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Petition update, 13 May 2009

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We demand any and all embargoes be lifted from the Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus, We also demand that The British Government Officially recognize that Turkey Intervened in the island in 1974 due to a Greece backed junta plans for unifying Cyprus with Greece, in intervening it was 100% Legal and Justified. The intervention should not be classed as an "illegal Invasion"

History: Turkey intervened on 20 July 1974, having the right to do so unilaterally as concerted action had not proved possible. Under the 1960 Treaty, Turkey's sole object could be to re-establish the state of affairs guaranteed by the basic articles of the 1960 Constitution. The coup d'etat was of course ipso facto unconstitutional and was said by Makarios himself to be an attempt to extend Greek dictatorship to the island. On 30 July 1974 the powers agreed that the withdrawal of Turkish troops from the island of Northern Cyprus should be linked to a `just and lasting settlement acceptable to all parties concerned'...This has not yet been achieved therefore Turkeys military presence in Northern Cyprus is 100% Justified and should also not be regarded as Illegal Occupation.

Current signatories

Erden Teoman, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Susie Teoman
• Munuse Ali
• HUSNU HALIM
• Shelley Maunsell
• MEHMET TURKER
• wayne christopher
• Bertan Hajiahmetoglu
• melis
• cemal kucuk
• Omer Kemal
• M. Gocmen
• Yener Hastan
• Pembegul Soyer
• behzad shadnia
• Mehmet Ibrahim Mehmet
• Derya Vudali
• Zuleyka Shahin
• ilhan evlat
• Can Mert
• Mustafa Dervish
• sertac ali
• Ediz Aziz
• Samantha Lang
• Yeliz Gultekin
• Saner Sirri
• ersen eray
• Timur Yilmaz Mehmet
• sengun dervish
• ertogrul dervish
• Aysegul Mustafa
• D.Dervish
• pinar fevzi
• Alkan Mustafa
• OLGUN UCUREL
• Inal Ramadan
• Tuniz Orhan
• Tijen Zahide Horoz
• Ozan Doganbaloglu
• Ayse Gozukara
• Yasemin Ersoz
• Turgay Hassan
• bobby Jones
• Jennie Marsh
• mehmet djemal
• hasan volkan
• chanelle
• Savas Ulusu
• Saheser Ersoy
• Esat Karahasan
• Emir Emirali
• Seran Zorbas
• steve andrews
• Turhan Ismail
• Anil Gokturk
• Yilmaz Mehmet
• Bilge Tagman
• Dave Morton
• isik karahasan
• Aral Mustaa
• PERIN DJEMAL
• oya kurtuldu
• Eliz Moustafa
• Akan aziz
• CUCIN DJEMAL
• Ahmet Moustafa
• Janan Musa
• melis
• Mrs b s ozel
• Jale Dolucan
• sanel mehmet
• Devan Akkus
• canan gurbuz
• YUSUF AKDENIZ
• ceyda ahmet
• A Djafer
• Fevzi Hussein
• Irfan Menevili
• neriman sengul
• Mustafa Shakir
• tanya akguney
• Yusuf Dervish
• Gurkan Yaman
• Sezer Diyenli
• mr ismail veli
• inci Piro
• tyra abdullah
• Sibel Hodge
• Mark Miller
• Brad Hodge
• nigel watson
• vaughan williams
• Jerry Dixon
• Michael Waddington
• R.PRIOR
• mehmet ibrahim
• Margaret Redican
• Duncan Priestley
• Paulette Barker
• Steve Walker
• Keith Caley
• Ayhan Aydemir
• John Kirk
• Jacqueline Darby
• james livesey
• c.hassan
• Alex Main
• PHILIP PESCOD
• Peter Harrell
• peter faulkner
• Vashti Surya-Harrell
• Jamie Gibbons
• Rebecca Robins
• Barbara Owen
• Wendy Moorcroft
• Peter Marsden
• Malcolm Ford
• Deniz
• sibel sevgen ahmed
• Kate Harvey
• john hunter
• Türker Yılmaz Mehmet
• BESTE CUBUKCUOGLU
• Yonel Ekrem
• Josephine Metcalfe
• Susie Forster
• Linda Robinson
• Dudley Robinson
• karen harrell
• H Jones
• Burke Yeshilada
• Andrew Morgan
• Susan Foster-Collins
• Kayil Osman
• michael deagan
• Denise Arundel
• Sheniz Bahriyeli
• Hasan BALCI
• Peter Brown
• Vanessa Sydenham
• John Woodall
• Cynthia Bennett
• Craig Azim
• linda hamilton
• steve bedingham
• william davidson
• JULIE COOPER
• Ronald Partington
• M.Butterworth
• Paul Brroderick
• Cihan Aciyan
• andrew fairhurst
• Ibrahim kozan
• Seniz Batmaz
• Timothy May
• Sinem Kirmizisakal
• peter austin
• Utku Kirmizisakal
• robert john tippett
• Mary Wright
• ROBERT DONNAN
• John Cooper
• Phil Gilles
• Donna Jamieson
• John Banks
• Sherie Potter
• thomas parsonage
• krista brown
