We all know it was Tasos Papadopoulos who urged the UNSG to start immediate intensive discussion on the initial version of Anan Plan. At that point the plan was ALREADY much in favor of the TC side. The best Papadopoulos could have ever achieved would be some minor changes by give and take on some issues, with the FINAL result STILL be in favour of the TC side. The GC side including the party leaders and Papadopoulos himself would then had no other option or valid arguments other than accepting it.
Instead of acting this way what did the Turkish side do? They used their Anglo American friends to push in the already biased plan so many changes in their favor that made the final plan totally unacceptable… and give the GC side a mountain of arguments to justify its rejection.
The same story gets repeated today.
They already have in hand the BBF with political equality as defined by the UN. They already got rotating presidency, and 50,000 settlers to stay. Isn’t that enough? Do they have to push for more and more, and on top of it push for confederation? Aren’t they in a position to understand what is the MAXIMUM they can get?