souroul wrote:whats your take on the settlers?
one of the most important issues for me and the future unification of the island is the settlers.
now, lets just put the whole issue of how they're here illegally which is widely known and accepted aside, and just talk about the possible ramifications of these kind of people leaking all over Cyprus.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but the settlers that the Turkish government brought here over the years, are of the likes of "homeless" Anatolians picked up from the streets, or more specifically, poor uneducated people that would do and believe anything they've been told, just because they dont know better.
We've already seen crime rates rise along with the rise of illegal immigrants arriving in the ROC from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Srilanka and the general area, so i just wanted to know more about the settlers in the North. I've been hearing about they may allow "some" of them to stay, so i need to know a bit more about them.
Anyone care to enlighten me? what kind of people are they? how do you think they'll react once the boarders are wide open? any kind of information is appreciated
I recommend everyone to read the book which is published by BILBAN - IKME "The demographic composition of the northern part of Cyprus"
Briefly; according to the `legal` records 30.000 Turkey citizens has been sent to Cyprus. (Since Turkisness itself is a big unnatural paradox I prefer to use Turkish citizens) Already nearly half of these was Kurdish families. These peoples were mostly families who are removed from their homes according to ethnic cleansing project (for Kurdish) or by the official name because of water dam projects. You can choose whatever you want.
Anyway these people somehow integrated the population, and they also attended to politics according to their visions. Nowadays it is impossible even for a real Cypriot to separate them from originals .
On the other hand, at the moment population of mixture people `half Turkey citizen half Cypriot` is 16.200 which is other complicated part of our argument.
What is clear? If we inspect `legal` record of Banana republic of Northern Cyprus (You can say TRNC if you want), you can see that between 1974- 2007 there have been a movement of Turkey citizens to Northern Cyprus, simply 7674433 in - 7480816 out which means 193.617 became permanent. Joke? no! (Note these population is only civilians. Does anybody want to add at least 45000 Turkey soldiers and their families to this number?
If you check you can see that the hit! years are 2003 takes 3rd place with 18636 permanent, 2004 takes 2nd place with 32166 permanent, and our winner is 2007 with 43336! (send your regards to Talat the "peacemaker")
During Denktash`s period? I don`t know if you want to compare but it was only approximately 60000 new citizen created between 1980-2001.
Conclusion: If you count `half-breeds` as Cypriot and first wave which came between 1974 - 1980 with 30000 population as a complicated topic, it is clear that we have to send back at least 193.000-30.000 = 163.000!! I never want to talk about soldiers and their families, they already have to turn back.
Please don`t forget, these numbers are official Banana republic numbers which are very `softened`. Anybody want to assume their real number?