Cyprus-Forum.com

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http://www.cyaf.org/

The Cyprus Academic Forum (CAF) is a recently formed group with the mission of bringing together academics from both sides of the divide to meet each other, exchange views and opinions on their areas of specialization and on educational matters in general.

Two of its main target-projects are: firstly to create a data-bank of all academics in Cyprus, with their fields of study and research interest, which would facilitate joint research projects, collaboration and communication among Cypriot academics (or non-Cypriot academics living in Cyprus); and secondly initiating and organising formal events, related to Cyprus and other current issues raised by its members.

Within the context of the latter, CAF plans to organise annual scholarly conferences in the various areas of knowledge (i.e. Social Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Education, Mathematics, etc), with the aim of fostering local scholarly work and research.

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http://169.253.2.210/documents/kissinger/0000D679.pdf

The consequences of coup, 1974. There should have been something to do to keep Greece in NATO and stop Hellenes of America to messing around Kissinger.

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http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/96606.pdf

Events of 1974, CIA report, minute by minute devolopments regarding the events of 1974 from the minds of Kissinger, Nixon, Cisco and high ranked US army officials.

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http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/96606.pdf

Events of 1974, CIA report, minute by minute devolopments regarding the events of 1974 from the minds of Kissinger, Nixon, Cisco and high ranked US army officials.

UN resolutions on Cyprus:

http://www.un.int/cyprus/resolut.htm

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UN Resolutions On Cyprus 1960-2006

When in 1964 Turkey first threatened to invade Cyprus, the government of the young Republic brought the matter before the UN Security Council which adopted, unanimously, resolutions that:

* Call upon all Member States, in conformity with their obligations under the Charter of the UN, to refrain from any action or threat of action to worsen the situation in the sovereign Republic of Cyprus or to endanger international peace;
* Call upon all States in conformity with their obligations under the Charter of the UN, and in particular Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 4, to respect the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus;
* They promote a peaceful solution and an agreed settlement of the problem confronting Cyprus, in accordance with the Charter of the UN, having in mind the well-being of the people as a whole and the preservation of international peace and security;
* They created, with the consent of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, the UN Peacekeeping Force on Cyprus (UNFICYP), whose original mandate was “to use its best efforts to prevent a recurrence of fighting and, as necessary, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal conditions”;
* They took cognizance of the fact that the Republic of Cyprus, as an equal Member of the United Nations, is, in accordance with the Charter of the UN, entitled to enjoy, and should enjoy, full sovereignty and complete independence without any foreign intervention or interference;

The main provisions of the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council Resolutions on Cyprus following Turkey’s military invasion in 1974 are summarized below:

* Call for full respect for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic of Cyprus.
* Call on all states to refrain from all acts and interventions directed against it
* Demand the immediate withdrawal of all occupation forces from the Republic of Cyprus
* Stress the importance of eventual demilitarization of the Republic of Cyprus as an objective in the context of an overall comprehensive settlement
* Welcome the proposal for the total demilitarization of Cyprus
* Consider that the de facto situation created by the force of arms should not be allowed to influence or in any way affect the solution of the problem of Cyprus
* Affirm the right of the Republic of Cyprus and its people to full and effective sovereignty and control over the entire territory of Cyprus and its natural resources and call upon all States to support and help the Government of Cyprus to exercise the above-mentioned rights.
* All refugees should return to their homes in conditions of safety
* Respect of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Cypriots, including the freedom of movement, the freedom of settlement and the right to property
* Deplore all unilateral actions that change the demographic structure of Cyprus
* Reaffirm the basic need of families to be informed without delay about the fate of their missing relatives
* Consider attempts to settle any part of Varosha by people other than its inhabitants as inadmissible and call for the transfer of this area to the administration of the UN
* Condemn the declaration of the purported secession of part of the Republic of Cyprus
* Call upon all states not to recognize any Cypriot State other than the Republic of Cyprus
* Reiterate the call upon all states not to recognize the purported state of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” set by the secessionist acts and call upon them not to facilitate or in any way assist the aforesaid secessionist entity.
* A Cyprus settlement must be based on a State of Cyprus with a single sovereignty and international personality and a single citizenship, with its independence and territorial integrity safeguarded and comprising two politically equal communities as described in the relevant Security Council resolutions, in a bi-communal and bi-zonal federation.



