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Akar: Turkey as determined to protect Cyprus 'rights' as in 1974

In the latest of a series of provocative statements from Ankara over the prospects for discovering hydrocarbon reserves off Cyprus, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said that Turkey is as determined to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots as it was in 1974, referring to the date that Turkish troops invaded the island, which has been divided since then.

"We have a clear stance as regards the fair distribution of reserves in the eastern Mediterranean," he said. "We have today the same decisiveness that we had in 1974 when we protected the rights of our brothers," he said. "As a guarantor country we will continue to protect our rights and those of our Turkish Cypriot brothers within thetrades over this technical system." The employee then might role-play talking to an FBI agent -- likely an actual one enlisted to help with the drill, said Dave Aitel, CEO of the security firm Immunity, who formerly worked as a research scientist for the National Security Agency.

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