1) The TRNC exists - Full Stop!
2) The educational institutes of the TRNC are internationally recognised.
3) Unless a "Federal" agreement is agreed upon under the parameters of a (Founding) two state formula with a "Loose" central government, unification as WE all know it will never be achieved.
4) The TRNC may not be completely recognised, internationally, but it is a functioning state and democracy with many other countries that work very closely with it.
5) The TRNC has a host of internationally recongised institutes and businesses working within it; from the construction industry, tourism, medical and retail to its banking sector and its government - like HSBC and MPs of the parliament of the TRNC (particularly at a UN and EU level - think about the ministers from the TRNC the EU consistently liaise with!).
6) Your President of the Greek Cypriot ROC has openly (publically)admitted and apologised for the bloodshed inflicted on our people in 1963.
7) The year 1974 was a time of Conflict (recognised by the UN), a Greek Coup, and many Greek Cypriots fighting against the Ultra Nationalist EOKA B terrorist group. Turkey intervened in order to save the Turkish Cypriots and the GREEK Cypriot people. Remember, Greece was under military rule at that time, where the events in Cyprus had soon allowed Greece to return back to a Democratic government - forcefully!
7) Do you see a military armada threatening the TRNC from the international community? Obviously not. We have a right to establish our own state, just like Kosovo, Montenegro and other nations had a right to self-determination. LIVE WITH IT!
Stop trying to argue about the so-called "OCCUPATION" of Northern Cyprus, when you know CLEARLY that the only way for Turkey to agree with you is to broker an ACCEPTABLE agreement based on THE REALITIES!
9) The 18% Myth regarding the population of the Turkish Cypriots is a clear indication of your basic missunderstanding of the word "Equality" and "Partnership", which was the wish of the British government for agreeing to the establishment of the 1960 republic. What difference does the size of the population of a country mean? NOTHING! Otherwise Greece would be the size of London! Right?
10) The amount of Territory presently under the TRNC BELONGS to the TRNC, and not an inch can be returned as WE believe it is our right. Our population could be 50'000 people - so what! It still will NOT give you the right to have it reduced, not that you've succeeded since 1974 anyway!!! Wake up and understand this reality.
11) The Turkish troops currently under the command of the "Turkish Cypriot Forces" are their under our requirements and request, and do NOT occupy the TRNC! No other country in the world has brought this up besides your Hijacked Greek Cypriot Controlled ROC. It's Turkey that supports our Republic state, only, where even the most basic forms of humanitarian aide have been stopped by the GC Controlled ROC - how shameful.
12) The current engagement in UN talks by GC leader Christofias is proof that the GC controlled ROC is not as "solid" as what people may believe, and the urgency and eagerness to start UN based talks by your leader shows how scared he was that the TRNC would obviously have gained Political ground/recognition if he and rejected President Talat's call. This is undeniable as even your leader said this in so many words!
13) The so-called UN resolution 541 and 540 are ADVICE only, and NOT binding! But clearly the OIC and other nations with whom have a TRNC foriegn representative office (UK, Brussells, Italy etc) are now realising that those resolutions mean nothing, and in no way represents a realistic and up to date picture of the current state of affairs concerning the island.
14) The CIA website clearly points to a Turkish Cypriot Controlled North and a Greek Cypriot Controlled South, and in no way mentions the word "Occupation".
15) The non-Facist Greek Cypriots know that they will have to broker a reasonable TWO-STATE deal, regardless! They know the mistakes made in the past and they particularly know that we are PARTNERS on the island and not Majority over Minority!
16) The Guarantor status of Turkey will not, and can nvere be removed from the isalnd of Cyprus.
17) Finally, the GC Controlled ROC can never, and would never dare to use its so-called VETO rights in preventing Turkey from becoming a EU member state. This, as they clearly know, would legally push for the Turkish Cypriots to officially link with the Republic of Turkey as a Country state, similar to Wales and Scotland, the FALKLAND Islands of the United Kingdom!
As for myself, I believe the island should be split into the TRNC and perhap the GC-ROC (if they want), based on a reasonable territorial split with both Republic states working closely as similar to the Czech and Slovak Republic states do. Other than that, I honestly think that a Federal plan with two component states will ultimately clash. This is because Turkey is still not part of the of the European Union!
Look at it logically, how in the world Could the island of Cyprus work as a Single Soverign Federal republic state if one of its member guarantor countries is not a FULL member of European Union.
