The Annan Plan proposed the establishment of a United Republic of Cyprus, a federation of two states. It was put to a referendum in 2004 and was approved by 65% of Turkish Cypriots in the north but overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots in the south.
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00:00Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed a UN plan for a federated Cyprus
00:08and reaffirmed his support for a two-state peace deal.
00:11Speaking at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion, Erdogan ruled out
00:17resuming talks based on the Annan plan, which proposes a united republic of Cyprus, a federation
00:23of two states.
00:25That plan was put to a referendum in 2004 and was approved by 65% of Turkish Cypriots
00:32in the north, but overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots in the south.
00:38On the other side of the UN patrol buffer zone, Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulidis
00:43said he'd received positive messages from the UN about resolving the issue, but took
00:48a swipe at Ankara for what he called the violation of the human rights of the Cypriot people.
00:55Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded in response to a coup by the
01:01Greek military junta which toppled the island's government.
01:04The northern part was self-proclaimed the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983,
01:10a territory recognized only by Turkey.
01:14Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004 and Brussels considers the whole island EU territory,
01:20with Turkish Cypriots also considered EU citizens.