Tim Drayton wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:Nikitas wrote:Ozgur was a great Cypriot personality who was not appreciated by the GC community as he ought to have been. I saw some interviews he gave to Greek TV channels.
I had not come across the warning posted by Tim above. It is amazing that now that we see the prophecy materializing we are still talking about re unifying the island and a federal system for Cypriots. We Cypriots really know how to fool ourselves, and this goes for both GCs and TCs. Is it so hard to see that settlers make the goal unattainable and that is why they are there!
I will try to track down that quote. I think he made this prophetic statement many years ago.
True to my word, but rather late, I have managed to dig these quotes up. They are mentioned in the following ten-year old insightful article about the Turkish Cypriots:
http://mondediplo.com/1998/09/07cyprus
It seems that Özker Özgür made these comments in article published on 9 April 1998 in the Avrupa newspaper. The report to which I have given the link contains the following two quotes from Özgür's article:
"Until 1974, we were needed. Once the Turkish intervention was over, we had served our purpose."
"They’re importing a population that’s more useful and more submissive than the Turkish Cypriots."
Apoptosis of the TCs, induced by Turkey .....
