MEPs Lefteris Christoforou made speeches to the European Commission about the illegal change of place names in the occupied territories by Turkey.
Among other things, the Cypriot MEP characterizes the change of place names as "a crime against European Culture and History of a member state of the EU." legal inhabitants of the occupied territories, the complete destruction of the religious and cultural heritage of Cyprus, the Turks systematically and methodically proceeded to change the Greek Toponyms with Turkish names "points out L. Christoforou. cities and their replacement with Turkish names and the complete change of street and avenue addresses in occupied Cyprus violates all principles of law, respect for history and culture. "Turkey's unacceptable practice act of national clarification "says the MEP ής. "Turkey is mobilizing every criminal act and every illegal act to Turkify the occupied territories that are an integral part of the Republic of Cyprus, part of European territory - European territory. L. Christoforou asks the Commission what actions it intends to take to force Turkey to to respect the history and culture of occupied Cyprus and to consider that these acts of Turkey constitute a crime against European culture. "Source: FILELEFTHEROS