@Kikapu-
Quality of any person or a Nation who can stand tall feeling proud of their own achievements, to be the envy of others, come when the achievements are self made, and not given to them by others.
Yes, just like Makarios invited Greek military to do their dirty work in 1963 and the Greeks getting help from the Russians during their War of Independence right? How tall and proud they must stand…
You are acting like a spoilt child, who was born with a "silver spoon" in his mouth, the way you talk, and Turkey is the one who gave us the "silver spoon".
Our resistance began in 1963 which was way before Turkey engaged in 1974. Yet the Greek military started to pour into the island by the thousands as early as 1964. It was the TCs that resisted ENOSIS of Cyprus. It was the TCs that put up a stiff fight with the National Gurad and EOKA-B for 11 years. It was the TCs that fought in 1974 for their liberation and freedom. It is the TCs that guard TRNC with their military service (of which you probably have no intention of attending) their country to this very day. We the TCs of TRNC are embarking on economic, scientific and military achievements every day despite unfair embargoes. Has/Is Turkey helped/helping us do this? Yes. Our rights having been violated for 44 years with the whole world looking after their interests at the side of GCs, is that help a “silver spoon”? No. If it is, than the illegal GC administration is covered in 24k gold from head to toe with decades of financial aid pouring in from around the world and the military support they received/receive.
I am sorry that you feel and promote that our achievements are insignificant and our freedom and independence is undeserved. The fact is that they are not and have never been. Every step of our struggle in the Cyprus Conflict carries our sweat and blood on it. Turkey makes up for the military strength that we can not. If our passion for our national sovereignty, independence and freedom is a "BRAVADO" and the reason that makes us "look evil", to you, than that is sad. This is not a high school popularity contest, i.e. we can not and will not give up our independence and national sovereignty to look good to the world or to the GCs or to make a marginal fraction of people like you feel better. You and the whole world can kick and scream all you want that our freedom is undeserved or that we are not entitled to our freedom. Know this and anyone who is concerned: our freedom is everything to us; we have fought hard for it and we will either live free or die defending it. Freedom is the noblest and most sacred virtue of our existence.