by Dr J » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:09 am
I have absolutely no problem every citizen of Cyprus having the same rights as one another. The predominant culture in the north is not really Cypriot though is it.
What we are seeing repeating itself in history is Turk's making up lies (such as Constantinople 1955) in order to evict Greek's from their ancestral homes and take them for themselves. People such as Acikgoz add to the Turkish propaganda line with basic lies like Cyprus has never been a Hellenistic island, EOKA was active in the 1960's and killed Turkish Cypriots for nothing, Greek Cypriots kicked Turkish Cypriots out of parliament and that Greek Cypriots were slaughtering Turkish Cypriots which is why Turkey immediately invaded.
All those points are untrue and anyone that has researched the Cyprus problem to a credible degree will know that. They are all made up in order to continue and hopefully legalise the ethnic cleansing of Greek's from their native land once more.
I'm very happy to toe the peaceful 'We are all Cypriot's' line and would prefer to live in harmony in a single state with equal rights. What is happening though is that Turks are spreading their lies and want to see my people eradicated from their homeland once more. Therefore, like in the Greek revolution, we have to stand up with a degree of nationalism (though not extremist like those crazy flag-worshipping Turks) just to survive.
The Turks want to rid us from our land - fact. If your a Turkish Cypriot who respects democracy and is against Turkish colonialism then that is fine. If you want to take my native land away from me, then I hope you go back to where the Turks come from.