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[zan]

Birkibrisli wrote:

The mixed village of Aytotro (Ayios Theodoros) in Larnaca was the stage of two important events in the 60s. I was a resident there during the school year 1960/61...And in November,1967 the last major battle, before 1974, between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots took place there...[color=red]The first event admitedly did not have as much impact on Cypriot political history as the second!!! [/color]

As most of you would know,after the 1963/64 troubles Turkish Cypriots lived in enclaves scattered all around the island...With the exception of the TC stronghold in and around Nicosia,the police forces of the ROC patroled all enclaves as they saw fit...In September, 1967 the Turkish Cypriots living in Aytotro decided to prevent the police patrols from entering the village. Helped by the strong TC fighters and their erratic Turkish commander based in the nearby village of Kofunye (Kophinou) they managed to effectively cut the road and hence severe communications between Larnaca and Limassol...This had the effect of isolating the GC inhabitants of Aytotro who felt outnumbered and surrounded by the TC inhabitants of Kofunye on one side and Mari on the other.

[color=red]The ROC government[/color] feared that if the GC villagers abandoned Aytotro for the areas controlled by the government,

If I am allowed to ask the questions here then I would like to ask.........


1. Did not the political history of Cyprus follow on and that every part of it is as important as the other?

2. What "RoC" government????????

[BirKibrisli]

Zan ...
I can answer the second question :ROC is Republic of Cyprus.The ROC government is the government of the ROC which is recognised by the UN...Which part of it don't you understand???

I am not sure what you mean in the first question.If you can explain yourself a bit I will try to answer that too...Cheers.

[zan]

The questions were about the account you are writing Bir so goes with the time line.....The "RoC" government you are referring to in 67 was only part of the government acting against another part. You may chose to accept their role by ill gotten means but the rest of us don't. You are up for a fight to unite Cyprus but not for justice and what is right..... They get their government through the Akritas Plan and the killing of TCs and you accept it.


The other part about highlighting the 74 intervention as a greater factor in Cyprus history than all that lead up to the necessary action is just biased I am afraid. One caused the other and therefore are inseparable.

[BirKibrisli]

The questions were about the account you are writing Bir so goes with the time line.....The "RoC" government you are referring to in 67 was only part of the government acting against another part. You may chose to accept their role by ill gotten means but the rest of us don't. You are up for a fight to unite Cyprus but not for justice and what is right..... They get their government through the Akritas Plan and the killing of TCs and you accept it.


The other part about highlighting the 74 intervention as a greater factor in Cyprus history than all that lead up to the necessary action is just biased I am afraid. One caused the other and therefore are inseparable.

Zan, I am just sick of playing these " quotation mark" games that's all.
If you notice I dont use quatation marks when I talk about the trnc either.
Whether we like it or not these two entities exist. We have to deal with them...My problem with you is that you have swallowed the Denktash propaganda lines without even chewing on them once. There is two sides to this story. The guilt is not only with one side..Things are never what they seem in this stupidly tragic saga. We have to see our own faults first before we can point out the faults of others. That gives us legitimacy and authenticity. Just because I talk about the 'ROC' government does not mean I agree with everthing it does or how it came to be. I talk about it because it is there. Using the term "Greek Cypriot Administration" might make someone feel better,but it changes non of the reality. Like writing "TRNC" might make someone else feel better but it doesnt change the reality either. I just think we need to stop these silly games and acknowlede the true nature of our problem. Then we might have a chance of solving it...