insan wrote:Kikapu wrote:insan wrote:Kikapu wrote:insan wrote:Kikapu wrote:insan wrote:Kikapu wrote:insan wrote:Piratis wrote:The TCs in Cyprus are a minority. You think that because Ottomans ruled Cyprus centuries ago it means that your 18% is not a minority?If that was the case then the Turks in Bulgaria or Greece would not be a minority either. Neither the Greeks in Turkey would.
Basically you are a greedy minority of 18% who is trying to get more than what proportionally belongs to you on the expense of every other Cypriot, by collaborating with the invaders of Cyprus.
TC community has never been a minority and exert not to be a minority. TC population was 35% of total population of Cyprus. Just because the insistence of GC leadership and the clashes followed by, negatively affected the development, migration rate and fertility rate of TC community. That's why population of TC community reduced to 20% by 1960.
So that would be the fault of the British, wouldn't it, if your figures are correct. The British ruled until 1960, so when was it that the "TC's" numbers were at 35%, in 1571 or what.?
Not only the changed British mentality followed ww2 but intense emotional violence created by GC nationalists as well.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cyprus/cy_appen.html
Just before the Ottomans ceded Cyprus to the Brits, TC population was 60.000 out of 186.000 total population of Cyprus.
Table 7. Turkish Cypriot Population, Selected Dates, Sixteenth Century to 1988
Date Population*
Sixteenth century 40,000 to 60,000
Eighteenth century 60,000
1881 45,458
1911 56,428
1921 61,339
1931 64,245
1946 80,548
1960 104,333
1963 120,000
1972 78,000
1978 146,740
1982 152,239
1986 162,676
1988 167,256
So basically, when the British took over the island, 15,000 Ottomans (TC's) went back to "Turkey" than be ruled by the British, which makes sense. How does any of this exodus by the Ottomans involve the GC's.?
I've told u above. Not only the changed British mentality following ww2 but intense emotional violence created by GC nationalists as well. Besides the mutual armed struggle afterwards mid-50s; all negatively affected the migration rate, development and fertility rate of TCs.
Do you have anymore excuses ,Insan, because you keep changing the reasons. You said there were 60,000 TC's at one point, which was between 16th and 18th century and it seems according to the chart in the link you gave, that the 3rd of the TC's left the island in 1881 when the British took over the island, so stop with all the other excuses for god sake about the WWII, GC nationalist and lack of "boinking" to produce more babies, because I come from a large family of kids. Since 1881, the TC's numbers continued to climb until between 1963 and 1974 for obvious reasons, but when ever the GC and TC population percentages are discussed today, they are given 82%-18%, which are from the 1960 figures when the RoC was formed.!
What "excuses" u r talking abt? I talk abt the facts, based on documents and put forward my related oppinions for discussion.
In that case, the facts you provided has let you down, because they were used against you and your opinion to sink you. Next time read your facts very carefully before using them to make your arguments, because some of us here on the forum have an eye for details and not accept everything said at face value.!
Where the facts i provided let me down and sinked me? R u conscious or drank too much tonight?
The biggest drop in the "TC's" numbers were during 1881 when the Brits took over, so if you are going to blame anyone for the drop in the TC's numbers, blame the Brits only, or the departing TC's for not wanting to ruled by the Brits, but don't blame anyone else as you tried from the very beginning of your post on this topic. You have been caught and slapped silly with it.!
Sixteenth century 40,000 to 60,000
Eighteenth century 60,000
1881 45,458
