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[Nickp]

TC's come to the south where you can propser, and leave the limbo north to the turkish settlers. Even Memhet Ali Talat has set-up an electrians company in the south that he runs part time.

[magikthrill]

theres a big confusion about settlers as in one side considers settlers those who were granted full citizenship rigths of the self declared state and the other side considers everyone of turksih origin (actual settlers, "illegal" settlers, turkish army, students etc.)

[turkcyp]

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[magikthrill]

actually TCs are of cypriot origin since they didnt come from turkey within the past 30 years as did everyone else to whom the definition is applied.

[RAFAELLA]

Where do you get these numbers?

Greek Propganda machine!

LOL...

For you everything is propaganda....
If the greeks say that the sun rises from the east, you will shout:
"Propaganda, Propaganda"
Calculate how many gypsies/settlers from the deapths of Anatolia were imported to Cy, and the 1/7 of that amount, more or less, equals to 20.000

....and here's the "propaganda" of Europe:
The problem of the settlers from Turkey: a report by the Council of Europe (1992-2003)
-The influx of migrants from Turkey to Northern Cyprus between 1975 and 1977 has been the most notable demographic occurrence in Cyprus since 1974, according to Council of Europe rapporteur, Alfons Cucó
-The Turkish Cypriot administration strongly denies that Turks immigrated from mainland Turkey have reached or exceeded half of the population in the north
-The vast majority of the settlers were peasants and shepherds from Anatolia who moved into villages that had been abandoned by Greek Cypriots
-The aim of the Turkish-Cypriot Administration's policy towards the settlers has been to promote their permanent establishment on the island
Over the years the growing numbers of the Turkish settlers and the role that some of them play in political life have created concerns within the Turkish-Cypriot community.
-The demographic structure of the population has further been modified by the presence of the Turkish army in the northern part of Cyprus
In 2003, the Council of Europe expressed its concern at the continuous outflow of the indigenous Turkish Cypriot population from the northern part. Their number decreased from 118 000 in 1974 to an estimated 87 600 in 2001.

"For many years it was difficult to get reliable demographic information from the north, though the Council of Europe made an attempt in 1992 through a Spanish expert Alfons Cucó. He reported that the northern population had risen between 1974 and 1990 from 115,728 to 171,500, a growth rate which could only be accounted for by considerable immigration from mainland Turkey, especially in view of the sizeable numbers of Turkish Cypriots known to have left the island, though some of these have returned. A census taken in 1996 by the northern authorities shows the population reaching 198,215. This had led to the assertion, strongly denied by the Turkish Cypriot authorities, that mainland Turks have either reached or have been exceeded half the population of the north. The removal of this substantial element of the north's current population as well as of Turkish forces have been a consistent Greek Cypriot demand, though there is some willingness to make allowances for people born in north Cyprus and for mixed marriages. According to the Cyprus Government most of these mainlanders have been there for over 20 years; as for the rest, there is, they say, a considerable flow back and forth between north Cyprus and Turkey but applicants for 'naturalization' are not eligible until after five years' residence." (Kyle December 1997, p. 26)


Well, if you are interested to know more about this "propaganda" just go to the following site:
http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/IdpP ... E000526F29

[RAFAELLA]

You said something in Greek. I think skylloi means dogs. Could you dare to translate what you've said please?

Amazing! ...how you spoted the word "skylloi"

Well, I do DARE to translate it, it's nothing insulting as you thought so
As Yiannis said, it's a greek expression. I cannot give an accurate translation but more or less it means that anyone can do whatever they want/like without anyone to stop them etc.
Happy?