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[garbitsch]

Divers License????

What's that?

[metecyp]

Back to the Cyprus International Fair and TC participation in it. I visited the fair yesterday and it was nice to see TCs being represented. However, I want to share a somewhat sad story. I was talking to a TC producer. He said he made some contacts with GC businessmen and they wanted to sell his products in the south but they asked him to rename his products because his product name is in Turkish. They also asked him to make labels in Greek and English with no Turkish on it. Furthermore, they asked him to say "Made in Nicosia, Cyprus" rather than north Cyprus. Anyway, he seemed troubled by it but he said he would go ahead and change his product name to English and remove any Turkish from labels and so on and see if he can get his products sold in the south. I guess economic gains rule everything, anyway, the whole thing struck me so I wanted to share.

[Main_Source]

Why would a GC buy something saying 'made in N Cyprus?'...thats just like wanting to acknowledge separation. Why didnt the TC producer just put MADE IN CYPRUS (not RoC or N Cyprus).

[metecyp]

Why would a GC buy something saying 'made in N Cyprus?'...thats just like wanting to acknowledge separation. Why didnt the TC producer just put MADE IN CYPRUS (not RoC or N Cyprus).

Ok, you're right, I give you this one. But don't you have anything else to say about other points I raised?

[Main_Source]

Well, I wouldnt have problem with writing Turkish, as long as it stated made in Cyprus. It would have been better if the writings was Greek on one side and Turkish on the other...Like Tim's Dairy does lol.

[metecyp]

Well, I wouldnt have problem with writing Turkish, as long as it stated made in Cyprus. It would have been better if the writings was Greek on one side and Turkish on the other...Like Tim's Dairy does lol.

Apparently, that's a negative selling point in the south (having Turkish name and labels) according to GC businessmen...

[Chrisswirl]

There's nothing wrong with writing in Turkish (as well as Greek)? Okay, I understand the whole "Northern Cyprus" thing, but it's his product. Let him name it as he wishes.

[Kifeas]

Back to the Cyprus International Fair and TC participation in it. I visited the fair yesterday and it was nice to see TCs being represented. However, I want to share a somewhat sad story. I was talking to a TC producer. He said he made some contacts with GC businessmen and they wanted to sell his products in the south but they asked him to rename his products because his product name is in Turkish. They also asked him to make labels in Greek and English with no Turkish on it. Furthermore, they asked him to say "Made in Nicosia, Cyprus" rather than north Cyprus. Anyway, he seemed troubled by it but he said he would go ahead and change his product name to English and remove any Turkish from labels and so on and see if he can get his products sold in the south. I guess economic gains rule everything, anyway, the whole thing struck me so I wanted to share.

Was it on Monday 23/5 that you visited the fair? I was there on Monday too.

[metecyp]

Was it on Monday 23/5 that you visited the fair? I was there on Monday too.

Yes...who knows maybe we were next to each other checking the Italian furniture

[erolz]

Was it on Monday 23/5 that you visited the fair? I was there on Monday too.

And appologies for being unable to attend myself. I am still hoping to get a meet up togeather with at least myself metecyp and yourself (and hopefully any others as well) before I go to the UK (july 8th).