Solution In Cyprus

BY DERYA SAZAK
MILLIYET- A four-power summit will be held with the participation of Turkey and Greece about the issues on which a consensus couldn’t have been reached at the end of technical works to be done until March 26. If there are still disagreements, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will fill the gaps in the draft agreement to be presented to referendum. The four-power summit means the ‘registration of political equality,’ requested by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The current situation is considered the result of the policy of ‘going one step ahead,’ started by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan returns from Cyprus after taking the step towards the solution. At this point, Ankara’s pressure is unquestionable.
There is a plan of game in Cyprus and the parties are playing their own roles. If there weren’t the target of May 1 and the EU membership, the Cyprus problem would continue 40 years more with this bargaining. Denktas doesn’t want the current situation to be considered a ‘victory.’ Considering Denktas, one of the key names in the delegation says, ‘If I had been in his place, I would have resigned immediately.’ However, Denktas is a very severe negotiator. Will the current situation unlock the lack of solution in the Cyprus problem? Actually two doors will be unlocked. Besides Greek Cypriot administration, Turkey’s EU membership seems possible. The solution before May 1 will make it easier to receive a date of negotiation at the end of 2004.