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[ttoli]

Mr. Diamadis fails to point out that all citizens of Turkey, not just Christians, have their religion included on their identity cards, and that this information is not used to discriminate against anyone. Religion moreover has been removed from most other official documents and all census questionnaires and reports as the first step toward complete elimination of this form of identification. Efforts to completely remove religious identification from identity cards have run into the same sort of last-ditch religious opposition in Turkey as have similar efforts in Greece.

It should also be pointed out that when the Greek army invaded Turkey between1919 and 1922, it carried out a conscious policy of ethnic cleansing with the purpose of killing and/or driving out all inhabitants of western Turkey who did not share Greek nationality and religion, causing those Muslims and Jews who survived to flee to the areas under Turkish nationalist control. This policy was eloquently reported in a detailed report presented by an International Commission of Investigation chaired by American Admiral and High Commissioner Mark Bristol, and including representatives of Italy, France and Great Britain, as well as Greek and Turkish observers, by a Red Cross report written by the Red Cross representative in Turkey, Maurice Gehry, and by historian Arnold Toybee in a series of articles published at the time in the Manchester Guardian and later summarized in his book,'The Western Question in Greece and Turkey.' As a result, Great Britain cut off all military and financial assistance to the Greek invasion, a major reason for its ultimate defeat by the armies of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Professor Stanford Shaw

Professor Emeritus of Turkish and Judeo Turkish History, University of
California Los Angeles

[Tim Drayton]

I thought the reason the other Western powers cut off their support was because Greece had been told what territory it could take following the Treaty of Sevres, but instead its army decided to drive on deep into Anatolia in a forlorn attempt to recreate the exploits of Alexander the Great, and into ultimate annihilation.

[DT.]

Happy living in a stolen house Ttoli??? You're a corrupt individual and have enough on your conscience, leave the preaching to others.

[T_C]

Ethnic Cleansing, Pot,Kettle and Black...

Good name for a thread, bad content. Who cares about Turkey, the same happened in Cyprus which is slightly more relevant in my opinion.

When the 20.000 Greeks invaded Cyprus we were ethnically cleansed from all over the place. Thankfully our Greek friends thought themselves invincible and didn't hesitate to do all this infront of cameras.

I have in my possession some really good pictures that I brought back from Cyprus if anyone thinks it necessary to see some CREDIBLE evidence.

Including pictures of the barbarian Greek army with the rockets they were using against defenceless TCs. The remains of our villages and mosques after they were reduced to rubble by their weapons (all taken by the UN). I even have pictures of TCs being ethnically cleansed by Greeks at gun point from Kucuk Kaymakli and a map from the UNs Ortega report showing just how severe their attack on us was!!!

Then they turned around and told their own people and the world that we did all this to ourselves to achieve partition.

Forget what happened in Turkey...you ONLY need to look at Cyprus to see what ruthless savages these people can be.

[roseandchan]

D.T ,changed the subject , no answer like the last time. i am wondering why these people just don't fess up?
they all have been brave enough to buy the so called exchange land. so why don't they have the balls to stand up for themselves?

[DT.]

dp

[Sotos]

Maybe you should also tell us how the Turks got there in the first place then?

[ttoli]

Happy living in a stolen house Ttoli??? You're a corrupt individual and have enough on your conscience, leave the preaching to others.

You know nothing of my morals, so button it muppet.

[DT.]

Happy living in a stolen house Ttoli??? You're a corrupt individual and have enough on your conscience, leave the preaching to others.

You know nothing of my morals, so button it muppet.

I know you've bought stolen land....thats enough of your morals for me for one day...phew

[T_C]

D.T ,changed the subject , no answer like the last time. i am wondering why these people just don't fess up?
they all have been brave enough to buy the so called exchange land. so why don't they have the balls to stand up for themselves?

I'd like to see their reactions if/when our leaders reach an agreement