Nicosia: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) condemned a European Parliament resolution on Cyprus as "null and void," warning that it deliberately distorts the realities on the island. "We strongly condemn this resolution, which distorts the 1974 Turkish military intervention and targets the Turkish Cypriot people and Trkiye," the Foreign Ministry stated on the US social media platform X.

According to Anadolu Agency, the resolution highlights the European Parliament's "biased, prejudiced and politically motivated approach" to the Cyprus issue. In 1974, a Greek Cypriot coup aimed at Greece's annexation of the island led to Trkiye's military intervention as a guarantor power to protect Turkish Cypriots from persecution and violence, which eventually led to the establishment of the TRNC in 1983.

The Foreign Ministry emphasized that Trkiye's "legitimate intervention" ended systematic attacks, massacres, and human rights violations carried out by the Greek Cypriot side against Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1974. The ministry criticized the European Parliament for not addressing these atrocities and instead making baseless accusations against the Turkish Armed Forces.

The ministry asserted that the resolution supports "Greek Cypriot propaganda aimed at misleading the world" and distorts the island's realities. It reiterated that the resolution holds no legitimacy and is "null and void."

The ministry also highlighted that the adoption of the resolution demonstrates the European Union and its institutions' lack of impartiality on the Cyprus issue, asserting that they have become spokespersons for the Greek Cypriot side. It urged the European Parliament to abandon its "one-sided approach," refrain from using the Cyprus issue as political propaganda, and respect historical facts and current realities.