Talisker wrote:To me GCs don't appear any more nationalistic in terms of flag-waving than any other Europeans. However, TCs seem different in this respect.
Are the Turkish flags on the mountainside directed at TCs or GCs? In other words - to instill pride and (Turkish) nationalism in TCs or simply to antagonise GCs?
Should reunification occur there would be no need for either, so presumably the mountainsides would be cleansed of this graffiti?
Did TCs show similar enthusiasm for flags and symbols of their identity back in the earlier part of the 20th century - or is this a direct product of conflict and division?
Talisker, the British had
banned the flying of the Greek flag back in the early part of the 20th Century. A young GC boy of 15 was outlawed and then executed for trying to raise one in the mid-50's. Similarly, the Turks shot and killed an unarmed civilian for trying to lower the Turkish flag, just a few years ago.
In
1958 Turkish Cypriots, who were ancillaries to the British whilst GCs fought for freedom, became angry by British conciliation and began their demands for
partition. That is why the TCs
never cared for any flags, not even the RoC flag, chosen because it was designed by a TC, to appease them ... nope,
the TCs were never happy until they could fly their Turkish flags.
The Greek Cypriots have never really been allowed to fly a flag which 100% represents them ... even at the time when they felt the Greek Flag was their
only voice ....
