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[brother]

Soyer says Tassos should be taken to court
By Stefanos Evripidou


TURKISH Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ferdi Soyer is threatening to sue President Tassos Papadopoulos for war crimes in an international court. Soyer made the comments in an interview published by Politis yesterday.

The Republican Turkish Party member continued his criticism of Papadopoulos yesterday in comments made to mark Europe Day.

According to Cyprus News Agency, the newly appointed ‘prime minister’ said: “Turkish Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and Europeans do not deserve the arrogant behaviour of Papadopoulos, which resembles that of radical nationalist movements in Europe.”

He added that it was not right for European leaders to leave Turkish Cypriots outside of Europe.

In his interview with Politis, Soyer warned that if Greek Cypriots continued to seek arrest warrants for foreigners and Turkish Cypriots using Greek Cypriot land in the north, then Turkish Cypriots would take the President and other Greek Cypriots to an international war crimes tribunal for “crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Turkish Cypriots” as part of the Akritas plan.

The Akritas plan was formulated in 1963 with the purpose of undoing the 1960 Constitution and removing Turkish Cypriots from the common state.

According to Soyer, Papadopoulos intended to erase Turkish Cypriots and their villages by signing the Akritas plan. He added that there was enough evidence to prove that Turkish Cypriots were taken by police between 1963-1964 and never seen again.

In a statement that gave little hope for a new round of talks on the Cyprus problem, Soyer maintained that Papadopoulos was still working to eliminate the Turkish Cypriots.

“His aim is to spread animosity amongst Turkish and Greek Cypriots. We love both and want to establish a common country and common future. That’s why we fought against Rauf Denktash and the nationalists. It is Papadopoulos who works to erase Turkish Cypriots,” he said.

Asked if this negative stance against the President would help future talks, Soyer replied that the Greek Cypriots were full of love and logic and would create a pro-peace dynamic that no leader could obstruct.

Regarding the building frenzy in the north on Greek Cypriot properties, Soyer said: “While the Cyprus problem remains unsolved we can’t obstruct the human need for growth, progress and profit, we cannot stop development.”

He noted that the illegal regime planned to introduce legislation containing environmentally friendly provisions to bring construction under control.
Referring to the isolation of Turkish Cypriots, Soyer told the paper that the new legislation would not stop building on Greek Cypriot properties, but would bring it under control. “We will not stop development ever,” he added.

Asked to comment on the extensive campaign to attract foreign buyers in the north, he said sales of property to foreigners only amounted to one per cent.

Soyer argued that the property issue was a smokescreen used to prevent a solution to the decades-old conflict. He added that if the property issue were important to Greek Cypriots they would have voted ‘yes’ in the referendum.

A Turkish Cypriot paper yesterday reported that Soyer lives in a Greek Cypriot property in Famagusta. The paper questioned whether the ‘prime minister’ would be summoned to court for illegal use of the land.

Finally, Soyer insisted that any effort to remove Turkey as a guarantor power in Cyprus could not succeed. “Those who seek to withdraw Turkish guarantees are those who want to sabotage a solution.”

“Since Cyprus is a member and Turkey is negotiating to become one, then what is the fear about Turkey?” he added.

[cannedmoose]

We've been discussing this in another thread Bro'

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... c&start=30

[brother]

Yeh but i couldn't find the thread and thought it deserved some good debating.

[Main_Source]

Tell me if i'm wrong but theoretically, if Cyprus is a part of the UN...arent the rest of the UN countries kind of guarantors of Cyprus?

[metecyp]

Tell me if i'm wrong but theoretically, if Cyprus is a part of the UN...arent the rest of the UN countries kind of guarantors of Cyprus?

For your information, there was UN in the island when TCs were harrassed by GCs from 1964 until 1974.

[Main_Source]

Was there UN when 200,000 GC were made refugees??

Anyway, talking about now...

If there is a major instability in a UN state, isn't the rest of the UN allowed to intervene?

[magikthrill]

The Akritas plan was formulated in 1963 with the purpose of undoing the 1960 Constitution

definitely yes.

and removing Turkish Cypriots from the common state.

can someone help me find this in the akritas plan cause i dont remember reading it.

[cannedmoose]

Tell me if i'm wrong but theoretically, if Cyprus is a part of the UN...arent the rest of the UN countries kind of guarantors of Cyprus?

In theory perhaps, but remember that the UN is only as effective as its most powerful members want it to be...

[cannedmoose]

If there is a major instability in a UN state, isn't the rest of the UN allowed to intervene?

Where is the UN in Palestine? Where were they in Darfur when the killings were happening. Where were they in Rwanda when 1 million people were being slaughtered with machetes?

Strictly speaking, according to the UN Charter, intervention in any state's affairs can only take place if the situation is considered as a threat to international peace and security - as defined by the Security Council. As such, internal problems such as those in Rwanda and Darfur can be presented as not posing a threat and no action taken.

Where internal problems are a threat to the international order, with Palestine being a key case here, it requires the Security Council to determine them as such. Obviously, because of US support for Israel, this doesn't always happen. And in places like Darfur that have no strategic importance for anyone, it won't happen because it requires bodies on the ground and none of the SC members are willing to risk their soldiers lives to restore order.

So the high morals of the UN Charter, like those of the League of Nations before it, have naturally been sacrificed to state interests. Pretty sad because if you read the UN Charter, if it actually functioned as envisioned, the world would be a far better place. Having written my Masters' thesis on the UN's role in peace-keeping and peace-making, you can see why I titled it "Blue Helmets - Empty Guns"

[Kifeas]

What can one expect when the permanent members themselves are simultaneously the biggest violators of the Chart of the U.N.
As long as there is Veto power by the five so called "permanent -members" the UN is a dead horse.