Cyprus PIO: Turkish Press and Other Media, 04-09-28

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[A] NEWS ITEMS

[01] Reactions on the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cyprus on Arif Mustafa case continue.

[02] Efforts to cover the occupation of Cyprus under a democratic veil.

[03] The Democratic Party sees positively the establishment of a three-party "coalition government" with the participation of the Peace and Democracy Movement .

[04] Hurriyet on the Turkish connection to Chechen militants.

[05] After the grapes poison on the peaches.

[A] NEWS ITEMS

[01] Reactions on the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cyprus on Arif Mustafa case continue

In statements to KIBRIS Mr Christou said that the Attorney General of the Republic asked the Court to postpone the implementation of the decision regarding Arif Mustafa, but it is not yet clear whether or not this demand will be approved. "We shall wait for a few days and see the decision of the Court", he added.

Mr Kantounas said that the decision of the Supreme Court was a step in the right direction and that the important thing was the implementation of the decision and for everybody to respect it. He noted that the Cyprus Government had the right to take the decision to the Court of Appeals and that it should do so. "In this way the Court will be taking its final decision", he argued.

On his part, law professor Mr Erhurman argued that the decision of the Supreme Court was not an unexpected one and that there were "serious parallels" between this decision and the decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the Titina Loizidou case.

Noting that both decisions are based on the principle that the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots continue to have rights on their properties which they had been forced to abandon in 1974, Mr Erhurman said: "In fact after the Loizidou decision this kind of decisions were expected on cases of Turkish Cypriots".

Mr. Erhurman argued that this decision could create both positive and negative results for the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots and added that both sides should evaluate well the situation and determine their strategy. He said that with this decision the Turkish Cypriots would have no doubts that their rights on their properties in the Government controlled areas of Cyprus are legally recognized.

Mr Erhurman argued that this could be considered as an important gain, but on the other hand in this manner the Turkish Cypriots would accept that the problem of the properties in Cyprus should be solved by the persons on the basis of the title deeds given by the Republic of Cyprus and not on the basis of the Annan Plan or of a similar plan. He also supported the opinion that under these circumstances it is obvious that the Turkish Cypriots as a community will lose and the realization of the principle of the bi-zonality in a possible solution will get more difficult.

Mr Erhurman said that from the point of view of the Greek Cypriot refugees the decision would cause some insecurity in the short term, but it did not seem that this insecurity could cause actual problems in the near future. He noted that in the long term all the title deeds of the Republic of Cyprus will be considered valid. "The increase of such decisions will serve more the efforts of the Greek Cypriot side to weaken the bi-zonality in a possible solution", he concluded.

[02] Efforts to cover the occupation of Cyprus under a democratic veil

[03] The Democratic Party sees positively the establishment of a three-party "coalition government" with the participation of the Peace and Democracy Movement

Replying to questions, Mr Arabacioglu stated that Mr Ferdi Sabit Soyer the General Secretary of the Republican Turkish Party (RTP), which is the senior partner of the coalition "government", is having contacts as regards this issue. He stated that Mr Soyer sounded out the Democratic Party but the issue of the "ministries" has not been discussed.

[04] Hurriyet on the Turkish connection to Chechen militants

Russian officials said that the militants were communicating on the wireless in Turkish.

Meanwhile, the Justice Minister of Cyprus disclosed that Chechen militants have used camps in the Turkish Occupied area of Cyprus to conduct training exercises before conducting terrorist attacks in Russia.

Speaking in an interview with a Greek Cypriot newspaper Monday Doros Theodorou stressed that terrorists from a number of countries had been based in the occupied area with most being Chechens.

According to Theodorou, the information came from intelligence sources, writes Hurriyet.

[05] After the grapes poison on the peaches

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