By Turkish daily "Zaman" (zaman.com), 18 May 2005, Warsaw:
Following Armenian President Robert Kocharian accusing Turkey of committing "genocide" at the 3rd Council of Europe summit on Tuesday, May 17, the Greek Cypriot leader Tasos Papadopulous on the same day defined Ankara as an occupier.
The Greek Cypriot leader revealed in a speech he made yesterday that 37 percent of his country is under the occupation of "foreign military forces". While making his accusations, Papadopulous did not make a direct reference to Turkey by explicitly naming them. Noting that Cyprus' history is one of struggle for unity and sovereignty, the Greek leader said: "Our history is full of examples, in which the foreign military forces, that occupied 37 percent of Cyprus, have fiercely violated the basic human rights of our citizens. Failing to reveal the fate of missing people is only one example of this."
Papadopulous stressed the importance of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) implying that Turkey has been late in the implementations of the ECHR verdicts, again without actually saying the word Turkey. The Greek Cypriot leader also claimed that he will make efforts to find a solution in Cyprus.
