Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets to demonstrate against Turkey’s interference in the north, days before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Varosha for a ‘picnic’. Tuesday night revived memories of the large demonstrations in 2003 in support of a UN reunification plan for Cyprus. Back in 2003 some 70,000 Turkish Cypriots – one-third of their number on the island – had demonstrated in northern Nicosia, packing Inonu square urging then Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash to resign or accept a UN peace plan. Police said there were around 3,000 at Tuesday’s protest in Inonu square but … Continue reading Turkish Cypriot anger against Ankara’s interference