zan wrote:Piratis wrote:zan wrote:Piratis wrote:insan wrote:Piratis wrote:Well, insan, those days were much better than earlier:In the summer of 1570, the Turks struck again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid. About 60,000 troops, including cavalry and artillery, under the command of Lala Mustafa Pasha landed unopposed near Limassol on July 2, 1570, and laid siege to Nicosia. In an orgy of victory on the day that the city fell--September 9, 1570--20,000 Nicosians were put to death, and every church, public building, and palace was looted.During the Greek War of Independence in 1821, the Ottoman authorities feared that Greek Cypriots would rebel again. Archbishop Kyprianos, a powerful leader who worked to improve the education of Greek Cypriot children, was accused of plotting against the government. Kyprianos, his bishops, and hundreds of priests and important laymen were arrested and summarily hanged or decapitated on July 9, 1821.
So probably it was a mistake for you to come to our island I guess. Feel free to go back to where you came from if you don't want to live along with the native people of this island. But don't hope we will gift to you any part of our island, because that is not going to happen.
Better, far better, worde or worst r not my point. I pointed the facts that it seemed to me u either intentionally or by ignorance, denied.
You can go back to ur motherland if u don't want to live in a federal Cyprus governed by consociational democrasy of 2 communities.
So you are happy that Cyprus has not seen peace since it was invaded by the Turks?
And then "Turk_Green_Eyes" wonders why the native people of Cyprus hate the invading Turks. You are a live example of the why.
What are you Piratis an idiot.....Have a look at the history of Cyprus again and tell me when it ever was in "Peace" as you call it....What a burk!!
Cyprus was in peace for long parts of its history. During most parts of the Byzantine era for example. If you don't know the history of our island it is not my fault.
Do you mean the 400 years that the Ottomans ruled....Where your church flourished and you were allowed to live as Greeks.....
Should we now say "Thank you" for allowing us to live? Considering the alternatives (genocides against Armenians and many others) maybe you think you made us a favor?
Not really. The only reason you allowed us to live is to pay taxes. In fact you forced the native Cypriot people to pay twice the taxes as everybody else. And the church was your tax collector. Whenever they didn't obey something you would execute them.