Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek was severely critical of the anti-Turkish demonstrations held in the Turkish part of Cyprus. He pointed out that the ones that were slating Turkey on Friday got their wages from Ankara the next Monday.

Milliyet reports that the official tried to soften the expression "feed off" uttered by Recep Erdogan. He pointed out that the expression referred to the organizers.

An agreement with the Greek side was reached before the demonstration. The demonstrators were not carrying flags of the Turkish part of Cyprus and of Turkey. However, they were carrying a Greek flag Cicek stressed that the Turkish part of Cyprus has made considerable progress in being represented in international agencies under Turkish rule.