Author: Prof. Dr. Ata Atun

The extended-format informal Cyprus conference held in Geneva under the auspices of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concluded with some non-substantive decisions taken merely to protect the prestige of the UN. In 2017, Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades, feeling the full support of the EU and the UN behind him, forced the Turkish Cypriot negotiation team to accept conditions that would completely reduce Turkish Cypriots to a minority in the proposed “Federal State,” leaving them with no say in central governance and placing them in a total minority status in the Federal Parliament, the Council of Ministers, state departments,…