OIC may Declare TRNC ‘Cyprus Turkish State’

Erdogan spoke yesterday at the Istanbul Trade Chamber. He reminded the audience that the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the OIC would be meeting in Turkey and said: "During this conference TRNC will most probably be referred to in the same way that it was in the Annan Plan. The preliminary reports for the meeting were prepared with this in mind."

Erdogan also took time out to mention several large events that Turkey has played host to over the past few months. He said that the OECD meeting would end today and that both the World Newspapers Union Meeting and the Eurovision Song Contest went off without a hitch. Erdogan added that the NATO summit would be held at the end of the month and that OIC’s joint meeting would again be held in Turkey.