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[Zorba]

Wondered how long it would be before the Brits comandeered her...

Re yero kypraio, aman se tho, tha sou thoso mia bastin kella me to bastouni sou.......( )

Now,thats the language I hear in North London

[RichardB]

I just had a chuckle to myself thinking what EKs comments would be on this

Older members will know what I mean

[insan]

She is how she feels herself is. No matter what we or others think what she is. Ömer, u better ask her what she thinks she is and tell us.

[Omer Seyhan]

I say she is an Individual ! .... (Even if a little air-brushed ).

I am sure you were as lovely when you were a budding flower.

Sorry ... not as dark or Turkish looking as she is ... unfortunately!

Turks are not all dark. I'm sure you could pass for Turkish...

[The Cypriot]

Wondered how long it would be before the Brits comandeered her...

Re yero kypraio, aman se tho, tha sou thoso mia bastin kella me to bastouni sou.......( )

Oh, how I'd love to hear your accent.....

You know what the old man would say to you....?

Egamen j’ i muya golon j’ eshesen ullu du gosmu!

[The Cypriot]

She is how she feels herself is. No matter what we or others think what she is. Ömer, u better ask her what she thinks she is and tell us.

Perhaps someone younger than me ought to ask if she'd like to have some Cypriot in her!

[Oracle]

I say she is an Individual ! .... (Even if a little air-brushed ).

I am sure you were as lovely when you were a budding flower.

Sorry ... not as dark or Turkish looking as she is ... unfortunately!

Turks are not all dark. I'm sure you could pass for Turkish...

I didn't say "dark and Turkish looking" ... I said "dark or Turkish" looking ... and yes after a few months in the sun I can look like an Arabina as my dad used to say.

Big deal! I hate it when people reduce Humanity to 'skin deep' .....

(I should have stuck to my "Individual" comment and not continued to participate in this Cattle Market. )

[insan]

Can you help me figure out what she is? The choice is either 'Greek Cypriot' or 'Turkish Cypriot'?


***Sorry guys, we have no other choices since this poll is based on what Cypriot society expects us all to decide...

HERE IS SOME BACKGROUND INFO TO HELP YOU DECIDE:
Maria was born into a modern, liberal, non-practising Christian Orthodox family in Palmers Green, North London. Her boyfriend is Black who family are originally from the West Indies and her first language is North London-English. Her bother is married to an Armenian and her other brother to a Romanian.

Her parents are from Kythrea, now in north Cyprus. They speak Cypriot-Greek.

But her grand father on her father's side was a Alevi Muslim, Cypriot-Turkish-speaking Cypriot called Mevlit Bekir. He was a painter, hence her surname Poyadjis (Boyaci). His ancestors originally came from Konya in Anatolia in 1579 to cultivate land. Maria's paternal grand mother was an Orthodox Christian, Cypriot-Greek speaking woman from Kyperounta whose ancestors are a mixture of Mycenaean and Phoenician.

Maria's mother and her mother's side of the family have always lived in Kythrea and have been known by the name of Youssef. Her materal great grand parents were Maronites, since Kythrea used to be a Maronite village that converted to Orthodoxy during Ottoman rule. Maronites originally came from Lebanon.

Going along her matrilineal line Maria's two maternal grand fathers married into the family from other villages. One of them was a Muslim called Hassan from Khyrsothou; Hassan's ancestors were Arabic-speaking Sunni Muslims from the Sudan who were shipped to Cyprus to work as porters for the Ottomans who later assimilated into the Muslim Turkish-speaking community. Her second grand father was from Syrianochori and was likely an Assyrian who assimilated into the Christian Orthodox religion. His maternal grand parents were Copts from Egypt.

All her relatives descend a tribe of people who moved into the fertile crescent from East Africa 100,000 years ago who no doubt descended from apes...

I thought it was Anna from Lefka. Could have been her daughter. She was beautiful, but cannot be related to Maria. Anna's father was killed by the TMT in 1958.

Actually she reminded me my look when I was 28 or so. The only difference is my hair length was 2x of her. I'm not joking

[Omer Seyhan]

Rarely do you get Cypriot alpha males admit to possessing any degree of femininity, my friend you are an exception.

[denizaksulu]

Rarely do you get Cypriot alpha males admit to possessing any degree of femininity, my friend you are an exception.

You, obviously have not lived in the 60's and 70'. You dont want to see my photo of those days.

Long hair is masculine. Look at the male lion.