Turkey’s Erdogan Plans to Attend ‘Picnic’ in Cyprus Flash-Point
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to attend a “picnic” next month in a flash-point town in the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus, as he pushes for a two-state solution on the divided island.
Erdogan, speaking during a joint briefing with the newly elected president of the breakaway Turkish-Cypriot state, Ersin Tatar, dismissed talk of a federation with the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus as a “waste of time.”