Pyrpolizer wrote:denizaksulu wrote:denizaksulu wrote:Pyrpolizer wrote:It was both Cypriots and the Turkish Army Peegor. Let's not fool ourselves, there are still many fanatics on both sides.
Imo however the vast majority of both Gcs and Tcs know very well they did wrong to each other. Of course they care more for their own suffering and think their suffering was more significant than the suffering of the other people.That's only natural human response anyway.
The problem today that stacks everything (at least to the level of the average TC) is INTERESTS ON LAND AND PROPERTIES which is concealed behind excuses for security and various complex political issues. We have other levels of INTERESTS too, those of settlers, those of crooks who purchased stolen GC land, the interests of Turkey having a huge military base which they don't want to lose etc etc.
Personally I don't believe there is any possibility to ever reach an agreed solution in Cyprus, but I believe one of the 2 sides will force it's will on the other within the next 20 years.
Prophetic words Pyro. Who will make the greatest sacrifices to avoid this?
A problem indeed.
Ahhh nobody will. That's why the outcome will be unfair, anyway you look at it.
I hope I am just a pseudo-Prophet
Lets see the case to be no fanatics as many of you like to say here in this forum:
There was an Island where the majority (more than 80 per cent) were declaring themselves as Greeks. When this happen this majority was under occupation of Ottomans and then by British.
In their historical way to be regognised as Greeks and be united with their mainland - mother country , they used various methods including a military fight against the last occupator, the British.Being a small Island , in comparison with the occupator they finally forced not only to sign a peace agreemnt but to regognise also some remains of previous occupator (Ottomans) as co-owners of the Island.
The right of the majority to ask their real freedom forced them to try again to withdraw the unethical and unfair results of the competition of powers involved. Foeign people like British and Turks forced the majority of the Island (the real habitans -Greeks ) to try various other ways to find their rights.
Finally the first occupator by the power of guns decided to give a final solution and stop the Greeks of the place to ask their lawful rights-They (the majority) even start to think and reconider the fact of being Greek or "Cypriots" the last means a mixture of Turks,Syrians, Arabs and maybe Zouloo!!!
Now lets be no fanatics , lets be educated,modern, democratic
Yes they re right.We are all above, we have no historical routes, we created one night as all above, a mixture of all bullsheet nations named "Cypriots".
The Turkish rmy had any right to invate to protected the co-owners of the Island the so called TCs.They were poor we herefore hve to accept our land and property to be given to them in order we have a balance .
In addition and despite their minority number we are accepting to control the Island ON 50/50 basis.
In addiion an on basis we are a mixture of nations we do not have any problem Turkey,which is a powerful country to protect also our safety , our teritorial waters, our air space, our defend. What is the problm? We are not fanatics, we are modern,educated people, we can understand and accept all above. At least, as they latetly told us, we are all Europeans!!
After all above we are not fanatics for sure , we are just stupids!!!