The Turkish Vice President described today as historic for Varosia, saying that they are part of the territory of the "tdbk", as the pseudo-state called it, and that the enclosed city must finally be opened.
"Both patience, and the search (solution) and good intention, have their limits. "Nothing is endless," he said.
Fuat Oktay, who arrived in the occupied territories shortly after one in the morning today to take part in a roundtable discussion on Varos, the "army house" housed in the Sandi Beach Hotel in the enclosed city, spoke to a Turkish NTV correspondent. from Varosi.
In an interview with the besieged city, Oktay said he was in a resort, not only in Cyprus but in the whole region, "in an area that, as part of a lasting peace between the two communities, Turkey had closed due to of her good intentions ". This peace has been sought for half a century, he added, and the city has become a ghost town inhabited by mice. "Not only the Turkish Cypriots lose here, the Greek Cypriots also lose. Why are we here? In order for people to finally win. Not to be a ghost town, but an attraction, where people can now party and walk. We are in a historic day, a historic meeting in an amazing area ".
Asked about UN Resolution 550, the Turkish Vice President said the area had been declared a no-go area but a "tdbk" territory, as the pseudo-state called it. He spoke of terrorism and repression against the Turkish Cypriots that lasted for years after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus and the intervention - as he said - of Turkey to stop this. "Wherever the Turkish nation goes, it brings peace. "After 1974, not a drop of blood fell here," he said.
"We have been looking for a solution for half a century and we do not find it, in every meeting we go one step back," he added. "Varosi is a territory of the TRNC. We are talking about the territory of the Turkish Cypriots. We did not get permission from anyone to come here. As is Nicosia, so is Varosi. We must first understand this very clearly. "
Fuat Oktay said he was invited to attend today's event and responded with joy, saying that there would be a discussion on the political and economic side of the Varosha issue and that this was part of the recording work being done for the besieged city.
"Yes, let's open it again. But what is here? There are banks, workplaces, car shows, markets. We saw these. Time has stopped. There are exquisite hotels. "Excellent even half a century later," he said.
He claimed that it was the property of the Vakufia before 1878, when Cyprus came under British rule, saying that no one would sell this property. Today, he said, they will see the condition of the approximately 8.650 buildings located in the enclosed city, while for the work that includes the study of the archives of the Ottoman Empire, he stated that it will be completed soon.
Whoever lived here before, continued, Varosia will be a place where everyone will win. He said that this is the territory of the pseudo-state and not something else, saying that their message is clear: "Both patience, and the search (solution) and good intentions, have their limits. "Nothing is endless."
Mr Oktay described Turkey-pseudo-state relations as fraternal, saying that those who say that Turkey is propagandizing in the occupied territories in the run-up to the "presidential election" are doing irrational things. "The Turkish Cypriots do not accept this, they will make their own decisions. "There is democracy, maturity."
In the meantime, as announced, the Turkish Vice President will visit the "state" hospital of Famagusta shortly before 3 pm and tonight at 18.00 he will participate in a dinner given in his honor by the "prime minister", Ersin Tatar, in a hotel in occupied Nicosia.