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[halil]

I love those doors and windows!!

a window from old village house .(dağyolu)

[tessintrnc]

I love those doors and windows!!

a window from old village house .(dağyolu)

Thanks Halil, those carved window screens are similar to the ones used in the Harems arent they, to hide the women? They are beautiful.

Tess

[Nikitas]

Deniz,

As I have stated before, I am half GC and half Greek. The Greek side is from an island which is one of the traditinal shipping islands, and has produced its fair share of captains and shipowners. And from my research I know that there would be no Greek shipping today if there had been no pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries. At a time when there were no shipping finaciers piracy provided seed money to buy the first ship.

The funny thing is that we have no pirates in the Greek side, only one on the Cypriot side, which proves yet again that to be GC is to be Greek plus!

Others may dispute the fact, but those old photos Umit posted show sailing ships in all harbors.So there was a time when Cypriots knew how to handle sail, an art quickly lost in the 20th century. No doubnt some of those sailors practiced more than trading carobs to Syria.

I am still trying to find documented evidence of the type of piracy practiced by my ancestor. There were many different types, like simply threatening a ship and taking a kind of "toll" to let sail on, or actually taking over a ship, or giving it false signals and fooling it into beaching, etc. I will get to it in time.

[denizaksulu]

Deniz,

As I have stated before, I am half GC and half Greek. The Greek side is from an island which is one of the traditinal shipping islands, and has produced its fair share of captains and shipowners. And from my research I know that there would be no Greek shipping today if there had been no pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries. At a time when there were no shipping finaciers piracy provided seed money to buy the first ship.

The funny thing is that we have no pirates in the Greek side, only one on the Cypriot side, which proves yet again that to be GC is to be Greek plus!

Others may dispute the fact, but those old photos Umit posted show sailing ships in all harbors.So there was a time when Cypriots knew how to handle sail, an art quickly lost in the 20th century. No doubnt some of those sailors practiced more than trading carobs to Syria.

I am still trying to find documented evidence of the type of piracy practiced by my ancestor. There were many different types, like simply threatening a ship and taking a kind of "toll" to let sail on, or actually taking over a ship, or giving it false signals and fooling it into beaching, etc. I will get to it in time.

Thanks for that Nikitas. Piracy was all over the place. But when you mention it to some, they will deny it. Some, cant admit to anything. What makes us unique people is our ancestry. I see no reason for the people of Oz to be ashamed. I am sure they re proud people. We should all be proud and not go in to denial.

[DT.]

Deniz,

As I have stated before, I am half GC and half Greek. The Greek side is from an island which is one of the traditinal shipping islands, and has produced its fair share of captains and shipowners. And from my research I know that there would be no Greek shipping today if there had been no pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries. At a time when there were no shipping finaciers piracy provided seed money to buy the first ship.

The funny thing is that we have no pirates in the Greek side, only one on the Cypriot side, which proves yet again that to be GC is to be Greek plus!

Others may dispute the fact, but those old photos Umit posted show sailing ships in all harbors.So there was a time when Cypriots knew how to handle sail, an art quickly lost in the 20th century. No doubnt some of those sailors practiced more than trading carobs to Syria.

I am still trying to find documented evidence of the type of piracy practiced by my ancestor. There were many different types, like simply threatening a ship and taking a kind of "toll" to let sail on, or actually taking over a ship, or giving it false signals and fooling it into beaching, etc. I will get to it in time.

my wife's grandmother's grandfather was a wel documented pirate. His turf apprently was the south coast of turkey and had his 2 ships anchored in larnaca. They had a hell of a lot of artefacts left by him in varosi.

[halil]

I love those doors and windows!!

a window from old village house .(dağyolu)

Thanks Halil, those carved window screens are similar to the ones used in the Harems arent they, to hide the women? They are beautiful.

Tess

they looks like ............. some how they don't care about these old houses.They should be under protection .

houses like below ones should be restore

[denizaksulu]

Deniz,

As I have stated before, I am half GC and half Greek. The Greek side is from an island which is one of the traditinal shipping islands, and has produced its fair share of captains and shipowners. And from my research I know that there would be no Greek shipping today if there had been no pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries. At a time when there were no shipping finaciers piracy provided seed money to buy the first ship.

The funny thing is that we have no pirates in the Greek side, only one on the Cypriot side, which proves yet again that to be GC is to be Greek plus!

Others may dispute the fact, but those old photos Umit posted show sailing ships in all harbors.So there was a time when Cypriots knew how to handle sail, an art quickly lost in the 20th century. No doubnt some of those sailors practiced more than trading carobs to Syria.

I am still trying to find documented evidence of the type of piracy practiced by my ancestor. There were many different types, like simply threatening a ship and taking a kind of "toll" to let sail on, or actually taking over a ship, or giving it false signals and fooling it into beaching, etc. I will get to it in time.

my wife's grandmother's grandfather was a wel documented pirate. His turf apprently was the south coast of turkey and had his 2 ships anchored in larnaca. They had a hell of a lot of artefacts left by him in varosi.

So do you reckon their ill gotten LOOT has been returned to their original country?

[kurupetos]

I love those doors and windows!!

a window from old village house .(dağyolu)

Thanks Halil, those carved window screens are similar to the ones used in the Harems arent they, to hide the women? They are beautiful.

Tess

they looks like ............. some how they don't care about these old houses.They should be under protection .

houses like below ones should be restore

Yes, I agree that the houses should be restored but the minaret and the turkish flags should be demolished immediately.

[tessintrnc]

You are right Halil, they should be protected and restored using original methods and materials, how can anyone possibly prefer to see witewashed concrete villas - all looking the same?

tess

[DT.]

Deniz,

As I have stated before, I am half GC and half Greek. The Greek side is from an island which is one of the traditinal shipping islands, and has produced its fair share of captains and shipowners. And from my research I know that there would be no Greek shipping today if there had been no pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries. At a time when there were no shipping finaciers piracy provided seed money to buy the first ship.

The funny thing is that we have no pirates in the Greek side, only one on the Cypriot side, which proves yet again that to be GC is to be Greek plus!

Others may dispute the fact, but those old photos Umit posted show sailing ships in all harbors.So there was a time when Cypriots knew how to handle sail, an art quickly lost in the 20th century. No doubnt some of those sailors practiced more than trading carobs to Syria.

I am still trying to find documented evidence of the type of piracy practiced by my ancestor. There were many different types, like simply threatening a ship and taking a kind of "toll" to let sail on, or actually taking over a ship, or giving it false signals and fooling it into beaching, etc. I will get to it in time.

my wife's grandmother's grandfather was a wel documented pirate. His turf apprently was the south coast of turkey and had his 2 ships anchored in larnaca. They had a hell of a lot of artefacts left by him in varosi.

So do you reckon their ill gotten LOOT has been returned to their original country?

Last I checked he didn't beach the ship, run onto the beach, break down the door of the first house he saw and kick the inhabitants out while he put his slippers on. He kept returning to Larnaca.

Anyway I doubt it was Turks he was pillaging then. There were far richer arabian ships going back and forth.