"Turkish Cypriot People have brought our struggle for existence to this day without allowing anybody to trample on our honour, with inspiration we received from our Motherland"
"It is essential for our sovereignty to be reaffirmed and accepted if there is to be new negotiations”
“There was an act of genocide committed here that is rarely seen in the world”
President Ersin Tatar participated in the ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Glorious Erenköy Resistance – which he stated has become the symbol in the epic struggle of the Turkish Cypriot People to survive and to co-exist as sovereign equals on the Island of Cyprus.