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[Lit]

I think this is where Yfronts probably gets his news from--by journalists like the ones mentioned below. Come on, you guys know im right:

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Turkish journalists see the occupied areas of Cyprus as a “small province” of Turkey and argue that the island should be conquered “spiritually”

Under the title “Spiritual conquest”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibrisli newspaper (27.08.09) reports that some journalists from the Turkish city of Konya who visited recently the occupied areas of Cyprus insulted the Turkish Cypriots when they returned home and wrote their impressions about the island. According to the paper, these journalists argued that the sensitivity of the Turkish Cypriots about the religion is weak and alleged that “a spiritual conquest” should be carried out in Cyprus.

The owner of Konya’s Merhaba newspaper, Mustafa Aslan expressed the opinion that the distance between Cyprus and Turkey is getting bigger every day and added that the Turkish army “is seen almost as occupier” in the island. “When things are seen from Turkey, [Cyprus] is viewed as if it is a hump on our back. Cyprus is almost the backyard of Ergenekon”, noted Mr Aslan and alleged that “Cyprus which was conquered with the peace operation in 1974, should be conquered once more from the spiritual point of view”.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief of Memleket newspaper, M. Ali Koseoglu said that he witnessed a different Turkish language, a different cultural structure and different religious sensitivities in the occupied areas of Cyprus. He added: “The Turkish Cypriots and the people from Turkey who settled here in 1974 cannot understand each other. 125 mosques exist in the Greek Cypriot sector. 182 mosques are operating in the Turkish sector. Permission is not given for Koran lessons”.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief o Hakimiyet newspaper, Ahmet Aka noted that eight thousand Turkish Cypriots are employed in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus. “God willing, these crossings will stop one day and people will not hope for help from the Greek Cypriot sector”.

Finally, the editor-in-chief of Merhaba newspaper, Cetin Oranli noted: “Cyprus is a small province of Turkey. The fuels are very cheap. Six universities exist. The casinos are exhausting the power and the strength of Cyprus. They destroy the society”.
(I/Ts.)

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Yfronts, i breathlessly await your obtuse response.

[insan]

I think this is where Yfronts probably gets his news from--by journalists like the ones mentioned below. Come on, you guys know im right:

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Turkish journalists see the occupied areas of Cyprus as a “small province” of Turkey and argue that the island should be conquered “spiritually”

Under the title “Spiritual conquest”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibrisli newspaper (27.08.09) reports that some journalists from the Turkish city of Konya who visited recently the occupied areas of Cyprus insulted the Turkish Cypriots when they returned home and wrote their impressions about the island. According to the paper, these journalists argued that the sensitivity of the Turkish Cypriots about the religion is weak and alleged that “a spiritual conquest” should be carried out in Cyprus.

The owner of Konya’s Merhaba newspaper, Mustafa Aslan expressed the opinion that the distance between Cyprus and Turkey is getting bigger every day and added that the Turkish army “is seen almost as occupier” in the island. “When things are seen from Turkey, [Cyprus] is viewed as if it is a hump on our back. Cyprus is almost the backyard of Ergenekon”, noted Mr Aslan and alleged that “Cyprus which was conquered with the peace operation in 1974, should be conquered once more from the spiritual point of view”.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief of Memleket newspaper, M. Ali Koseoglu said that he witnessed a different Turkish language, a different cultural structure and different religious sensitivities in the occupied areas of Cyprus. He added: “The Turkish Cypriots and the people from Turkey who settled here in 1974 cannot understand each other. 125 mosques exist in the Greek Cypriot sector. 182 mosques are operating in the Turkish sector. Permission is not given for Koran lessons”.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief o Hakimiyet newspaper, Ahmet Aka noted that eight thousand Turkish Cypriots are employed in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus. “God willing, these crossings will stop one day and people will not hope for help from the Greek Cypriot sector”.

Finally, the editor-in-chief of Merhaba newspaper, Cetin Oranli noted: “Cyprus is a small province of Turkey. The fuels are very cheap. Six universities exist. The casinos are exhausting the power and the strength of Cyprus. They destroy the society”.
(I/Ts.)

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Yfronts, i breathlessly await your obtuse response.

There r Turkish journalists, there r Turkish journalists... many types, many ideologies.... knowledged, illiterate... just like there r Greeks and there is u...

[denizaksulu]

As I said. They are foreigners.

[insan]

As I said. They are foreigners.

... but Lit is a GREEK Cypriot.

[denizaksulu]

As I said. They are foreigners.

... but Lit is a GREEK Cypriot.

I dont care if he is Osama bin Laden.

I was referring to the Turkish journalists who had noticed the difference in our religious beliefs, language and customs.

[YFred]

I think this is where Yfronts probably gets his news from--by journalists like the ones mentioned below. Come on, you guys know im right:

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Turkish journalists see the occupied areas of Cyprus as a “small province” of Turkey and argue that the island should be conquered “spiritually”

Under the title “Spiritual conquest”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibrisli newspaper (27.08.09) reports that some journalists from the Turkish city of Konya who visited recently the occupied areas of Cyprus insulted the Turkish Cypriots when they returned home and wrote their impressions about the island. According to the paper, these journalists argued that the sensitivity of the Turkish Cypriots about the religion is weak and alleged that “a spiritual conquest” should be carried out in Cyprus.

