TURKISH CYPRIOT MPS VISIT LIMASSOL
TURKISH SHOOL MUST BE OPEN… HOWEVER, EDUCATION IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM

7 MPs representing the three political parties having seats in the TRNC parliament, yesterday (29 December) visited Turkish Cypriots living in Limassol, South Cyprus and made investigations regarding the opening of a Turkish Primary school and listened to their problems.

Parliamentarian delegation consisting of Republican Turkish Party United Forces (CTP-BG) MPs Mehmet Ceylanlı, Ahmet Barçın, Kadri Fellahoğlu, Mustafa Yektaoğlu, Ramadan Gilanlıoğlu, Democrat Party (DP) MP Mehmet Tancer, National Unity Party (UBP) MP Nazım Çavuşoğlu was accompanied by Cyprus Turkish Secondary Education Teachers Union (KTOEÖS) Chairman Adnan Eraslan and Presidential Special Secretary Asım Akansoy.

Turkish Cypriots living in Limassol pointed out that, opening of a primary school was not enough to solve their problems because there would be a problem of transportation for these children.

A Turkish Cypriot living in Limassol for four and a half years, stating that opening of a primary school in Limassol was inevitable, underlined that the school must have the same status with the one in Dipkarpaz and that they expected support from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on this issue.

Besides education, there are also other problems of Turkish Cypriots, who have low socio-economic standart of life in Limassol, and they expect help from the Turkish Cypriot MPs for the solution of their problems.