by Nikitas » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:11 pm
YOu do not need Wiki or any other book, just travel to the islands of Imvros and Tenedos then take the ferry to Kos and Rhodos, you can do the trip in two days and you will understand a lot about Turkey.
Imvros and Tenedos were 100 per cent Greek populated. Then Turkey decided to implement its nantionalist policies, intensifying the process through the 50s and 60 till there are less than 200 people, mostly old folks, left on the islands. As in Cyprus, Turkey brought people over from the mainland. It also established the only open prisons it has on the islands, allowing convicts to roam about freely. Property rights were severely curtailed.
Now go to Kos and Rhodos where Turks live under EU conditions, with their own businesses, dealing in property, with their own schools etc. The contrast is the best evidence of what misguided minds still living in the dark ages can do if allowed to have power. More amazing is that there are people who are prepared to defend this bullshit trying desperately to find excuses or rationalisations for these practices.