Turkish Cypriot Efforts to Return to the 1960 Constitutional Order
摘要
The argument that TCs left the RoC in late December 1963 and 1964 is untrue. With the start of organised attacks on them, TC civil servants were deterred from going to their offices in GC controlled areas. In fact, following the adoption of resolution 186, which, among others, stated that the function of the Force would be to contribute to a return to normal conditions, TC authorities wrote to the UNSG underlining that in the context of Cyprus this meant a return to the 1960 constitutional order. The UNSG’s response was that the UNSC had not indicated such an intention—a clear revelation of how the UN Organisation chose to turn a blind eye to the supremacy of law. This was not all. In July 1965 the TC members of the House of Representatives requested UNFICYP to make the necessary arrangements for them to attend House of Representatives meetings. This request was conveyed to Mr. Clerides, the “President of the House of Representatives”, who stated that TC members could attend provided that they accept all the changes to the laws enacted in their absence and that they consider the present Government as legitimate. These meant the deprival of the TC people from their equal constitutive rights and status and were not conditions TCs could accept.