“The Pile-Yiğitler road (between Pyla and Arsus) which is being built to facilitate the access of the Turkish Cypriots to their lands in Pyla, has a humanitarian purpose. On the other hand, the attitude of the UN Peacekeeping Force serving in Cyprus regarding the road construction process was unacceptable and extremely wrong,” the representative of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) commented today on X (formerly Twitter) , Omer Celik, one day after the events in the Dead Zone and the Turkish Cypriot attack on UNFICYP members.

“The attitude of the Peace Corps with the aim of pleasing the Greek Cypriot side has damaged its credibility and its reason for existence in Cyprus,” continues Tselik. .

Earlier, provocative statements were made by Akif Çagatay Kilic, a diplomatic adviser to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also referred to the “humanitarian purpose” of the road extension and stated that Ankara is determined to “protect the achievements of the Turkish Cypriots”.