Piratis wrote:
Here are some more from your source:
First Greeks in Cyprus:After 1400 B.C., Mycenaean and Mycenaean-Achaean traders from the northeastern Peloponnesus began regular commercial visits to the island. Settlers from the same areas arrived in large numbers toward the end of the Trojan War (traditionally dated about 1184 B.C.). Even in modern times, a strip of the northern coast was known as the Achaean Coast in commemoration of those early settlers. The newcomers spread the use of their spoken language and introduced a script that greatly facilitated commerce. They also introduced the potter's wheel and began producing pottery that eventually was carried by traders to many mainland markets. By the end of the second millennium B.C., a distinctive culture had developed on Cyprus. The island's culture was tempered and enriched by its position as a crossroads for the commerce of three continents, but in essence it was distinctively Hellenic.
First Turks in Cyprus:Throughout the period of Venetian rule, Ottoman Turks raided and attacked at will. In 1489, the first year of Venetian control, Turks attacked the Karpas Peninsula, pillaging and taking captives to be sold into slavery. In 1539 the Turkish fleet attacked and destroyed Limassol. Fearing the ever-expanding Ottoman Empire, the Venetians had fortified Famagusta, Nicosia, and Kyrenia, but most other cities were easy prey.
In the summer of 1570, the Turks struck again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid. About 60,000 troops, including cavalry and artillery, under the command of Lala Mustafa Pasha landed unopposed near Limassol on July 2, 1570, and laid siege to Nicosia. In an orgy of victory on the day that the city fell--September 9, 1570--20,000 Nicosians were put to death, and every church, public building, and palace was looted.
Today in the 21st century and we still wonder when the Turks will decide to finally join the civilized world. Today they are still trying to give excuses for their crimes and illegalities and trying to get their way by brute force instead of democracy.
Nobody is a saint and we all have our share in guild. But the Turks have the largest share not only in our past history but in present as well. Whats worst, is that while others (Greece - Cyprus) have recognized their mistakes (and people were send to jail) on the contrary the Turks not only they keep denying them but they promise they will continue in the same criminal way.
My suggestion: Stop the illegalities and crimes by using lame excuses that expired decades ago. It will be beneficial for everybody in the region including Turkey and TCs.
Sorry....Was this after the Republic was formed.
You are like a broken record trying to cover up recent history with rubbish from hundreds of years ago. None of what you wrote gives the Greeks any excuse for doing what they did. Your propaganda will not work any more Piratis so give it up (he says in vain). None of our aggressive leaders are in our government. Can you say the same. We want to live in Cyprus as equals; you want to subjugate us to second class citizens. That is what is happening here and now and not what happened a thousand years ago. We do not threaten you with war but you do to us on a daily basis. It is your 21st century mentality that we can be thankful for not having if by having it, it means that we will walk over an entire people by hook or by crook. Call me all the backward names you like but it will not cover up your blood stained hands.
