Get Real! wrote:The Cypriot wrote:I'm not sure Paphiti gave it a lot of thought, (1) giving-matters-thought not being one of his strong points.
The little squirt is a (2) fascist Greek nationalist who loathes Cypriot independence.
Omer Seyhan wrote:I am a Cypriot first and fore most......... apart from that all else is detail. I happen to speak Turkish not Greek as a mother tongue; both are official languages of our nation, I'm a born and bred Muslim and a Social Democrat by choice. I am also a pianist and a Europhile. I'm a Londoner for the past 12 years and my children are half Irish. My grand mother was of Nubian (Sudanese) origin hence my dark complexion while my father's side is a mixture of banished heretics from Karaman in Anatolia and Palestinians. I'm also a Pafiot.
Omer Seyhan wrote:I forgot to mention - I cherish all these ingredients but beyond everything I'm proud to be a Cypriot!
Omer Seyhan wrote:I am a Cypriot first and fore most......... apart from that all else is detail. I happen to speak Turkish not Greek as a mother tongue; both are official languages of our nation, I'm a born and bred Muslim and a Social Democrat by choice. I am also a pianist and a Europhile. I'm a Londoner for the past 12 years and my children are half Irish. My grand mother was of Nubian (Sudanese) origin hence my dark complexion while my father's side is a mixture of banished heretics from Karaman in Anatolia and Palestinians. I'm also a Pafiot.
Oracle wrote:Omer Seyhan wrote:I am a Cypriot first and fore most......... apart from that all else is detail. I happen to speak Turkish not Greek as a mother tongue; both are official languages of our nation, I'm a born and bred Muslim and a Social Democrat by choice. I am also a pianist and a Europhile. I'm a Londoner for the past 12 years and my children are half Irish. My grand mother was of Nubian (Sudanese) origin hence my dark complexion while my father's side is a mixture of banished heretics from Karaman in Anatolia and Palestinians. I'm also a Pafiot.
Turkish has been the scourge of Cyprus. It should be confined to the back-burner. We only need one unifying official language and by default, due to the prevailing (thousands of years) majority dialect being Greek, so it should be standardised ...
I am sure a reasonable sounding person like yourself would endorse this ....
Oracle wrote:
Turkish has been the scourge of Cyprus. It should be confined to the back-burner. We only need one unifying official language and by default, due to the prevailing (thousands of years) majority dialect being Greek, so it should be standardised ...
I am sure a reasonable sounding person like yourself would endorse this ....
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