Cyprus-Forum.com

[Talisker]

The page relating to Cyprus in the CIA World Factbook can be viewed from the link below. It contains information on geography, people, government, economies, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publication ... os/cy.html

It is easy to navigate to obtain equivalent information on any other country in which you might have an interest.

Did you know Cyprus is ‘about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut’, Greece is ‘slightly smaller than Alabama’, Turkey is ‘slightly larger than Texas’, and the UK is ‘slightly smaller than Oregon’?

Figures are provided for 'Manpower fit for military service' (aged 16-49).
Cyprus: 165,042 males and 158,869 females
Turkey: 17,011,635 males and 16,433,364 females

[Oracle]

Figures are provided for 'Manpower fit for military service' (aged 16-49).
Cyprus: 165,042 males and 158,869 females
Turkey: 17,011,635 males and 16,433,364 females

33 Million killing machines

[Floda]

Figures are provided for 'Manpower fit for military service' (aged 16-49).
Cyprus: 165,042 males and 158,869 females
Turkey: 17,011,635 males and 16,433,364 females

33 Million killing machines

They have us outnumbered by 100 to 1 !!!

[Oracle]

Figures are provided for 'Manpower fit for military service' (aged 16-49).
Cyprus: 165,042 males and 158,869 females
Turkey: 17,011,635 males and 16,433,364 females

33 Million killing machines

They have us outnumbered by 100 to 1 !!!

Maybe we should refrain from provoking them?

[CBBB]

Figures are provided for 'Manpower fit for military service' (aged 16-49).
Cyprus: 165,042 males and 158,869 females
Turkey: 17,011,635 males and 16,433,364 females

33 Million killing machines

They have us outnumbered by 100 to 1 !!!

Maybe we should refrain from provoking them?

Perhaps we should have thought of that before?

[Oracle]

Figures are provided for 'Manpower fit for military service' (aged 16-49).
Cyprus: 165,042 males and 158,869 females
Turkey: 17,011,635 males and 16,433,364 females

33 Million killing machines

They have us outnumbered by 100 to 1 !!!

Maybe we should refrain from provoking them?

Perhaps we should have thought of that before?

Don't be divvy! I was being sarcastic Well you know, that they invaded us without prior provocation!

[CBBB]

OK, not provocation, but enough of an excuse in their view.

[observer]

OK, not provocation, but enough of an excuse in their view.

And not just Turkey thinking so. On 30 Aug 1974 the German Die Zeit wrote:

The massacre of Turkish Cypriots in Paphos and Famagusta is the proof of how justified the Turks were to undertake their intervention."

Or the Daily Telegraph more recently on 15 Aug 1996:

When Britain did nothing, Turkey invaded Cyprus and occupied its northern part. Turkish Cypriots have constitutional right on their side and understandably fear a renewal of persecution if the Turkish army withdraws

As to its legality. From The Parliamentary Council of The Assembly of Europe, Resolution 573 (1974) saying in part:

Regretting the failure of the attempt to reach a diplomatic settlement which led the Turkish Government to exercise its right of intervention in accordance with Article 4 of the Guarantee Treaty of 1960;

...or the Athens Court of Appeal saying on 21 March 1979:

The Turkish intervention in Cyprus, which was carried out in accordance with the London-Zurich agreements, was legal. Turkey had, as one of the Guarantor Powers, the right to fulfill her obligation. The true guilty ones were the Greek Officers, who organised the coup and thereby created the conditions for an intervention.

[CBBB]

Quoting things out of context doesn't prove anything, especially as these have been shot down in flanes before.

[waldorf]

OK, not provocation, but enough of an excuse in their view.

And not just Turkey thinking so. On 30 Aug 1974 the German Die Zeit wrote:

The massacre of Turkish Cypriots in Paphos and Famagusta is the proof of how justified the Turks were to undertake their intervention."

Or the Daily Telegraph more recently on 15 Aug 1996:

When Britain did nothing, Turkey invaded Cyprus and occupied its northern part. Turkish Cypriots have constitutional right on their side and understandably fear a renewal of persecution if the Turkish army withdraws

As to its legality. From The Parliamentary Council of The Assembly of Europe, Resolution 573 (1974) saying in part:

Regretting the failure of the attempt to reach a diplomatic settlement which led the Turkish Government to exercise its right of intervention in accordance with Article 4 of the Guarantee Treaty of 1960;

...or the Athens Court of Appeal saying on 21 March 1979:

The Turkish intervention in Cyprus, which was carried out in accordance with the London-Zurich agreements, was legal. Turkey had, as one of the Guarantor Powers, the right to fulfill her obligation. The true guilty ones were the Greek Officers, who organised the coup and thereby created the conditions for an intervention.

And are we all aware as to who put the Generals up to it, as part of a longer term plan ?