All relevant UN resolutions reflect the collective will and decisions of the international community concerning Cyprus. As such, they provide the appropriate framework and the basis for a comprehensive settlement to the Question of Cyprus, in conformity with international law and the UN Charter.

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http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kokkalis/GSW2/Kechriotis.PDF

Vangelis Kechriotis

Greek-Orthodox, Greek-Ottomans or just Greeks?Theories of Ethnic Coexistence on the Eve of the Fall of the Ottoman Empire

31st March 1909, the Greek Political Associationwhich had supported it, faced with the imminent attack of the Unionisttroops on Istanbul declared as follows. «In the name of the Greek nation, the political life of which has been for centuries a struggle in favour of humanfreedom and against any tyranny, the Association…. recommends that ourcompatriots (omogeneis) be loyal to the army, which fights only for the good of our Motherland». Certainly, it is within an atmosphere of terror that such an appeal is made but this makes the reference to the Greek nation evenmore bizarre. Yet, it is clear that the Ottoman motherland and the Greeknation can coexist on one ground only: political identification. In this way,it’s not very difficult to perceive how the Turks are described as the‘younger brothers’ of the already politically ‘mature’ Greeks, in Muhiedin’s terms, or how Greeks through their own Revolution are said to haveliberated the Turks. However, the political character Souliotis attributes to‘Hellenism’ does not derive from a Western republican but from ancientGreek tradition of democracy.

Turkish nationalism, inGokalp’s terms, combines popular culture with the West. Turkism andOttomanism do not intersect at any point. It seems that at this turning pointof national ideologies in the Empire, in the Greek-Ottoman discourse, asconstructed by Souliotis and Dragoumis, Greek national identity comescloser to the Ottoman than the Turkish one. Paradoxically, Turks recognizethe Greeks as their older brothers, while Greeks seem to recognize theOttoman Empire as their Motherland, which is proclaimed by Turkishnationalism to be a complete stranger. A rather bizarre family affair. At the same time, Greek socialist intellectuals who, like Karolides,were of Ottoman origin had already attributed to Turkish nationalism aprogressive bourgeois character. According to socialist George Skliros, «assoon as Hellenism decided to hold a hostile attitude towards the ‘nationaltrends’ of the new neighbours, based on ‘historical rights’, it took on abackward (pisvdromikh), conservative character (psychologia)». Thepassage from feudalism to bourgeois regime and constitutional governmentis an ‘inevitable historical procedure’. However, what was even moreimportant for socialist intellectuals like Skliros is that he also proclaimed the need for coexistence and alliance. For him however, it would be an alliance
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of all nations, namely all Balkan nations excluding the Turkish one. Skliros attributed to Turkish nationalism a chauvinist, aggressive character and hecalled for a cooperation against it. This appeal was directed mainly toBulgarians.

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http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... pe%3Atexts

A lot of useful info abt Cyprus and Cyprus problem. Downloadable in txt and pdf format.

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The history of Cyprus during these centuries is one of
continual conflict between the Greek colonists and the
Phoenicians and their masters, the Persians ; at one time we
find the island assisting Persia against the Greeks with a large
fleet ; at another, Greek forces land in Cyprus and succeed fcr
a time in wresting a portion of it from the Persians, only to
lose it again.* We have hitherto referred to the island as if
it were one kingdom, but from the earliest times it had been
divided into a number of petty, semi-independent princi-
paUties, owing a shadowy allegiance to the important kingdom
of Salamis. There were, probably, in the population at
this time two dominant elements — one Cyprian or native,
with Greek proclivities, and the other Phoenician, essentially
Asiatic ; each had its own peculiar alphabet and language,
which alone figure on the coins of the island up to this period.

The population of the island at this time was about 186,000,
of which some two-thirds were Greek-speaking and the
remainder Turkish, with a sprinkling of Syrians, Armenians,
and other nationalities.

