Finance Ministry Said "No" to TRNC

Turkey responded, by saying, "Enter the tender; if you win, you will receive it" to the transfer demand voiced by TRNC Finance Minister Ahmet Uzun to Turkish Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan.

At the meeting held yesterday at the Turkish Finance Ministry, there were Kemal Unakitan and Ahmet Uzun as well as the related bureaucrats, especially the Privatization Administration Chairman Metin Kilci. Ahmet Uzun declared officially their demand for the transfer over of the 50% share, which was at the Privatization Administration Presidency through Turkish Airlines, of KTHY, the 50% of which belonged to the Cyprus Development Bank.