YFred,
Throughout the previous and this week I have been going over each and individual post in order to derive people's opinions on taboo issues that are somewhat discussed on this forum and a few other scattered places on the Internet.
What you mention is irrelevant to the topic however since you mentioned it I would like to respond with a point of view that differs from many. I will not make myself out to dislike you like some people dislike your writing on this forum, I have no intention of doing anything of the sort. I first consider that someone has something to say and a meaning has to be derived from it.
I grew up long after the 1960's. In fact I am fairly new to the whole game of skepticism regarding the Cyprus "problem". Going back and studying history in detail in order to realize the progression of Cyprus through time I have come to conclusions that justify everything that has happened since then. While some of them are assumed due to concealed facts and others due to the vague standing of the truth itself. But they are all possible facts. We might not like them but thats okay since they can be thrown in with opinion where everyone can take or leave.
In the 1960's we saw signifying meanings through action. We saw the birth of the Republic of Cyprus, a democratic constitution, a democratic president,an independent flag. All of that means absolutely nothing. The reason being is:
a) The Republic was given to us kindly by the UK. Anyone who fought was simply in vein. The British promised our independence in the first place and they did keep their word. Fighting had nothing to do with becoming independent.
b) You don't put a priest as a president. It almost sounds stupid to me. Even though the vice president was a Muslim himself , it is very strange to have a Muslim community in Cyprus represented by a Christian priest. It's simply not very formal and not very wise. And today I am skeptic as to if Makarios was skilled enough to handle a democratic country including his choice of administration.
Many villages in Cyprus back then had the element of peace in their home which could have resided next to Turkish speaking Cypriots or Greek speaking Cypriots. My father grew up in a village like that as a Greek speaking Cypriot and managed just fine with all villagers. Although I didn't have the fortunate chance of meeting my grandparents, they did live and do business with Turkish speaking Cypriots just fine. My grandparents also spoke immaculate Turkish at the time.
Enough about peace, lets talk about how you consider me serving the interest of the TCs by writing about how the RoC tries to remove TCs from the republic from 1960 to date.
I am not sure if this is news to you but Turkish Cypriots have equal and powerful rights in the Republic of Cyprus. They are Cypriot citizens, EU citizens and they have every legal document to prove it. They also have a democratic right to vote, to live free of oppression and ethnic cleansing, and any other right the republic of Cyprus has fought to establish throughout the years. I'm not quite sure what propaganda-drug you are on but you really need to obtain an objective view immediately before posting again.
I myself have went through endless nights going through the constitution to discover these rights myself. If I found something that made Turkish Cypriots legally and morally less than Greek Cypriots, I assure you I would be at Eleftheria Square right now screaming off the top of my voice about it. However socially many Greek Cypriots seem to have a problem with Turkish Cypriots and vice versa. I have had some very hot debates with Turkish Cypriot objective minded people as to resolve such problems and our result was to launch thelastdividedcapital.com in order to address these social issues amongst other issues. I am just tired of propaganda spoon fed people talking crap every chance they get without actually doing any investigative work.
Therefore,
Since Turkish Cypriots have equal democratic and legal rights to Greek Cypriots, if you have any chance of justifying what you say about the Republic of Cyprus driving out TCs out of the land, I suggest your next post is either silence (which is a wonderful gift of speech) or real life facts, actions, dates and all the relevant particulars.
Peace,
The Unifier.