Denktash biography full

Solicitor General to , and the elected President of the Federation of Turkish Cypriot Associations, a voluntary organization activating social and economic life of Turkish People in Cyprus and organizing their resistance to Greek Cypriot agitation for uniting Cyprus with Greece.

Archbishop makarios

As leader of Turkish Cypriots, Mr. In Mr. He stated:. Under the guise of applying the right of self-determination to Cyprus, Greek Cypriots wanted to colonize Turkish Cypriot people This we cannot we shall not accept. The principle of the right of self-determination was not evolved in order to colonize one set of people by another.

We are as much entitled to the right of self-determination as the Greek Cypriots are The Greek Cypriot political aim is union with Greece Turkish Cypriots cannot bow to this demand which is, for them, neo-colonization. The Turkish Cypriot people's policy for a dignified existence in Cyprus as free people evolves around this basic idea.

Zurich and London Agreements were made in between Turkey, Greece, and Great Britain as the three interested countries in Cyprus and the two communities Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots regarded respectively Turkey and Greece as their motherlands.