The Speaker of the Republic’s Assembly Zorlu Töre has stressed that it was not possible to take a step back from the Turkish Cypriot side’s two-state policy particularly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call for the recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

The Speaker of Parliament Zorlu Töre received the Eskişehir Tepebaşı Mayor Ahmet Ataç and the International Union of Muslim Scholars’ Türkiye Youth Commission chaired by Abdülaziz Kıranşal separately on Monday.

Speaking during the visits, Töre said that the Cyprus issue was a national cause for the Turkish nation and reminded remarks made by the late Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit who had said that they would not abandon this case even if there was not a single Turk left in Cyprus.

Stressing that this remark was important in terms of the meaning of Cyprus, he noted that the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region today also proved this.

The Parliamentary Speaker Töre also stated that national and moral values ​​were the insurance of a people and that the protection of these values ​​was of vital importance.

Stating that even though socio-economic problems were being experienced in the country, the Turkish Cypriot people had their own state and that it was everyone’s duty to work towards its development.

Töre stressed that it was not possible to take a step back after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call for the recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.