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[brother]

Let’s patch things up


CYPRIOT women from both sides of the divide yesterday joined their voices in reaffirming their desire for peace and reunification on the island.

They met at the Ledra Palace hotel, in the Nicosia buffer zone, to prepare their piece of a global patchwork representing the ideal world of women from every country.

The pieces would be put together to make a huge quilt – the quilt of international solidarity, which would translate the Women’s World Charter for Humanity.

It was an emotional meeting in the middle of the dividing line.

Turkish Cypriot women, who got there first, greeted their Greek counterparts with the slogan “Peace in Cyprus cannot be stopped”.

The Greek women replied with “United and peaceful Cyprus” and walked towards the meeting point where the approximately 100 women put their hands together and applauded their combined effort.

They then moved inside the hotel, carrying a long strip of white sheet – their piece of patchwork – which was later filled with wishes for piece colourful cloth flowers.

The bi-communal gathering was attended by House Speaker Demetris Christofias, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ferdi Soyer, and other political personalities from both sides.

In a speech read in Greek and Turkish, the women of Cyprus said that their piece of patchwork captured the aims of their struggle for a solution of the Cyprus problem and piece and progress in Cyprus.

The women of Cyprus, Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Maronite and Latin, all victims of war, “visualise a free and reunited motherland; a happy and progressive Cyprus, a common homeland for all its children,” the women said.

“They dream of a world full of hope, life, where it is worth for one to live in.”





This is what i call progress and i hope the politicians apart from photo opportunities actually learned something

[garbitsch]

resim de koyalim da tam olsun

[cannedmoose]

The problem with these events is that they are one-off, stand-alone symbols of reconciliation. In order to get the unifying power of people fully energised it takes concerted efforts like those of the thousands of TCs who protested in the streets to really effect change. If huge bicommunal demonstrations for change took place, the leaders would have to listen... in contrast, small gatherings like this are easy for politicians either to either, or placate with kindly words that they contradict the following day...

[garbitsch]

Greek Cypriots only protest the "Turkish invasion". They've never protested for the unification of the common motherland...

[Main_Source]

Garbitsch, your wrong...many GC constantly say Cyprus is ONE. Infact, I distinctly remember hearing the abolition of the green line and Cyprus should be ONE, on the last march I went to.........WHICH WAS IN TRAFALGER SQUARE.

[metecyp]

Greek Cypriots only protest the "Turkish invasion". They've never protested for the unification of the common motherland...

That's true. Unfortunately for most GCs, unification means return of all refugees, settlers and Turkish soldiers and many of them do not give a crap about living together with TCs, multiculturalism, etc.

[Main_Source]

Metecyp, at least we know where you true feelings lie.

You'll find anything to paint GC in a bad light. A lot of GC DO want to live TC in peace...stop trying to grab stupid usless facts out of the sky.

[metecyp]

Metecyp, at least we know where you true feelings lie.

You'll find anything to paint GC in a bad light. A lot of GC DO want to live TC in peace...stop trying to grab stupid usless facts out of the sky.

I'm not grabbing anything from the sky. What do you expect me to feel when a TC producer is asked to rename his product from Turkish to English so he can sell it in the south? This is a real fact that I heard from the man himself, not a stupid useless fact. [/b]

[Main_Source]

That's true. Unfortunately for most GCs, unification means return of all refugees, settlers and Turkish soldiers and many of them do not give a crap about living together with TCs, multiculturalism, etc

a false piece of information, pulled from the sky.

[metecyp]

a false piece of information, pulled from the sky.

Ok Mr. God, whatever you say is true. I'll be seeking the truth in your posts. Forever grateful