LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Rauf Denktas said that Turkish Cypriot people should be at ease because no one had power to make the people migrant again and added that everyone should protect his/her territory.
Speaking to Radio Guven in Lefkosa, Denktas stressed that they would not obey the measures which would make them Turkish minority in Cyprus within three or five years.
He said, ''we will not accept the document which was presented by United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan as a basis unless the deficiencies in the document are removed.''
Stating that they negotiated whether they would accept the document or not, Denktas said that they had to say what changes should be made in the document.
Stressing that the sovereignty of Turkish Cypriot people was not mentioned in the document of Annan, Denktas said that they assessed the deficiencies and traps they found in the document and conveyed their views on that issue to the officials.
Denktas said that settlement of Greek Cypriot people in a definite ratio in TRNC territories could make Turkish Cypriot people's nonexistent in the future.
''What will happen after we accept the Greek Cypriots among us? All measures taken in 1960 to preserve two separate society status will be removed and we will accept 30 percent of the Greek Cypriots among us and then go for an election. And, we will preserve our Turkism, Turkish administration or Turkish sovereignty. Such things cannot occur. These are very dangerous thing,'' Denktas said.
Denktas noted that they wanted an agreement in Cyprus and did not refrain from negotiations with the Greek Cypriot administration.
However, Denktas stressed, a strong ground had to exist to discuss such a national case.
Reminding that he wanted necessary flexibility from U.N. Secretary General, Denktas said, ''there is nobody telling us that 'you will give your response on this date or everything will be over.' To this end, we hope I can recover till that day and Turkey will make its decision. But, a national case and national decisions exist. I think that this national case and national decisions will not be regarded or changed again just because a new government has come to the power in Turkey. There are many issues which cannot be taken up from the very beginning.''
Denktas stated that Annan removed all the rights granted to Turkey under 1960 treaties in his plan and said, ''we have to learn how many of these issues Turkey consent to and under what conditions. We need time to know all these.''
''Do we have the right to tell villagers who have protected their village for 40, 50, 100 years that 'I give your village to the Greek Cypriots'? Those people have the word to say on the issue. If that nation does not move and says 'I will protect my soil', then who has the power to force those people to leave their places? This is the leading factor of self-determination,'' Denktas said.
Denktas added, ''who has the right to tell people, who have protected their soil till the very end, who migrated since they were forced to leave their places, and who settled in the north under an agreement, that 'we made a mistake now, you will be a migrant again'? Can this be linked with human rights?

GUL HOLDS A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH DENKTAS
Prime Minister Abdullah Gul called on President Rauf Denktas of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on the phone on Thursday, and wished him quick recovery.
Prime Minister Gul said that President Denktas' health was more important than everything, and stressed that they wanted to benefit from President Denktas' experiences.
Meanwhile, President Denktas thanked Prime Minister Gul.

TRNC PRIME MINISTER EROGLU MEETS WITH U.S. AMBASSADOR
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu met with Michael Klosson, U.S. Ambassador in the Greek Cypriot administration, on Thursday.
Eroglu, who came to U.S. embassy in TRNC upon the invitation of Klosson, said that he conveyed his views to Klosson, regarding United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Cyprus plan at the meeting.
Stating that their views related to the document were reconveyed to the ambassador, Eroglu said that they also tried to learn Klosson's views on that issue.
Upon the questions related to his meeting with Britain's Special Envoy to Cyprus David Hannay on Friday, Eroglu said that Hannay has been working to find a solution on the Cyprus question for long time and added that but he was assuming an attitude which would satisfy the Greek Cypriot administration.