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from EU to O.rospu with love:

south cyprus fails to block EU step for Turkey.

south cyprus on Tuesday failed to block the opening of the environment chapter in EU-Turkey negotiations


http://euobserver.com/15/29116

Firstly may i return the compliment

Dear γιε της πουτανας,

6 New chapters will be frozen for Turkey. Enviroment was never one of them. Enjoy.

Love

The Government of Cyprus

P.S Merry Xmas you infidel.

says the south cypriot who had gone from the forum for good.

P.S. GOD is ONE and ONLY.

I'm actually from Morphou so I don't know where you're getting this south stuff from.

P.S does this mean you don't believe in Santa?

Man you should give your final decision. Are you in or out of the forum?

P.S Of course I believe in Santa. He was born in lovely Antalya.

Are the Turks now claiming St. Nicholas as their own now? Good. Perhaps Turkey can now finally stop persecuting its tiny Greek minority. Once numbered in the millions now 1,780 something.

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Are the Turks now claiming St. Nicholas as their own now? Good. Perhaps Turkey can now finally stop persecuting its tiny Greek minority. Once numbered in the millions now 1,780 something.

Actually, believe it or not, they are!

Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus' bones

A Turkish archaeologist has called on his government to demand that Italy return the bones of St Nicholas to their original resting place.

The 3rd Century saint - on whom Santa Claus was modelled - was buried in the modern-day town of Demre in Turkey.

But in the Middle Ages his bones were taken by Italian sailors and re-interred in the port of Bari.

The Turkish government said it was considering making a request to Rome for the return of the saint's remains.

While Christmas is by and large not celebrated in Muslim Turkey, the Christmas figure of Santa Claus certainly is, in the Mediterranean town of his birth.

He was born in what was then the Greek city of Myra in the third century, and went on to become the local bishop, with a reputation for performing miracles and secretly giving gold to the needy - on one occasion being forced to climb down a chimney to leave his donation.

After his death he was canonised as Saint Nicholas, and venerated in much of the Christian world. But when Myra was occupied by Arab forces in the 11th Century, Italian sailors came and took the saint's bones to the port of Bari, where they remain interred to this day.

Prof Nevzat Cevik, head of archaeological research in Demre, says Saint Nicholas had made it clear during his life that he wanted to be buried in his home town.

Even without the bones, the town of Demre has not been shy about cashing in on its most famous native son - today visitors to the Byzantine church there are greeted by a large, plastic Santa statue, complete with beard and red snow-suit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8432314.stm

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Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus' bones

Turkey should seek the return of the “Turks of Cyprus” who are alive and well and forget about bones from the past…

The repatriation to their ancestral homeland is the most practical and humane solution to the Cyprus problem.