Nicosia
10 August 2017
(TRNC PIO)

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a response to the statement made by the 
Greek Foreign Ministry regarding the support that Turkey gives to the TRNC.
 
The statement made by the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that the 53rd anniversary of the
Erenköy Resistance was marked on August 8 in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and 
stressed that the statement made on this subject by Greece’s Foreign Ministry was 
unfortunate.
 
The statement continued as follows:

“The statement made by Greece’s Foreign Ministry contained allegations concerning the 
support provided by Turkey, as the motherland and a Guarantor power, to the TRNC to help 
the courageous and noble struggle of the Turkish Cypriots in 1964 against the Enosis 
aspirations of Greek Cypriots and Greeks, and their attempt to expel the Turkish Cypriot 
people from the island. We deplore and condemn these completely groundless and false 
allegations.
 
For many years, the Greek Cypriots and the Greeks have resorted to every possible mean to
propagate fear and instigate violence with the aim of expelling the Turkish Cypriots from 
the Island of Cyprus through ethnically-motivated attacks. This most recent statement 
appears to be a futile attempt to distract from their feelings of guilt regarding their 
acts."