text: television station. Twoofthelargest GreekCypriot political parties, nISIandDIKO,criticized thescreening ofthisfilm. Various otherorganizations putoutstatements condemning theaction. People demonstrated onthestreets. Ifallthiscommotion overaTurkish filmreflects thesentiments oftheGreekCypriots towardstheTurkish Cypriots, isitcredible todrawanalogies between thedivision ofGermany andthedivision ofCyprus? Thefivemenwhoweretriedandconvicted inmycountry crossed ourborderillegally, nottogototheirbirthplace asalleged byMr.Mavrommatis, buttohauldownanddesecrate Ourflag. Theywereengaged inahostile andhighly provocativeact,eggedonbytheGreekCypriots whowantnopartnership withtheTurkishCypriots. Theywerecourting arrest andtrying tocreate tension ontheisland.Theysucceeded indoingtbat,andgotshortprison termsfortheirfolly. Indefending theprovocative actions ofthesereckless men, Mr~Mavrommatis revealsthehollowness ofhisGovernment·s claims aboutbeingmoderate, beingflexible andbeingdesirous offorming anewpartnership withtheTurkish Cypriots~ Finally, letmecomment about Mr~Mavrommatis' remarks onthesubject ofhumanrights. For11longyearsafter1963,thehumanrightsoftheTurkish Cypriots,andveryoftentheirrighttolife,weretrampled onbytheGreekCypriots. Itis onlyafterourliberation in1974thatwehavebeenabletoresume ourpeacefullivesinfreedom and security~ Asonewhohaspersonally witnessed andsufferedthecruelpolicies oftheGreek Cypriots~ Iaminclined nottotake Mr~Mavrommatisseriously whenhesuddenly startslecturing onhumanrights. (Signed) OzerKORAY Representative oftheTurkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library
analysis: The text appears to be a response to a controversy surrounding a Turkish film screened on a television station in Cyprus, and it is written from the perspective of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The author, Ozer KORAY, criticizes the Greek Cypriot government and its representatives for their response to the film, and also mentions the history of tensions between the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots. The text does not appear to be related to economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, employment, or humanitarian aid.