Expatkiwi wrote:That being said, I should tell you what I told GR once. I met a couple of Turkish tourists a couple of months ago, and while chatting, the topic turned to Cyprus. These Turks (Male, mid-30's) thought I was rather naive to support TRNC independence. They stated that the TRNC is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. They told me that the ultimate goal of Turkey's support of the TRNC is the eventual annexation of TRNC to Turkey, which is what they supported. I express total opposition to that as the mainland Turkification of the TRNC would effectively expunge the Turkish Cypriot identity, just as surely as the Maori overwhelming, and breeding out of the Moriori in the Chatham islands in the 19th Century. This has put me in a quandry: Is my support of TRNC actually supporting it's extinction? Judging from the history of Cyprus since independence, that actually puts the Turkish Cypriots between a rock and a hard place: Hellenization on one side, and Mainland Turkification on the other. So you see the reason why I support the TRNC as a seperate country is simply to ensure the Turkish Cypriot people's survival. What other choice can there be?
Yes, those Turks are more aware of the Cyprus problem then you are. Partition and the proclamation of a pseudo-state were always meant to be a precursor to annexation. That was the aim of Taksim from the 50’s. Both sides know that and yet you, a Kiwi, an outsider from the world’s most isolation nation, dares to differ. Are you even aware that there are more Turkish settlers (that being Anatolian peasants btw) then TC’s in the north? What does that tell you? TC’s are Turks first and Cypriots second. Whilst the Greeks have been on the island since time immemorial, the Turkish presence has only been there for, what is it? 400 years in comparison. That's the difference. The name of their pseudo-state, the symbol of their flag, the plethora of Ataturk portraits and statues, as well as the Turkish settlers confirms they want to be a part of the mother Turkey.
Please, just go watch Flight of the Conchords, as you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