• Seniz Volkan
• Michael Bezzant
• patricia bel-barko
• robert lewis
• Dee Surry
• Malcolm Davis
• ALAN SCALES
• K . Hayward
• elizabeth spina
• K Comiskey
• David Wright
• Guvenc Bodur
• clifford southern
• Robert Cooper
• Rick Wilden
• Alan Elliott
• Rosemary Tyson
• chanel ali
• akin medi
• Brian Oxley
• Nigel Reeves
• Carole King
• Liz Preece
• Ken Preece
• Catherine Jones
• Safiye Horoz
• Andrew Corden
• Aisling Daly
• Ann M Challis
• Paul Walford
• steve sydenham
• Neil Regan
• CLIVE BISWELL
• Onur Levent
• Adam Tahsin
• Susan Carter
• Maggie Stokes
• Anthony Ford
• Jan Moore
• David Counter
• deniz oztemel
• David Boden
• Tim Hewitt
• Chris Williams
• Scott Rowe
• david cram
• natalie ashenhurst
• Christine Venediger
• erhan husseyin
• Kim June Pavey
• Guzin Ben
• Jane Mitchell
• Marilyn Bosworth
• Fikriye Tahir
• Jennifer Seabourne
• Ali Ulugun
• Steve Mac
• Nicola Cox
• Patricia Dann
• Rachel Boybay
• VERONICA HUNTER
• Deirdre Guthrie
• Peter Stokes
• jane marsden
• stephen beaumont
• brian lambert
• Kerry Hughes
• vanessa ferguson
• a capelng
• Peter Griffin
• Zekiye Halil
• Aydin Westlake
• Edward Barrett
• David Waters
• Christine Waters
• Eadaoin McGill
• Micheal Seabourne
• R Cuthbertson
• Roy Haskett
• Julie Haskett
• David.P.May
• Sheila Ann Higgins
• Roderick Robertson
• Philip Harrison
• Ann Moore
• Alison Dowey
• Chris Barker
• John R. Dale
• TERRY ROBERTS
• Eileen Croucher
• Lynda Colman
• Simon Robert Elder
• Bev Richardson
• Gary Richardson
• Christopher Lamb
• Daniel Hodge
• Geoff Quick
• Rick Luke
• semin taner
• imren taner
• mehmet taner
• cilen gurzap
• georgina hassan
• SANDRA LOUD
• Helen Shrimpton
• Barbara Mesa
• John Robert Flint
• Terence Carter
• Jan Hughes
• Ali Yuksel
• Brenda Plant
• R & E Chittock
• ALISON SMEDLEY
• Louise Burns
• Bruce Pearson
• Jeffrey Hewitt
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• a kessell
• Paul Swain
• matthew ian chennell
• Kenan Guzel
• L J Wilkinson
• yvonne gutteridge
• Christine Gilberthorpe
• joe devlin
• ELAINE BEALES
• Susan Tilt
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• mark Harrison
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• Kathryn Reid
• Alan Fairley
• arthur ruse
• Trevor Grainger
• Dr Ali Akademir
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• Mrs Serra Akademir
• Sue Ozcicek
• Sheila Alexander
• Amanda Jayne Pollitt
• David Rowe
• yucel akar
• Paul Farmer
• Andrew Earley
• James Clark
• Sam Selchouk
• david miller
• Katriye Tascioglu
• Eren Abdullah
• Emine Kojic
• ahmet
• J.French
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• Laurence Floyd
• Michael Jackson
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• Jack Cetin
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• Taff Rogers
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• Christine Fletcher
• Emre Unver
• B Holbrook
• VAL WATSON
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• Arif
• Timur Hassan
• deniz mehmet
• Selen B
• Naz Taner
• Kemal Hussein
• Mujde Kocayigit
• Kerem Ugur Adsiz
• Serhan Osman
• Emine Hassan
• Ebrar Hassan
• senem,sensev
• Tijen Yusuf
• Sibel Beled
• Melek B
• yilmaz guner canatar
• Senay Beled
• ferda djemal
• Sinem Erdal
• Ayse Akif
• Akmen Ali Sitki
• Erdin Ustusoy
• Aydin Yusuf
• cem ali
• nancy mehmet
• Nihal Kulahlilar
• Mehmetali Ali Dervish
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• Mustafa I
• Ali Ramadan
• Enver Mehmet
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• Hanife Cevikce
• Murat Kirgiz
• tanya huseyin
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• Arif Ali
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• Ahmet Yeldener
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• derek singh
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• Enver Rifat
• Hatice Kulahlilar
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• Yesim Filiz Ayebe
• Sheri Yusuf
• Ahmet Karabiyikli
• roseanna parry
• Denis Neesham
• Ronnie Hayes
• I Bishop
• Chris Andrews
• Tulugh Mehmet
• Delia Rushbrooke
• Michael Earp