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[insan]

Piratis assumes that RoC is a nation state; the nation is GCs and TCs only constitute an ethnic minority in this nation state just because GCs are outnumbered.

[insan]

I am not discussing any implications that this may have. I am just stating a fact. I wouldnt' care to stress on it so much if you weren't such a douche bag insan.

[garbitsch]

[Piratis]

Can't find any "Turks in Cyprus" in this list:

This is because that list doesn't have Cyprus. (it doesn't list any of the Cyprus minorities)

[magikthrill]

"relatively large or historically or otherwise important "

If you are not satisfied with the "relatively large" phrase, follow the others mate --> historically or otherwise important.

and repeating myself one more time:

hence the definition of a minority applies to TCs.

is that clear now insan?

i dont care if you think that i want to politically oppress all TCsI dont care if you believe I think Greece and Cyprus should unite. I dont care what you had for breakfast.

i am just asking if you understand that TCs are a minority?

[Piratis]

Minorities get different kind of power in different countries (nowhere anything close to what TCs are asking for of course).

It is one thing to demand more rights than some other minorities, and a whole another thing to deny the obvious fact that TCs are a minority.

[garbitsch]

We do not deny that we are numerically minority. That's it. And we are never regarded as "Turkish minority of Cyprus" but as "Turkish Cypriot community of Cyprus". And is it hard to understand that?

[insan]

Minorities get different kind of power in different countries (nowhere anything close to what TCs are asking for of course).

It is one thing to demand more rights than some other minorities, and a whole another thing to deny the obvious fact that TCs are a minority.

Is there any ethnic groups on entire world that ruled a geographical area for 400 years than became a minority?

[erolz]

It is one thing to demand more rights than some other minorities, and a whole another thing to deny the obvious fact that TCs are a minority.

Just as it is one thing to talk of numerical minorites and another thing to talk of political minorites. To you the two things would seem to be idenitical. To me they are not.

Anyway here are some articles on the whole subject if anyone is interested. The views of these articles are not necessarily my views.

http://www.angelfire.com/az/rescon/WLVSSHP.html

http://www.pollitecon.com/html/essays/b ... peace.html

[Piratis]

Nobody said that you are not a community. Being a community and ethnic minority are not things mutually exclusive.

What should be understood is that in a country the 18% can not have 50% power and a blocking power on everything.

I am not saying that TCs should get what Kurds get in Turkey. What I am saying is that TCs should realize that they have the 18% share of Cyprus, and not the 50%.