Baykal: "The Cyprus issue will no longer block Turkey’s EU bid"

Baykal stated that the referendums had proved that there were two nations on the island and that the EU’s Cyprus policy was “bankrupt.” In related news, Ankara Chamber of Trade (ATO) Chairman Sinan Aygun yesterday praised the result of the referendums as positive and criticized TRNC Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat’s call for TRNC President Rauf Denktas to resign.