Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler said the policy of intimidation and resentment toward Turkish Cypriots ongoing since the 1960s continued.
Güler said in his speech at the opening ceremony of the National Defence University that Türkiye was determined to protect the security and sovereignty of Turkish Cypriots under its guarantor rights. He said developments in the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean were priority issues of security policy.