Kurtulmuş: Embargoes on TRNC must finish
Oct 21, 2026 12:15 pm
Ibrar Younas
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TURKISH Parliamentary Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş has stated these imposing embargoes on the TRNC will ultimately must abandon them, expressing confidence that North Cyprus will overcome its worldwide isolation.
Talking to TRT Haber within the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, the place he attended the fifteenth Normal Meeting of the Parliamentary Meeting of Turkic States (TÜRKPA), Mr Kurtulmuş criticised longstanding restrictions on Turkish Cypriots.
“I consider that, God prepared, Cyprus’s isolation will finish over time. They must abandon these embargoes imposed on Cyprus in a method or one other,” he stated.
“The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will proceed its existence there as a really robust state.”
Mr Kurtulmuş described the therapy of the TRNC as unjust, pointing to years of isolation and extreme restrictions on diplomatic engagement.
“If they might, they’d not even permit the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to breathe,” he stated.
He burdened the significance of worldwide platforms reminiscent of TÜRKPA in enabling the TRNC to develop bilateral contacts with taking part international locations and strengthen its relations with worldwide organisations.
The meeting introduced collectively member international locations alongside observers, together with the TRNC, and representatives of observer worldwide organisations.
Mr Kurtulmuş additionally highlighted the forthcoming thirteenth summit of the Organisation of Turkic States, which he stated could be hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on October 29–30.
