Kikapu wrote:I would like to modify your above option TWO if I may, in the event that is the only option available.
The land percentages should reflect the percentage of total Cypriots wanting to live in the north or the south. This percentage is only for the True Cypriots and does not include any settlers who have been given fake "TC citizenships". Given the option where TC's will become full equal citizens with the GC's as a EU members in the south and the north will become part of the middle east with no hope for a EU, I would bet my bottom dollar, that more than 50% of True TC's would choose to live in the south as True Cypriots in the RoC. This will make the land distribution somewhere around 90% for the south and 10% for the north. This should be acceptable to all the NeoPartitionist, since their concerns are, that they want to have control of their own destiny on the island. Well, this will give it to them, until they realise of course, that their future will be in the hands of the settlers and Turkey, in which case, you better change the land percentages one more time to 95% for the south and 5% for the north as more TC's will want to live in the south.! Ultimately, Turkey will be glad to give back the remaining 5% of the north to the south in exchange for not using her EU veto when the time comes for Turkey to enter the EU. The south will then become one country again at 100% as a True Democracy, same as all the other EU nations. No more Cyprus problems.!
Don't forget Kikapu, under the partition scenario, TCs would not be moving to the south to live with and as 'True Cypriots', they would be moving to become Greek citizens, as Cyprus would no longer exist as a republic. They would, in effect, be moving to a part of Greece, like, say, moving to Crete.
Would they still come under these conditions? And what percentage?
Also Cyprus, on its own, would no longer have its own veto against Turkey. That veto would only apply if Greece (with Cyprus in it) chose to play it. And it may not be in Greece's wider geo-strategic interests to play it (even though Greek citizens in Cyprus might well be clambering for it).
And also, the reducing percentage of land in the north (eventually to 0) would not mean Cyprus becoming one EU nation; it would mean Cyprus becoming another Greek island, like Crete, but with a Muslim minority.
I'm actually struggling a little to get my head round all this, but hope you can see the logic.
There r many independent Turkish states and none has ceded to Turkey but if the people of Greek Republich of Cyprus wishes to cede Greece it's upto them.
