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Article: Talat takes back his 'TRNC' tears.
- Article from:
- Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: Simon Bahceli
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat says he "no longer regrets" the 1983 declaration of the 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' (TRNC), despite media reports that he cried at the time of its establishment because he believed it would be damaging to his community's interests.
Revelations about Talat's opposition to the declaration of the 'TRNC' came to light after the publication of a book by Turkish daily Radikal's Erdal Guven entitled My Island, Talat's Island.
In it, the Turkish Cypriot leader tells Guven of how he opposed then-leader Rauf Denktash's plans to disband the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, which ...