SHOTLIST LEFKOSA, TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS (MAY 3, 2025) (PRESIDENCY OF TRNC -ACCESS ALL) 1. DRONE SHOT OF TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, TRNC’S PRESIDENT ERSIN TATAR AND OFFICIALS WALKING ON RED CARPET AT NEW PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX, CROWD AT AREA 2. PRESIDENT ERDOGNA, PRESIDENT ERSIN TATAR, AND OFFICIAL WALKING ON RED CARPET / PRESIDENT ERDOGAN GREETING CROWD 3. VARIOUS OF PRESIDENT ERDOGAN AND PRESIDENT TATAR LISTENING TO TURKISH NATIONAL ANTHEM 4. PRESIDENT ERDOGAN GREETING SOLDIERS 5. DRONE SHOT OF NEW PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX (MUTED) 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYING: “The new complex, whose construction began in 2022, covers an area of 639,475 square meters and includes the Presidential Building, the Republic Parliament, the Supreme Court, and a Nation’s Garden." 7. DRONE SHOT OF NEW PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYING: “The Republic complex is a symbol of the determination of the Turkish Cypriot people. It is also a manifestation of a state's will to exist in the face of injustice and illegality." 9. PRESIDENT TATAR AND OFFICIALS APPLAUDING PRESIDENT ERDOGAN 10. TIGHT SHOT OF PEOPLE LISTENING TO PRESIDENT ERDPGAN 11. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYING: “Türkiye will continue to provide strong support in all areas, from strengthening relations with the Turkic world to ending the unjust isolation of Turkish Cypriots.” 12. DRONE SHOT OF CROWD AT PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX (MUTED) 13. PRESIDENT ERDOGAN, PRESIDENT TATAR AND OFFICIALS CUTTING RIBBON TO OPEN NEW PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX OF TRNC 14. VARIOUS DRONE SHOT OF CROWD AND PRESIDENTIAL COMPLEX LEFKOSA, TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS (MAY 3, 2025) (PRESIDENCY OF TRNC -ACCESS ALL) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Türkiye will continue to stand firmly by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) whenever it requires support, as it has done in the past. “Türkiye will continue to provide strong support in all areas, from strengthening relations with the Turkic world to ending the unjust isolation of Turkish Cypriots,” Erdogan said at the opening ceremony of the TRNC Presidential Complex in Lefkosa. Erdogan added that the Presidential Complex of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus represents the "manifestation of a state's will to exist in the face of injustice and illegality." He stated that the complex's construction, which began in 2022, covers 639,475 square meters and includes the presidential palace, the Republic Assembly, the high court, and a public garden. - Decades-long Cyprus problem Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots despite a series of diplomatic efforts by the UN to achieve a comprehensive settlement. Ethnic attacks starting in the early 1960s forced Turkish Cypriots to withdraw into enclaves for their safety. In 1974, a Greek Cypriot coup aimed at Greece’s annexation of the island led to Türkiye’s military intervention as a guarantor power to protect Turkish Cypriots from persecution and violence. As a result, the TRNC was founded in 1983. It has seen an on-and-off peace process in recent years, including a failed 2017 initiative in Switzerland under the auspices of guarantor countries Türkiye, Greece, and the UK. The Greek Cypriot administration entered the EU in 2004, the same year that Greek Cypriots single-handedly blocked a UN plan to end the longstanding dispute.