President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey expressed strong disapproval on Monday over the actions of U.N. peacekeepers, accusing them of hindering the construction of a Cyprus road.
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, calling the action"unacceptable" and accusing the peacekeeping force of bias against Turkish Cypriots. "Preventing the Turkish Cypriots living in Pyla from reaching their own land is neither legal nor humane," Erdogan said."The peacekeeping force has overshadowed its impartiality with both the physical intervention against the villagers and the unfortunate statements it made after the intervention and has damaged its reputation on this island."
Greek Cypriots perceive the road's construction as a move with a military purpose at a sensitive spot along the buffer zone, which spans 112 miles.residents of Pyla.
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