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The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) condemned a European Parliament resolution on Cyprus as "null and void" on Thursday, saying it deliberately distorted the realities on the island and targeted the Turkish Cypriot people and Türkiye.
"We strongly condemn this resolution, which distorts the 1974 Turkish military intervention and targets the Turkish Cypriot people and Türkiye," the TRNC Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the U.S. social media platform X.
The ministry said the resolution reflected the European Parliament's "biased, prejudiced and politically motivated approach" to the Cyprus issue.
The TRNC Foreign Ministry said the European Parliament had ignored what it described as attacks, massacres and human rights violations carried out by the Greek Cypriot side against Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1974.
The ministry said Türkiye's "legitimate intervention" in 1974 ended those actions.
"Instead of addressing the atrocities and crimes against humanity committed by the Greek Cypriot side against the Turkish Cypriot people during this period, the European Parliament has once again exceeded its authority by making baseless accusations against the heroic Turkish Armed Forces," the ministry said.
The ministry said the resolution contributes to "Greek Cypriot propaganda aimed at misleading the world" and distorts the realities on the island.
It stressed that the resolution is "null and void" and carries no legitimacy.
The ministry said the adoption of the resolution showed that the European Union and its institutions had lost their impartiality on the Cyprus issue.
"Despite all these efforts, the adoption of the resolution once again demonstrates that the European Union and its institutions have long since lost their impartiality on the Cyprus issue and have become nothing more than spokespersons for the Greek Cypriot side," the ministry said.
The ministry also called on the European Parliament to abandon what it called a "one-sided approach," refrain from using the Cyprus issue as a tool of political propaganda, and respect historical facts and the current realities on the island.
In 1974, a Greek Cypriot coup aimed at Greece's annexation of the island led to Türkiye's military intervention as a guarantor power to protect Turkish Cypriots from persecution and violence. The TRNC was founded in 1983.
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