Omer Seyhan wrote:insan wrote:Dear Ömer,
I would like u to clarify something to us... Let's suppose, there's no Turkey behind TCs or as u like Turkey is not the boss we r servants of...
What would have changed? We would have accepted minority status in a GC ruled Cyprus and led a prosperous life like GCs? Or they would have forced us to accept minority status
I don't think so.. first of all we would have to accept their false, heroic, historical fairy tales; if not there r 2 options to choose:
1) Don't accept their false, heroic, historical fairy tales but appear as if u believe it.(ass-licking)
2) Immigrate to another country.
There r many other aspects that make TCs struggle against GC domination but first I'd like to hear ur opinions regarding the above mentioned issue.
I never ass lick Insan... its not my style.
I strongly believe more than you are prepared to give me credit for that there is a third way. There is an option where all Cypriots can be equal in a state that is bilingual, where ethnic differences are gradually diluted over time, where everybody speaks both languages and when nobody cares anymore about the "Myceanean Greeks" or "Ottoman Turks". When everybody puts Cyprus' national interests first and communal issues are reduced to issues about local issues, education, environment, employment etc...
If we have only your two choices Insan and I and thousands others like me cannot be Cypriots in a reunited Cyprus then I'd rather every Turkish Cypriot brother and sister left for England and became English. I will nerver accept assimilation whether with Greeks or with Turks.
Ömer, did I claim that u r an ass-licker or in any way i implied something like that? Obviously no.
U say when everyone puts Cyprus' national interests first... but until now, almost noone has put Cyprus' national interests first becaue there has never been a nation called Cypriot.
It is a well known fact that vast majority of 2 communities, respectively; either consider themselves as a part of Greek nation or Turkish nation. No matter what mixed ethnicity actually they have, this is the fact how they consider their ethnic origins and naturally each group feels closer to their own ethnic group.
In my opinion, instead of forcing them to accept a so-called Cypriot nationality it is more rational to accept the people of Cyprus as they are and give effort to base the unity on this reality.
Can't 2 nations get united under a unitary or federal state structure? In my opinion, if they have common political and economical interests they can... The biggest problem infront of us is that TCs r less in numbers when compared to GC population and in this case TC community would politically be vulnerable in other nation; GCs. Therfore, rules of classic democracy wouldn't work for uniting 2 communities of different nationality. What we need is a type of consociational democracy that would contribute political and economical integration of 2 communities and prevent exploitaion of both communities, thus lead unity of Cypriots.
After the economical and political union of Cypriots; people should exert to be at least bi-lingual(Greek-Turkish) and bi-cultural(TC-GC).
In such a Cyprus i described above, I see no reason for people of Cyprus not getting along well.
