"President Clinton began his visit by praising Turkey's "impressive momentum" in "deepening its democracy and strengthening human rights" and calling for Turkey's admission to the European Union." From Zunes, Stephen (November 1999). "U.S., Greece, and Turkey". Retrieved 11 October 2011.
"... a couple of days later this paper was leaked by the Turks themselves in order to show exactly that they got all what they wanted. Maybe they did that for internal reasons again because Mr. Erdogan wanted to show to the military that the plan is good for Turkey. But the fact remains that they had eleven requests, ten-point five were satisfied by March the 30th, the last one which had to do with the Turkish request to have the derogations and the Act of Adaptation of the solution to the European Union Acqui becoming European Union primary law was not completely satisfied in the first version of the plan presented to us on the 30th but it was satisfied at the end behind our backs and they got eleven out of eleven." From "Interview by the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis to Aktina TV". MFA Cyprus. Retrieved 17 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
"The Annan Plan". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
"On 29 March 2004, the Secretary General presented a revised version of his plan, containing numerous amendments, including changes on core issues and reopening substantial trade-offs, previously agreed, and requested the comments of the parties within less than 24 hours. In addition to the Foundation Agreement, the revised version consisted of over 9000 pages, including 131 laws, covering, for example, the important issues of citizenship/settlers, the Federal Central Bank, international treaties, etc." From
"Further written evidence submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus". House of Commons, UK. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
"Report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus, 28 May 2004". UNO. Retrieved 17 October 2011. This procedure was suggested by the Turkish side. In the report of 28 May 2004 Annan states that he was told by Erdoğan in Davos on 24 January 2004 that "as far as Turkey was concerned, it had no objection to my filling in the blanks in the plan should the parties not be able to agree on all issues." Then at the New York meetings Annan notes that: "After I asked the parties to reflect overnight, Mr. Denktaş changed his position on 11 February. He proposed a three-stage procedure which he informed me had the support of Turkey and which conformed broadly with the parameters I had proposed. The procedure enlarged the role foreseen for me, from completing any unfinished parts of the plan (filling in the blanks) to resolving any continuing and persistent deadlocks in the negotiations..."
"The US has pushed strongly for Turkey's incorporation into the EU and the country is already a strategically vital member of NATO. President Bill Clinton visited Turkey and Greece last month..." From Marsden, Chris (14 December 1999). "Helsinki summit marks aggressive turn by Europe". Retrieved 11 October 2011.
