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STORY: UN / TURKISH CYPRIOT TATAR
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
05 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Pan left, Tatar walking to stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ersin Tatar, Leader, Turkish Cypriot Community:
“We don't intend to resume negotiations where they were left off in Crans-Montana. All those opportunities have been exhausted.”
4. Close up, hands tapping on laptops
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ersin Tatar, Leader, Turkish Cypriot Community:
“The Turkish Cypriots are very frustrated about the embargoes and isolations still imposed on us by the international community, which is very unfair for Turkish Cypriots to be obstructed and to be impeded from economic development and growth.”
6. Close up, hands holding telephone
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ersin Tatar, Leader, Turkish Cypriot Community:
“In a way, there is an invisible hand to stop our visibility, that Turkish Cypriots, as if we don't exist, we don't have a state, and we are part of the Republic of Cyprus. That kind of impression somewhere, which is absolutely unacceptable.”
8. Close up, cameraman, camera
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ersin Tatar, Leader, Turkish Cypriot Community:
“We hope very much that the international community will wake up to the reality that there are 2 peoples, 2 democratic states, 2 authorities.”
10. Close up, hands writing on notebook
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ersin Tatar, Leader, Turkish Cypriot Community:
“We have the full support of Türkiye, and we are continuing - despite these embargoes and isolations - to obviously develop our economy and to offer a better future for our people. But if we are going to have lasting peace on the island which is fair, practical, lasting, and sustainable, it should be definitely on a two-state solution.”
12. Pan right, Tatar leaving stakeout
Addressing reporters today (5 Apr), Ersin Tatar, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community said, “We don't intend to resume negotiations where they were left off in Crans-Montana. All those opportunities have been exhausted.”
He stated, “The Turkish Cypriots are very frustrated about the embargoes and isolations still imposed on us by the international community, which is very unfair for Turkish Cypriots to be obstructed and to be impeded from economic development and growth.”
He said, “In a way, there is an invisible hand to stop our visibility, that Turkish Cypriots, as if we don't exist, we don't have a state, and we are part of the Republic of Cyprus. That kind of impression somewhere, which is absolutely unacceptable.”
He continued, “We hope very much that the international community will wake up to the reality that there are 2 peoples, 2 democratic states, 2 authorities.”
Answering a question, he said, “We have the full support of Türkiye, and we are continuing - despite these embargoes and isolations - to obviously develop our economy and to offer a better future for our people. But if we are going to have lasting peace on the island which is fair, practical, lasting, and sustainable, it should be definitely on a two-state solution.”
