Posted: Sep 12, 2008, 7:24 AM CST
lapta wrote:I suggest you read accurate history of Cyprus.....the Greeks have no legitimate right to any of the Island.
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I'm glad I chose the North to live.Turkish Cypriots are such lovely people.
well hello hello Mr Historian
I have to hand it to you, you are really putting things into their rightfull place here, history and all !
But lets do this together now, if you will join me:
**thankiesYou created a thread named "
turkish republic of northen cyprus" and Conrad (A.K.A. the Don) very accurately noted that THAT thing only exists in the minds of the generals in Ankara (and perhaps in yours also).
Reading all through this thread, i didnt notice anyone bringing up issues of who has rights over the island (greeks, turks, brits or i dont know what) except you my friend, who seem to confuse the Greeks with the Cypriots and the Turks, again with the cypriots.
Ok, facts:1) Cypriots can be distincted based on ethnic origin to: Greek-cypriots (78%), turkish-cypriots (18%), latins, armenians and maronites (4%). they are however ALL cypriots, in
the same manner that Americans can be dinstincted to germans, brits, irish etc depending on where their ancestral blood lines are traced.
2) You are right, Turkish cypriots are truly lovely people.
As are greek-cypriots and every cypriot i have ever met in my life - and they are tons. But your comment "i am glad i am staying in the north... etc" insinuates that THEY are the "good" ones, while the rest are the "bad"??
It is minds like that that brought devastation on that little corner of paradise, long before the turks actually invaded the island.
3) What you refer to as "turkish republic of northen cyprus" or "TRNC", is actually a pretty big area of the island (37%) that is
OCCUPIED (
yes, that means with soldiers and tanks and garrissons and mindfields, the works), after turkey invaded the island on 15/07/1974 and 20/08/1974. Their were looking for a reason to invade and get a grip on a part of this strategically placed island ever since cypriots kicked you brits off the island in 1959. And the GREEK junta (
not cypriot) military coop in cyprus just a week earlier provided just the right "justification" for turkey to intervene to "
restore the constitutional order"
4) Well, they didnt really restore that constotutional order, did they now? Nooooo, they have been holding almost half the island under heavy military occupation (estimated 80.000 soldiers stationed there - island's population 700.000) for 34 years now.
5)
Both greek-cypriots AND turkish-cypriots are SUFFERING from the turkish occupation for all these years. the deep military para-state in turkey has implemented a plan to bring settlers from turkey to the island. Now, the settlers outnumber the original greek-cypriots in the north. Go on, since you'll be living there, ask any cypriot if he likes all this...
And some personal touch, besides the facts:
Cyprus has joined the EU in 2004 as a whole island, not just the south part. That means that turkey has under occupation a part of the EU. You are European. Europe recognises that it is because of the military occupation that the laws of the EU cannot take effect on the northen part. Now they are hosting talks that everyone wishes will lead to the resolvment of the problem and the reunification of cyprus whithin the EU. The biggest problem in this talks is that turkey, that controls through the heave presence of it's army the north part, doesnt want to give up it's "intervention rights"
Get that? Intervention rights. That means that is solution is reached and the island reunifies, turkey will have the right to military intervention in EU.
turkish republic of northern cyprus: click here to read the entire thread »