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Denktas strongly criticizes Greek Cypriot administration
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Foreign Minister Serdar Denktas strongly criticized the Greek administration's decision to not allow the Turkish football team "Trabzonspor" to enter the Greek Cypriot side of the island for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round first-leg match via the TYRNC, saying that they were discriminating against Turks by imposing such a stance."Trabzonspor could not go to Greek Cypriot side for UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg match via TRNC," said Denktas.

"This is the recent and clearest example of embargoes imposed on Turkish Cypriots,'' added the Turkish Cypriot foreign minister.

Denktas then suggested that the best answer that could be given by the Greek Cypriots over this matter would be to allow the team to return to Turkey via the TRNC.

''The Greek Cypriot administration, which has turned this match that can be a confidence-building opportunity between the two peoples, responded negatively to the desire of many TRNC citizens to watch this match,'' said Denktas.

Denktas added, ''this incident has once more indicated that Greek Cypriot side has not stopped using every opportunity as an embargo on Turkish Cypriots. This stance of the Greek Cypriot administration is not helping a solution.''

Trabzonspor will play UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg match with the Greek Cypriot Anorthosis Famagusta soccer team on Tuesday (July 26th).

Once again...is this person keeping a straight face? i s he having a laugh? lol

He talks about Descrimination to Turkish Cypriots? Well last time I looked, TC could travel wherever they wanted in RoC. As for the word 'descrimination'!?...well, what about the descrimination of 200,000 refugees lol. How do pricks like these become politicians!? lol

[brother]

Main-source wrote

How do pricks like these become politicians!? lol

I don't know but a very good person to ask would be tassos papadopolous.

[DigenisAkritas]

Main-source wrote

How do pricks like these become politicians!? lol

I don't know but a very good person to ask would be tassos papadopolous.

Why, because he stood up for his people against a bias plan? Can't you accept that we would have voted NO even if Tassos would have said 'Vote Yes!'?

[brother]

Because we know of his past and real identity

Below is an aticle on TASSOS PAPADOPOULOS, his murky past and his uncontrollable anti-Turkish, anti-T/C (he cannot differeniatiate between them) sentiments.

I feel its very sad for Cyprus that we have such a man as the leader of the G/C community.

A former associate of the new President of south Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, has described the Greek Cypriot leader as a ‘sickened Turk-hater who can never compromise his hardline nationalist beliefs.

The description comes from Andreas Ziartides, a leading Greek Cypriot trade unionist and a member of AKEL, the Communist party that was one of Papdopoulos’ main backers in the recent election.

Mr Ziartides is quoted in the Greek Cypriot daily Al?thea, which published a profile of Papadopoulos on 2 February 2003.

“I had realised that he had no ear for concessions or compromise regarding the Turks.

I have identified a very negative characteristic. He is a sickened Turk-hater. He is a sickened racist with regard to the Turks. With Tasos as interlocutor, it t is impossible to find a compromise with the Turks.”

The new leader in the south certainly has a long history of anti-Turkish activity. On 23 October 1967, he made the following speech at the celebration of United Nations Day in Limasol: “Freedom for us means only the integration of this southern outpost of Hellenism into national entity.”

It was this belief that led him to take action during the attacks on 15 November 1967 against the Turkish Cypriot villages of Kophinou (Geçitkale) and Ayios Theodoros (Bog<breve>aziçi). The aim of these attacks were again to eliminate the Turkish Cypriots in these villages situated at strategically important places near Limasol, from where tens of thousands of Greek soldiers were clandestinely launched in the island.

Tassos Papadopoulos was also one of the Greek Cypriot leaders who tried to make the 1960 Constitution unworkable and thereby achieve ENOSIS His role in the Akritas Plan, a plot to wipe out the Turkish Cypriot population, was noted as follows in the book Genocide Files (p.81) by British journalist Harry Scott Gibbons: “In order to implement this scheme (altering unilaterally the Constitution to achieve ENOSIS), Makarios entrusted Polykarpos Yorgadjis, Tassos Papadopoulos and Glafkos Clerides with the task of formulating a secret plan of action. This plan, the famous “Akrtitas Plan”…”

[Othellos]

O! This is off topic, but are you really that big, dark-skinned dude who gave Desdemona the shaft?

Thats right, Filitsa. I am a Black Cypriot from Famagusta and an Anorthosis fan
Btw, I love your nick

Rafaella, as far as I know there will be some GC Anorthiosis - Famagusta fans who will travel to Turkey for the 2nd game next week.

O.

[Filitsa]

Thats right, Filitsa. I am a Black Cypriot from Famagusta and an Anorthosis fan

With a name like Othellos, one never knows.

Anyway, may the best team win in the spirit of healthy athletic competition.

P.S. :

Btw, I love your nick

It's the internationally popular Greek contemporary music composer Yianni's mother's name to whom he dedicated a song. That said, I'm not a fan of his. Truth is, I've taken it from the diminutive suffix my parents would attach to my name well before Yianni became popular when, as a child, I would not respond to their initial summons. