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http://www.arcaajans.com/kose.asp?kose_id=2836Ata Atun 27.12.2007
Thousands of Greek setters in the island
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I have yet to read anything from this Ata Atun idiot that doesn’t amount to a pile of utter rubbish!
This idiot has become a well known ferry teller in international circles and among international diplomats, that many compare him with the “information” minister of Iraq during the last US invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein!
Listen to what he claims:
In this particular election, for the first time since 1963, Turkish Cypriots settled in southern Cyprus and registered on the electoral roll were allowed to use their votes.
The crucial part of the announcement was the number of the additional voters. It revealed a dramatic increase of 30,000 on top of the existing 470,000 voters, with the new total topping 500,000.
He claims that the increase by 30,000 voters since the previous parliamentary elections, 4 years ago, is a dramatic [!] one, without mentioning or considering the fact that with a 1% increase of population per year, this alone would have easily added another 20,000 voters! Furthermore, with the dropping of the age eligibility threshold from 21 that it was in the previous elections down to 18 years old, this would have easily added at least another 20-30,000 voters. What an idiot indeed!
He further claims that:
When the backgrounds of these 500,000 voters were analyzed, a stunning outcome surfaced, clearly revealing the number of Greek settlers clandestinely accumulated on the island since 1961.
The breakdown of “Greek settlers” in this electoral list of 500,000 is approximately as follows:
Pontus Greek Cypriots: 60,000 - 70,000
Citizens of the former Soviet Republic: 30,000
Christians who fled Lebanon: 15,000 - 20,000
Immigrants from Greece: 100,000
Asylum seeker Kurds: 2,500 - 3,000
Asylum seeker citizens from third countries: 9,500
Total of “Greek settlers in Cyprus”: approximately 230,000
Oaw!!!
Let’s make a reverse calculation! The jackass claims that he “analyzed” the 500,000 voters, and he found out that 230,000 of them are Pontus Greek Cypriots (if they are Pontus how can they be GCs only god knows,) Citizens of the former Soviet Republics, Christians who fled Lebanon, Immigrants from Greece, Asylum seekers, etc, etc! That means (according to the jackass) that out of the 500,000 enlisted voters, only 270,000 are real Greek Cypriots and the rest are settlers. Now, the 270,000 real GCs (according to the jackass) should correspond to a total GC population of no more than 360,000 people, since those eligible to vote (18 y.o. and above) are usually around 75% of the total population. This is the total number of people that should constitute the GC community, in year 2006.
Think about the following! If the GC community numbers only 360,000 souls in 2006, and if we subtract 1% per year which is the population’s growth rate, as we go 32 years back to 1974, it means that the GC population must have only been around 264,000 people. Just do the maths!
In 1974, the TC community numbered to about 115,000 people, about 65,000 of which used to live in the south, and the rest in the now occupied north (1973 census.) If the GC community (according to the jackass’s assumptions and math) was only about 264,000 and the TC community about 115,000 people, then it means that the TC community was not the 18.4% of the population but the 30.3% instead, and the GC community the 69.7% instead of the 81.6%!
Congratulations Mr. Ata Atun, the biggest jackass on this planet after Goebbels! Once more you have managed to make a fool of yourself (and those that have quoted you) and the laughing stock of all the foreign embassy diplomats in Cyprus, who made it a habit to turn to Zaman newspaper on the internet, whenever they want to read some jocks and have a good laugh!
