The puppet state of Turkey in occupied Cyprus is promoting the development of large scale tourist resorts in the peninsula of Karpasia.Having driven the Greek Cypriot legal residents of the territory away from their homeland, having transported settlers from Turkey and installed them in the houses of Greek Cypriot refugees, having demolished many abandoned houses and villages, Turkey decided to offer the area to developers for tourist development.
In order to create the infrastructure for these huge tourist developments (marinas, hotels, golf courses etc) the occupation administration promoted the construction of a high voltage electricity transfer network, despite the protests of Turkish Cypriot environmental and other organisations.
The Cyprus Green Party aligns itself without any reservations with the Turkish Cypriot environmentalists and other active citizens that are protesting against the environmental destruction of this ecologically significant area of Karpasia.
We also welcome the solidarity of the European Green Party in the common struggle of Greek and Turkish Cypriots for the salvation of two very important habitats, the Akamas and Karpasia peninsula, as expressed in a resolution during the latest Council Meeting of the European Green Party.
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