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[The Cypriot]

You can appreciate the mental capacity of those who burnt the shop. At a time when you can read An's writings with the click of a computer mouse, these neanderthals go and burn a bookshop.

The conclusion is that it is done by people who are not in tune with the times. But the symbolic effect of the act is powerful nevertheless.

What is worrying is the growing divergence of the two communities in terms of tolerance. The south is becoming increasingly open and tolerant, the north increasingly conservative and inward looking. It is arguable that the north is even more conservative than Turkey itself.

GCs are increasingly open and tolerant. Now that is funny!

Perhaps there are examples of this increasing openness and tolerance, on sale in that bookshop. Some find it funny and laugh. Some take it further, and prefer to burn books.

[YFred]

The knives are out for the T/Cs , it seems Turkey is determined far more vigorously than anyone imagined to eradicate T/Cs from the face of Cyprus.
Soon it will be a crime to openly call your self a Turkish Cypriot .
As far as Turkey is concerned there only Turks not Cypriot Turks .

They have an evening arranged, and the readers are suggesting buying the burnt books to help the shop get back on its feet again.
The question is how much support do the attackers have from Turkey? It will be obvious quite soon.

Fred, if you have any concrete information about this - e.g. where to send the money, please pass on the information. I was a regular customer of this shop and was very fond of the people there. They were prepared to sell certain books by people like Ahmet An and Neşe Yaşın that were too hot for anybody else to handle. They were true democrats, though. You could also find books by Denktash and right wingers there, and Yeni Volkan was always on the newspaper rack at the front.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=ho ... 428&ref=mf

You can join their facebook. You will find info there.
They need somone who can translate the Turkish to Greek so that GCs can understand the front page. Any helpers out there.

[EPSILON]

The Turkish Cypriots must resist the efforts to exterminate them .
It is a well known fact the the mainland Turks do not like T/Cs and visa verse..
The T/Cs are an integral part of this island where the mainland Turks are not.

The TRNC police has been continuing to investigate the issue by taking into consideration 3 different probabilities behind this incident.... Let me add one more...

Miltiadis and his team did it to create chaos and hate between TCs and Turkey...

U old chap, still u have the same dream ehh? Hehehe, hate kills...

One more overestimation of G/cs capabilities!!!!

Do you know that GABIRA , that extremist foul mouth man/ woman , who thinks that the Turkish army did not kill enough G/Cs in 1974 HAS THE SAME SIGNATURE AS YOU !!!!
Check it out .

Is not the same Milti- be more carefull-there is a big difference-nevertheless do not come again on my signature-it will be their until "TRNC" be also disappear.

[Tim Drayton]

Yeni Düzen reports that the Turkish Cypriot Union of Artists and Writers convened a meeting with various organisations yesterday evening, and a decision was taken to form a ‘Civil Resistance Platform’. The newspaper reports that a number of societies and civil society organisations have given their support to the platform which it is planned to form ‘with a view to forging unity against the fascist and reactionary forces that are raising their heads in the country.’

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[insan]

The TRNC police has been continuing to investigate the issue ...

Joking apart, the TRNC so-called police headquarters are right next door to the place where this attack happened.

That police HQ is the old one which only involving with some issues and I've never seen there 4 or 5 police officers at the same time....

As I previously underlined for many times, TRNC is a very "hot spot" for national and international, political interests groups...

Open minded people would evaluate this isuue by taking into consideration all probabilities behind this incident. Nevertheless, some known members of this forum behaved prejudicedly as usual and made their judgements how it suits them...

[The Cypriot]

The TRNC police has been continuing to investigate the issue ...

Joking apart, the TRNC so-called police headquarters are right next door to the place where this attack happened.

That police HQ is the old one which only involving with some issues and I've never seen there 4 or 5 police officers at the same time....

As I previously underlined for many times, TRNC is a very "hot spot" for national and international, political interests groups...

Open minded people would evaluate this isuue by taking into consideration all probabilities behind this incident. Nevertheless, some known members of this forum behaved prejudicedly as usual and made their judgements how it suits them...

I am interested to know how seriously the authorities in the north are taking this 'incident'. Are they open minded enough to realise the significance of such an attack on freedom of expression? Are they strong minded enough to condemn it unequivocally? Are they single minded enough to pursue the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice?

If not, what judgement should people on this Forum, in free Cyprus and in the free world make of such an 'incident', insan?

[miltiades]

The Turkish Cypriots must resist the efforts to exterminate them .
It is a well known fact the the mainland Turks do not like T/Cs and visa verse..
The T/Cs are an integral part of this island where the mainland Turks are not.

The TRNC police has been continuing to investigate the issue by taking into consideration 3 different probabilities behind this incident.... Let me add one more...

Miltiadis and his team did it to create chaos and hate between TCs and Turkey...

U old chap, still u have the same dream ehh? Hehehe, hate kills...

One more overestimation of G/cs capabilities!!!!

Do you know that GABIRA , that extremist foul mouth man/ woman , who thinks that the Turkish army did not kill enough G/Cs in 1974 HAS THE SAME SIGNATURE AS YOU !!!!
Check it out .

Is not the same Milti- be more carefull-there is a big difference-nevertheless do not come again on my signature-it will be their until "TRNC" be also disappear.

Yes it is mate check it out .

"""GREEK REPUBLIC OF SOUTHERN CYPRUS ""

[YFred]

The TRNC police has been continuing to investigate the issue ...

Joking apart, the TRNC so-called police headquarters are right next door to the place where this attack happened.

That police HQ is the old one which only involving with some issues and I've never seen there 4 or 5 police officers at the same time....

As I previously underlined for many times, TRNC is a very "hot spot" for national and international, political interests groups...

Open minded people would evaluate this isuue by taking into consideration all probabilities behind this incident. Nevertheless, some known members of this forum behaved prejudicedly as usual and made their judgements how it suits them...

I am interested to know how seriously the authorities in the north are taking this 'incident'. Are they open minded enough to realise the significance of such an attack on freedom of expression? Are they strong minded enough to condemn it unequivocally? Are they single minded enough to pursue the perpetrators of this crime and bring them to justice?

If not, what judgement should people on this Forum, in free Cyprus and in the free world make of such an 'incident', insan?

We can all ponder on the opportunity missed with four out of five years of negotiating time of Mr T's Presidency being wasted by GC Denktash No2 for being allowed to get away with preparing for the preparatory talks.

[Oracle]

It looks like New TMT has just started. Lets see how much support they have in the establishment.

In the last few days we have witnessed the following:

1- A sculpture donated in the name of peace by a GC artist to the TC community is defaced with obscenities.
2- One of Yeni Düzen newspaper's leading columnists receives a threatening letter.
3- A left-wing bookshop is burned down.

Do you not spot a new trend?

Not a NEW trend at all ... just further examples of subversive behaviour.

[miltiades]

There will be further and far more ferocious attacks perpetrated by those entrusted by Turkey to subdue the voices of the T/Cs and to accentuate the ongoing process of annexation of the northern part of Cyprus and the "decimation" of the T/Cs . I,m surprised that Turkey's latest " annexation" process has not met with any significant reaction either by the T/Cs or the G/Cs.
It is as clear to me as day and night that Turkey has embarked on the road towards annexation and eradication of the Turkish Cypriots .