Cypriot people, Yıldırım said that unfortunately, due to the non-recognition of the TRNC, the legitimate rights of the Turkish Cypriot people are continuing to be usurped.
Yıldırım also noted that Turkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus have been ‘fighting shoulder to shoulder’ for years to put an end to the injustices, the statement noted.