The substitution of a British for an Ottoman administration
was warmly welcomed by the Christian inhabitants, a depu-
tation from whom, headed by the venerable Archbishop of
the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus, waited upon Sir Garnet
VVolseley on his arrival and presented him with an address.
The Turkish community accepted the change with Oriental
resignation, if not with enthusiasm, secure in the knowledge
that they were retaining their rights and privileges as Ottoman
subjects, and that Cyprus remained an integral part of the
Ottoman Empire.

http://www.archive.org/stream/cyprusund ... c_djvu.txt

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The history of Cyprus during these centuries is one of
continual conflict between the Greek colonists and the
Phoenicians and their masters, the Persians ; at one time we
find the island assisting Persia against the Greeks with a large
fleet ; at another, Greek forces land in Cyprus and succeed fcr
a time in wresting a portion of it from the Persians, only to
lose it again.* We have hitherto referred to the island as if
it were one kingdom, but from the earliest times it had been
divided into a number of petty, semi-independent princi-
paUties, owing a shadowy allegiance to the important kingdom
of Salamis. There were, probably, in the population at
this time two dominant elements — one Cyprian or native,
with Greek proclivities, and the other Phoenician, essentially
Asiatic ; each had its own peculiar alphabet and language,
which alone figure on the coins of the island up to this period.

The population of the island at this time was about 186,000,
of which some two-thirds were Greek-speaking and the
remainder Turkish, with a sprinkling of Syrians, Armenians,
and other nationalities.

The substitution of a British for an Ottoman administration
was warmly welcomed by the Christian inhabitants, a depu-
tation from whom, headed by the venerable Archbishop of
the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus, waited upon Sir Garnet
VVolseley on his arrival and presented him with an address.
The Turkish community accepted the change with Oriental
resignation, if not with enthusiasm, secure in the knowledge
that they were retaining their rights and privileges as Ottoman
subjects, and that Cyprus remained an integral part of the
Ottoman Empire.

http://www.archive.org/stream/cyprusunderbriti00orrc
/cyprusunderbriti00orrc_djvu.txt

Good read. The Turks were where? In Beijing? Alexander the Great also colonized Cyprus more then a millenia ago as well...spreading Hellenism where ever he went. Listen, with the links you post from Slavic FYRoM sites...i assume you like they believe that their Slavic language is actually written on the Rosetta stone? The problem with you is that your a village idiot...its that simple. The Greeks colonized this island thousands of years ago? You dont say? Here you go you stupid idiot:

http://www.kypros.org/Cyprus/history.html

Where are the Turks? In your links...where are you guys? Get off the Hellenic c@ck.

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The history of Cyprus during these centuries is one of
continual conflict between the Greek colonists and the
Phoenicians and their masters, the Persians ; at one time we
find the island assisting Persia against the Greeks with a large
fleet ; at another, Greek forces land in Cyprus and succeed fcr
a time in wresting a portion of it from the Persians, only to
lose it again.* We have hitherto referred to the island as if
it were one kingdom, but from the earliest times it had been
divided into a number of petty, semi-independent princi-
paUties, owing a shadowy allegiance to the important kingdom
of Salamis. There were, probably, in the population at
this time two dominant elements — one Cyprian or native,
with Greek proclivities, and the other Phoenician, essentially
Asiatic ; each had its own peculiar alphabet and language,
which alone figure on the coins of the island up to this period.

The population of the island at this time was about 186,000,
of which some two-thirds were Greek-speaking and the
remainder Turkish, with a sprinkling of Syrians, Armenians,
and other nationalities.

The substitution of a British for an Ottoman administration
was warmly welcomed by the Christian inhabitants, a depu-
tation from whom, headed by the venerable Archbishop of
the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus, waited upon Sir Garnet
VVolseley on his arrival and presented him with an address.
The Turkish community accepted the change with Oriental
resignation, if not with enthusiasm, secure in the knowledge
that they were retaining their rights and privileges as Ottoman
subjects, and that Cyprus remained an integral part of the
Ottoman Empire.

http://www.archive.org/stream/cyprusunderbriti00orrc
/cyprusunderbriti00orrc_djvu.txt

Good read. The Turks were where? In Beijing? Alexander the Great also colonized Cyprus more then a millenia ago as well...spreading Hellenism where ever he went. Listen, with the links you post from Slavic FYRoM sites...i assume you like they believe that their Slavic language is actually written on the Rosetta stone? The problem with you is that your a village idiot...its that simple. The Greeks colonized this island thousands of years ago? You dont say? Here you go you stupid idiot:

http://www.kypros.org/Cyprus/history.html

Where are the Turks? In your links...where are you guys? Get off the Hellenic c@ck.

Send it to Gene Rossides.