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[iceman]

We let the Turks in .....

shut up & crawl back under your stone Stella

[Bananiot]

Iceman, forgive her, she has ... Turkish roots.

[Oracle]

No I do not have Turkish roots so your attempt at sowing seeds for insult have fallen on the stone that iceman carries around in place of a heart ....

So you do not accept the presence of Turks on Cyprus as a reason for the loss of the culture you were whimsically shedding tears for. Fine Bananiot and iceman ... you are entitled to your opinions as indeed am I.

For me, the Turkish bombs drove my parents out of Cyprus and made me lose a lot of the culture I so love .... that is my personal story.

[Kikapu]

Askimwos, what you wrote about the mother countries is basically true. However, I have just read a letter sent by Inonu, Prime Minister of Turkey, to Kucuk, the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, in March 1964. Inonu was begging the Turkish Cypriots to return to the RoC! Kucuk, a moderate politician, replied that the Turkish Cypriots would rather emigrate to Turkey than return.

How do you explain this? How does anyone explain this?

It appears as if the TC's walked off the government and not forced out as Zan tells us everyday. If the TC's were forced out, then Inonu was telling them to go back and accept the 13 points regardless. If the TC's just walked out, they were being told to go back so not to lose their legal place in the government. I think we did hear from others that Denktash knew he had made a mistake by not going back and regrets it till today. That mistake continues to haunt the TC's legal rights today, I'm afraid.

[iceman]

Askimwos, what you wrote about the mother countries is basically true. However, I have just read a letter sent by Inonu, Prime Minister of Turkey, to Kucuk, the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, in March 1964. Inonu was begging the Turkish Cypriots to return to the RoC! Kucuk, a moderate politician, replied that the Turkish Cypriots would rather emigrate to Turkey than return.

How do you explain this? How does anyone explain this?

It appears as if the TC's walked off the government and not forced out as Zan tells us everyday. If the TC's were forced out, then Inonu was telling them to go back and accept the 13 points regardless. If the TC's just walked out, they were being told to go back so not to lose their legal place in the government. I think we did hear from others that Denktash knew he had made a mistake by not going back and regrets it till today. That mistake continues to haunt the TC's legal rights today, I'm afraid.

Denktash is the last person in the world to regret not going back.

[denizaksulu]

We let the Turks in .....

You invited them in.


Kophinou happened before 1974 Oracle.

[denizaksulu]

My god Deniz, it tears my heart to hear these stories. What have we done to Cyprus?

I keep on asking myself that Bananiot. Its past the blame game. What do we do now? Lets hope we can reach a solution which might please the majority (one hopes )

[Kikapu]

My father would narrate the tales of his trips up there on his donkey. He would be trading farm produce to the villagers in exchage for the local delicacies. Those days Lefkara made the best Lokum in Cyprus. He would also trade in 'Lefkaridi', the local handicrat of 'Lace'.

Denis and Medman,

Both very touching stories.!

Are you talking about the same place "Lefkara" that I visited and wrote in my "Cyprus Story" which is near Larnaca by any chance.?

After breakfast we drove to visit the "Hala Sultan Mosque" by Larnaca Airport. Then we drove to a little village called "Lefkara". It was a very nice place and got to talk to a shop owner who were GC's but moved back here from the UK. He was pleased that I had come back to Cyprus after 43 years of being away. We had lunch there and then drove back to Larnaca, through the "back roads".

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11420

I believe I took these two pictures in Lefkara.

[Bananiot]

Kikapu, Inonu did not ask them to accept the 13 points. Where in heaven did you get this? In fact when Makarios went on a state visit to Turkey, Inonu begged him not to go ahead with the unilateral change of the Constitution. He was giving sound advice to ears that did not want to hear because Makarios and many Greek Cypriots had a different agenda at the time. Inonu was a bloody sane man, no doubt about it.

[denizaksulu]

My father would narrate the tales of his trips up there on his donkey. He would be trading farm produce to the villagers in exchage for the local delicacies. Those days Lefkara made the best Lokum in Cyprus. He would also trade in 'Lefkaridi', the local handicrat of 'Lace'.

Denis and Medman,

Both very touching stories.!

Are you talking about the same place "Lefkara" that I visited and wrote in my "Cyprus Story" which is near Larnaca by any chance.?

After breakfast we drove to visit the "Hala Sultan Mosque" by Larnaca Airport. Then we drove to a little village called "Lefkara". It was a very nice place and got to talk to a shop owner who were GC's but moved back here from the UK. He was pleased that I had come back to Cyprus after 43 years of being away. We had lunch there and then drove back to Larnaca, through the "back roads".

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=11420

I believe I took these two pictures in Lefkara.

There is only one Lefkaraaaaa............

That right Kikapu. I did read your narrative.