The owner of Konya’s Merhaba newspaper, Mustafa Aslan expressed the opinion that the distance between Cyprus and Turkey is getting bigger every day and added that the Turkish army “is seen almost as occupier” in the island. “When things are seen from Turkey, [Cyprus] is viewed as if it is a hump on our back. Cyprus is almost the backyard of Ergenekon”, noted Mr Aslan and alleged that “Cyprus which was conquered with the peace operation in 1974, should be conquered once more from the spiritual point of view”.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief of Memleket newspaper, M. Ali Koseoglu said that he witnessed a different Turkish language, a different cultural structure and different religious sensitivities in the occupied areas of Cyprus. He added: “The Turkish Cypriots and the people from Turkey who settled here in 1974 cannot understand each other. 125 mosques exist in the Greek Cypriot sector. 182 mosques are operating in the Turkish sector. Permission is not given for Koran lessons”.

Moreover, the editor-in-chief o Hakimiyet newspaper, Ahmet Aka noted that eight thousand Turkish Cypriots are employed in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus. “God willing, these crossings will stop one day and people will not hope for help from the Greek Cypriot sector”.

Finally, the editor-in-chief of Merhaba newspaper, Cetin Oranli noted: “Cyprus is a small province of Turkey. The fuels are very cheap. Six universities exist. The casinos are exhausting the power and the strength of Cyprus. They destroy the society”.
(I/Ts.)

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Yfronts, i breathlessly await your obtuse response.

There is nothing obtuse about my comments old boy. Perhaps old KuKluxPoo can also be invited to make a comment. After all it goes against everything he and the rest of the extreme GCs like yourself have been claiming.

So now we learn that TCs are not dictated by Turkey and are doing everything Turkey does not wish, what power?

As to the two communities not understanding each other, I beg to differ. My brother and I have no problem with our Turkish tenants as far as communication is concerned. Perhaps the reporter was KKP. He doesn't understand TC either!

To GCs like you and KKP who go around pretending that TCs are extinct, I say get stuffed good and proper like a good turkey.

TCs rule.

[Nikitas]

TCs rule, we hope so. The situation is becoming a little tense and I hope that the TCs can handle possible reaction.

[YFred]

TCs rule, we hope so. The situation is becoming a little tense and I hope that the TCs can handle possible reaction.

TCs recieve worst effects from the love of RoC then any animosity from animosity from enywhere else.

[Tim Drayton]

One can equally find texts by mainland Turkish authors which adopt a sympathetic view towards the difference between Turks and Turkish Cypriots. An example of this is provided by the following extract (with my translation) from the following article:

http://strateji.cukurova.edu.tr/KIBRIS/06.htm

Gerçekten de Girne limanından veya Ercan'dan Kıbrıs'a ilk defa giriş yapanları bekleyen iki sürpriz vardır. Bunlardan birisi susuzluklarını gidermek için uzandıkları musluklardan akan suyun tuzlu, ikincisi ise kulaklarına gelen Türkçenin şimdiye kadar alışmış olduklarından epeyce farklı oluşudur. Tuzlu suların aktığı musluklara uzanmamayı öğrenmek, Kıbrıs'a has Türkçeye alışmaktan daha kısa sürer. Bu Türkçeye alışıp alışamayacağınız, bu ilgi çekici ağız karşısındaki tavır, genel olarak bir dilden beklentiler, kendi konuştuğunuz dil türüne biçtiğiniz değer vb. gibi çoğu dil dışı, yani aslında dilin özüyle pek ilgisi olmayan bir yığın etkene bağlı olarak değişir. Ya birkaç gün içinde buradaki konuşmayı kendinize yakın hisseder […] ya da genel olarak yaşadığınız uyum sıkıntısının suçunu dile yükler, Kıbrıs'taki Türkçeyi hiçbir zaman benimsemez, aslında Kıbrıslıların çok kaba konuştuklarını, Türkçeyi doğru dürüst bilmediklerini düşünerek geri dönersiniz.

Indeed, two surprises await those making their first entry through Kyrenia harbour or Ercan/Tymbou. The first of these is the salty nature of the water that flows from the taps which they go as far as using in order to circumvent their drought, while the second is the rather different nature of the Turkish that greets their ears compared to that which they have previously been accustomed to. It takes less time to learn to steer clear of the taps from which salty water flows than it does to get used to the Turkish peculiar to Cyprus. Whether or not you will grow accustomed to this Turkish depends on a whole host of factors most of which are non-linguistic, i.e. essentially have little to do with language per se, such as one’s attitude to this remarkable dialect, one’s general expectations of a language and the value that one attaches to the variety of language that one speaks etc. Either you will feel an affinity within a few days towards the manner of speaking here […] or you will blame the language for the general difficulties which you experience in adapting and will never identify with the Turkish in Cyprus and return thinking that actually the Cypriots speak very roughly and do not know proper Turkish.

[Lit]

One can equally find texts by mainland Turkish authors which adopt a sympathetic view towards the difference between Turks and Turkish Cypriots. An example of this is provided by the following extract (with my translation) from the following article:

http://strateji.cukurova.edu.tr/KIBRIS/06.htm

Thanks for the article that's dated February of the year 2003! LOL

My goodness, why, now i am just utterly tongue-tied for posting a recent article on how some Turkish journalists view the whole Cyprus question. What was i thinking?