In part of the Klapsida beach, north of the occupied Famagusta, which is already designated as a "military area", by decision of the "security forces" public access to the sea was prohibited, according to today's front pages of Avroupa and Geni Duzen newspapers . Newspaper editors publish a related photo with barbed wire blocking the road to the beach and a small military canopy.
Jeni Duzen writes that it is a 3 km long coast that was declared by the "Turkish security forces", a "military zone" and access to citizens was prohibited on the grounds that "the ATVs (small four-wheeled vehicles - 'pigs') that they pass the beach they may harm the military personnel who will enter the sea". The publication notes that on the beach in question are the "men's dormitories" of the "Turkish security forces" vakufik, which it was decided to turn into an "army house and social base" and thus make the beach private for the military personnel who will use the facilities .
The "prefect" of Famagusta, Ozden Keser, told Jeni Duzen that the information he has is that only the use of four-wheeled ATVs was prohibited on the beach in question, on the grounds that if they pass through there, along the beach, they will pose a danger the safety of the military personnel who use it. “According to the information I have received, the coastline is open for civilian use. Photography is prohibited and only vehicles such as ATVs are allowed to enter.'
However, writes Jeni Duzen, her own correspondent in the region, she noticed that on both sides north and south of this area, access to the public has been barred with barbed wire, as in Varosi, and guard canopies have been installed and access is prohibited to citizens.
Lawyer Ahmed Said Sain, who since 2020 has launched a legal battle against private companies operating beaches and coastlines, where access to citizens is blocked, said that without a decision of the "council of ministers", such an action is "unconstitutional". “The cabinet should declare the area in question a military zone with a reasoned decision. If there is no such decision, this is contrary to Article 38 of the constitution. Because if a facility is going to be built on a coast, the public interest must be protected."
Source: KYPE