BirKibrisli wrote:DT. wrote:Hang on people, cause I keep asking this and i'm not getting any answers. I know perfectly well what we as the numerical majority are forced to compromise on in a BBF. WHat exactly are the compromises made by the TC's?
Well...here is what I think the average TC believes the compromises are,DT...
1.We have already made the ultimate compromise;left our place of birth,became refugees in our own country...Some of us paid even a greater price by becoming migrants in foreign lands...Why should we get up and move again to accomodate those who caused us all this trouble.
2.We now have Turkey's protection and our right to life is guaranteed...
By agreeing to a BBF we will agree to the withdrawal of the Turkish soldiers...This might put us to the ultimate risk of losing our lives should the GCs decide to implement Akritas version2...
EMOTIONAL3...We are our own masters...We have close ties with our motherland and have our own state...agreeing to a Federation or Worse,a Unitary state, would mean betraying the state our ancestors have shed their bloods to built...
EMOTIONAL tHEY'D BE GAINING EQUAL SHARE OF AN EU MEMBER GOVT INSTEAD OF 100% OF A PARIAH STATE4.Our motherland has shed blood to give us this freedom...She has been feeding us for the past 44 years,through thick and thin...The least we can do is show some gratitude and refuse to do anything with our sworn enemy,and the enemy of our nation...
EMOTIONAL5.We refuse to believe that the GCs have given up on the idea of Enosis...They had many years to remove the Greek flags,the Greek national anthem,and curb the political power of the Church...They have done none of this..Their past President are on the record for praising the efforts of the GCs to fly the Hellenic flag in Cyprus...As soon as Turkey turns her back they will try to oppress and dominate us,turn us into GCs by force...
EMOTIONAL6. A TCs friend can only be another TC or a Turk...So why should we want to have to do anything with those who want to drink our blood..
EMOTIONALI can go an and on,but i think you get the drift,DT...and don't blame me,i am only the medium...
Thanks Bir,
do you see the difference between the concessions the GC's are forced to make and what you just listed?
With the exception of No1 which is a little twisted (why should i give that persons house back?) the rest are basically emotional concessions. Whereas the GC concessions are ectremely real and practical.
1)Equal share of govt with 18% of the population
PRACTICAL
2) share of recognised EU member government with the people that betrayed us in 74. After all that hard work for accession we now reward the TC's who've been living in our homes for the past 30 years with EU citizenship and who haven't lifted a finger (or paid any tax) to get us here.
3) Settlers in our country
PRACTICAL
4) No right to settle freely (Primary EU Law)
PRACTICAL
5) No right to vote freely in place of residence(Primary EU Law)
PRACTICAL
6) Turkey's involvement in our government
PRACTICAL
7) Turkish gaurantees over the island
PRACTICAL
Turkish rights of exploitation of Cyprus's continental shelf
PRACTICAL
I can go on and add on the reverse of the concessions you've just listed Bir. It seems to me that our probems are not the same. The Tc's can get over their concesisons in an agreed solution with the help of phsyciatric therapy. The GC's will need an expensive law firm, since we'll be spending most of our time in the supreme court trying to gain some of our lost human rights.