Thats brilliant mate but now I have a picture in my mind of a cat asking a dog to look after his large steak while he goes and has his teeth checked...
We call ourselves Turks because since 1963 that is exactly what we have been and not allowed to be anything else. We had Cypriotness for three whole years until that dream was destroyed. The "RoC" has defined CYpriotness with its tricks on the UN, and that definition does not include us and that is that. Until you realise what you are asking when you want a declaration of Cypriotness then you will stay confused. That means we do not stand and sing the Greek national anthem. That means we have the required representatives in government, the army and the police. That means that the 13 amendments that Makarios proposed get put back into the constitution and the TCs are allowed their legal rights in voting them in or out.
I have been simplistic in asking for those things and I hope you know now that it is not that simple...We cannot turn back time that easily and the compromises we have to make are hard ones to swallow but swallow we must.
As for being clear....We voted yes on the Annan Plan...How much clearer do you want it...Before Denktas declared our republic he exhausted every avenue but the GC admin played the waiting game and as in the aftermath of the Anna Plan we cannot sit around waiting for you guys to make up your minds or maneuver us into a position where we have no choice. 45 years you have held us under siege Hunmanist and you are still trying to make it look like we have been given a choice.....
As for Talat saying those things...He was slated by the nationalist TCs for saying exactly that but you have no idea of that have you. When I first starting writting on the ATCA Forum, Talat was their enemy for wanting reunification....Even he has had enough now and the people have also. You really need to have a look at what Tpap is doing and stop passing the buck. One more trickster like him after the election and it's all over I am afraid Humanist. I just hope that the GC people realise what exactly is happening here. One more trick or rejection and you will lose the very few TCs you have left that still want reunification. Be warned.
Zan, you cannot help the sarcasm can you? But beyond that I like it when you talk to me nicely like another human being.
This is a great post by the way and yes I agree with all of it. Thank you for ointing out the thing about Talat in your last sentence no I didn't know that. Still I reserve the right not to like him and his current direction.
However it still does not change the questions about Turkish Cypriotness. I don't know whether I have the right to coment on that. Like I said if that is where you want to go then accept responsibility do not blame the rest of Cyprus. That is all I am saying.
