Türkisch-Zyprioten empört über „böswilligen“ Deal zur Einschränkung des Tourismus im Norden

Sucks to be an illegal regime supported by illegal military occupation.

Hm… While I understand the move, it seems to have the inverse effect in terms of sentiment. Have we really reached the point where we need to show the stick instead of the carrot?

Have people really forgotten that if the RoC actually wanted to isolate the north, they could? Would there be a backlash? Maybe.

The main issue of this, is of course turkey support, and basically throwing the people in the north onto more dependence on Turkey.

So Tatar repeatedly aggravates the GC side by inexorably avoiding any negotiations and insisting on parroting the Turkish foreign policy of a two state solution, and now he’s mad that the RoC is using its own leverage to curb his stance?

And on top of that he is blatantly lying that the RoC works to prevent civilian crossings from the checkpoints. The deal mentioned only has to do with tours offered by the specific companies. It does not in any way affect the capability of someone crossing to the north if they want to.

What this measure effectively does is that it makes it more blatant to tourists that if they go down the path of booking their holidays via those companies, they are making a choice between the free and occupied areas. This will inevitably affect the tourism industry in the north, but that’s kind of the entire point, since the RoC has no other bargaining chip on the table other than its international recognition.

There’s one last point I want to comment on:

>and is an action which has shaken the peace and trust between the two communities

While I understand the sentiment behind this from the TC perspective, there was never equity in this department. The supposed “cooperation” in tourism between the two sides has never existed, and the GC community as a whole only passively accepts the reality that the north is open to tourists that arrive on Cypriot soil. The RoC does not benefit from the expansion of the tourism industry in the north. The regime in the north should be willing to give something back in order to earn the RoC’s good will, and that thing is negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem.

My 2 cents :

1. TUI makes millions in the ROC. It has whole armies in Larnaca airport every day. Business-wise it is a logical decision from their side….

2 Christodoulides remains faithful to keeping the island divided. Even if he doesn’t say that openly, he just promotes the status quo with moves under the table…

3. Tatar says about peace and cooperation while building a whole presidential palace just a few meters away from the UN line… that’s a huge joke and it seems that he has the same motivation with the RoC president…

4. It is strange however the Greece and Turkey seem more favourable to find a communal solution, perhaps because the EU is pressing them (?)

5. As long as Tatar and NC are presidents, we will see the 2 state solution to be promoted silently. Probably this will lead to another decade of stalemate.

The people of ROC knew that when they elected NC as president and they are the only ones to blame in my humble opinion…

“Calling it “North Cyprus” can imply legitimacy to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which is only recognized by Turkey.

The correct term is “Occupied Cyprus” because the international community views it as territory occupied by Turkey since 1974, not an independent state.”