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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Threat to revert to old version of Turkish Cypriot history books

"Threat to revert to old version of Turkish Cypriot history books
By Simon Bahceli

TURKISH Cypriot history book could be rewritten for a second time in five years if the right-wing National Unity Party (UBP) is re-elected in the north’s April 19 general election, a party source told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.

“There are tangible mistakes in the books. If we take power, our experts will review the history syllabus and make the appropriate corrections,” the source said, adding: “We’ll do exactly the same as the CTP [Republican Turkish Party] did when they came to power”. Recent polls put the UBP clearly in the lead for next month’s election."

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