TRNC Public Information Office

NEW WEB PAGE FOR MARTYRS IMMORTAL

A new web page about the Turkish Cypriot peoples' struggle for existence and the martyrs who died as a result of this struggle in Cyprus as well as those Turkish Cypriots who died elsewhere in the world has been put into service.

Under the heading "Our Martyrs", the new web page, www.kibrisliturksehitler.com, as well as providing information about the Turkish Cypriot martyrs who were killed during the 1956-73 period, it also talks about members of the Turkish Regiment in Cyprus who were killed between 1963-65 and those Turkish Cypriots who were killed in the British prison camp during the First World War in 1914-18 and buried in Famagusta.

Giving information about the new web page, the Deputy Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Kudret Akay, pointing out that there was a need to create a web page about the martyrs who had defended the country, said volumes 1-2 and 3 of the "Martyrs Don't Die" photo album that was prepared by the Association for Martyrs Families and War Veterans was also included in the web page.

DE-MINING OPERATION STARTED IN KAYMAKLI

According to information received from an official from the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Joint De-Mining Movement for the Future, it was stated that work to de-mine the Kaymakli region started yesterday (12 September).

Following the de-mining of the said region, the number of mine fields that were de-mined would now increase to 4.

Meanwhile, TRNC Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer said the Lokmacı (Ledra Street) border gate would open and studies to de-mine the Kaymakli region was continuing. He said following the cleaning up of mines and booby traps in the Lokmacı border gate the Lokmacı gate would be open. Prime Minister Soyer added that if the Greek Cypriot administration adopted the same delaying tactics that it adopted regarding the opening of the Bostancı (Zoyda) border gate, then even if it was one-sided the Lokmacı border gate would still be opened.