But while many Turkish Cypriots favour reunification, she said, "we need Turkey's approval for this".

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/much-stake-turkey-vote-divided-cyprus

Denktash said: “Taking a cut from someone’s salary without the consent of the person is equivalent to embezzlement,” and that this initiative also laid the groundwork for anti-Turkey rhetoric among the Turkish Cypriots.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/17/tc-labour-unions-decry-proposed-aid-tax/

Nearly 144,000 voters are registered in northern Cyprus, including Turkish settlers and troops and Turkish Cypriots who hold Turkish citizenship.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/much-stake-turkey-vote-divided-cyprus

She details that some Greek Cypriots take the conflict in Cyprus as far back as the fall of Constantinople in 1453, while many Turkish Cypriots take it back to when the Greek Cypriots struggled for union with Greece in the 1950s.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/25/inside-the-cyprus-problem/

Tatar added that the Greek Cypriots are “playing a game” with the 14 points proposed by President Nikos Christodoulides as unilateral confidence building measures for Turkish Cypriots, to attract Turkish Cypriots to the Republic of Cyprus.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/18/tatar-advocates-dialogue-with-acceptance-of-trnc-reality/

Tatar added that the Greek Cypriots are “playing a game” with the 14 points proposed by President Nikos Christodoulides as unilateral confidence building measures for Turkish Cypriots, to attract Turkish Cypriots to the Republic of Cyprus.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/18/tatar-advocates-dialogue-with-acceptance-of-trnc-reality/

This notion is even less prominent in the minds of Turkish Cypriots who have always been closer to the spirit of Ataturk’s ideals.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/12/24/the-ill-deeds-of-the-past-are-not-forgotten/