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[Oracle]

Just last week I was walking along the old pier next to the Old Harbour in Limassol, and was surprised to hear two youths aged 14-15 there speaking Turkish. I stopped to speak to them. They said they were Turkish Cypriots who had been living in Limassol for ten years. They said they thought the south was much better than the north, and had no wish to live anywhere except Limassol. They did not give me the impression of being people who were suffering oppression.

Tim, I don't know if you read my "Kikapu's Time in Cyprus" last year or since at
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11420 , because I wrote about some Turkish Cypriots I met in Paphos and Larnaca who were very happy being in the south and had no concerns at all. I was told there were 50 TC's living in Paphos by those I met there. I have no idea the number of TC's living in Larnaca.

Kikapu ... there are TCs living happily around the Polis area too.

[ttoli]

The New York Times

"Since then the Turkish side has been pursuing total separation of the communities. Last year all ethnic Turks were allowed to go north in exchange for promises that the ethnic Greeks in the Turkish area would be given free movement, better schools and more medical care. In addition, the Turkish side promised to allow the United Nations to set up posts in the north and provide the Greeks with moral and material support.

The Turkish side, keeping few of its promises, persisted in putiing pressure on the remaining ethnic Greeks to leave. As a result a steady trickle of departures has become a flood. About 30 Greeks go south every day".

Steven V. Roberts, "The New York Times", 1.11.1976.

That was reported just over 31 years ago love, nothing more recent?

Unfortunately, you are the "more recent"!

What's the matter ttoli ... don't you want to know the history of how come you were able to buy such cheap property in the north of Cyprus?

I can assure you Love, I know the history, question is Do you?

Then you should have no excuses in accepting your fate, as part of the propping up, of an illegitimate regime!

Thank you for that injection of humour, you bring colour to these boards.

[Oracle]

The New York Times

"Since then the Turkish side has been pursuing total separation of the communities. Last year all ethnic Turks were allowed to go north in exchange for promises that the ethnic Greeks in the Turkish area would be given free movement, better schools and more medical care. In addition, the Turkish side promised to allow the United Nations to set up posts in the north and provide the Greeks with moral and material support.

The Turkish side, keeping few of its promises, persisted in putiing pressure on the remaining ethnic Greeks to leave. As a result a steady trickle of departures has become a flood. About 30 Greeks go south every day".

Steven V. Roberts, "The New York Times", 1.11.1976.

That was reported just over 31 years ago love, nothing more recent?

Unfortunately, you are the "more recent"!

What's the matter ttoli ... don't you want to know the history of how come you were able to buy such cheap property in the north of Cyprus?

I can assure you Love, I know the history, question is Do you?

Then you should have no excuses in accepting your fate, as part of the propping up, of an illegitimate regime!

Thank you for that injection of humour, you bring colour to these boards.

Laugh whilst you can....

(BTW: .... He who laughs last, laughs longest!)

[Kikapu]

Just last week I was walking along the old pier next to the Old Harbour in Limassol, and was surprised to hear two youths aged 14-15 there speaking Turkish. I stopped to speak to them. They said they were Turkish Cypriots who had been living in Limassol for ten years. They said they thought the south was much better than the north, and had no wish to live anywhere except Limassol. They did not give me the impression of being people who were suffering oppression.

Tim, I don't know if you read my "Kikapu's Time in Cyprus" last year or since at
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11420 , because I wrote about some Turkish Cypriots I met in Paphos and Larnaca who were very happy being in the south and had no concerns at all. I was told there were 50 TC's living in Paphos by those I met there. I have no idea the number of TC's living in Larnaca.

Kikapu ... there are TCs living happily around the Polis area too.

I'm sure there are. We were there just for couple of hours for lunch and did not meet an TC's there, but it is redundant to think, that the TC's would not be happy to live in the RoC, or else, they can easily move to the north, and yet they stay. I'm sure many more TC's would have moved to the south also, if they were not given GC properties in the north, in "exchange" for theirs in the south. The TC's were forced to conspire involuntarily in taking GC's properties as their own, to make it more difficult for them to go back to their homes in the south, along with closing the "Green Line" for 30+ years did not help either. It was all part of the plan by Denktash to create a "corrupt society" along with bringing in the settlers in huge numbers to keep the True TC's in their place, because they were given voting rights to have things done his way. Now the settlers give the TC's funny looks because the TC's have an "accent", thanks to an honest reporting by Zan. Talk about foreigners (settlers) making the natives (TC's) feel like a foreigner in their own "country". If that doesn't take the fucking cake, nothing will.!

[EricSeans]

Kikapu,

I just read for the first time your account of your return to Cyprus after more than four decades. It's one of the most moving and well-written pieces I've come across in a long time. It cuts through all the cynicism and hate like a knife through butter.

[Kikapu]

Kikapu,

I just read for the first time your account of your return to Cyprus after more than four decades. It's one of the most moving and well-written pieces I've come across in a long time. It cuts through all the cynicism and hate like a knife through butter.

Thank you for the compliments EricSeans. Every word was written as it was experienced in it's true format, from words spoken by me to others and by others to me, as well as my and their expressions and feelings.

If you want to read all the reactions from partitionist and others to this report, which is about 70 pages long, it's at http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... rus+report

[zan]

Hey guys...There are four TCs that have been accounted for in the "RoC".....Two of which are from a dubious source...



What are these people doing in this picture I wonder!!!

[T_C]

Though nothing beats this one....

[zan]

:lol:

Though nothing beats this one....

Oh Yeh!!!!!

[T_C]

I wonder if hes still alive...