How can they be a minority If the Vice president of the Cyprus rebublic was a Turksih cypriot in 1960? They are not !!!!!.
Simply because the consitution imposed to us by Great Britain and the two mother nations provided for the Vice President to be from the minority group. The rest of the minorities, Latins, Maronites, opted to be included into the Greek community. I say imposed because we were a young and impressionable nation, with no real experience in politics. After receiving pressure and assurances by the so called mother nations and G.B. we accepted the constitution. In fact I believe that at the negotiations for it no representative of the nation was even present. So don't tell me that other countries have our best interest in mind. They all consider us as something unimportant and inferior.
And by the way, minority simply means that they are less than the rest...in other words, a particular ethnic group comprises a smaller proportion of the total population. It does not mean that a minority is a any lesser in importance or in their rights as citizens of Cyprus.
Therefore there is ONLY ONE STATE which is the case in any Federal model INTERNATIONALLY LIke the ANAN PLAN .
Let me point out to you that with the VETO power of the minority nothing will ever be accomplished. Let us say for example that there is a proposal in the Parliament for the construction of a super highway that will connect the harbors of Limassol and Kerynia but unfortunately the proposed plans calls for rellocation of two Turkish Cypriot village, on the grounds that that is the only economically feasible route for the construction. Now, the highway will open up new econimic opportunitities and unparallel wealth to the nation. (I'm over simplifying because I'm making a point). The Greek Cypriot President proposed the plan but unfortunately the Turkish Cypriot Vice President vetoes it and rejects it because most of his electoral people come from the said areas.....According to the new plan...that was it...end of discussion...goodbye progress...and before you say what if the situation were to reversed I'm only going to say that it happened to me when they constructed the new highway (some years ago) to connect Larnaca and Nicosia.
And by the way, our federation will be nothing like the USA model, which I also find only workable because of the enormous size of the country. We are a country with a population less than that of a major city. Internationally speaking, the whole island, population wise, is about the size of a big town...not even a city.
And another thing about the USA model. I don't think that New Yorkers were evicted from Texas and then forced to stand idle while the aggresors enjoyed their homes and properties. In fact most of New Yorkers haven't even been to Texas.
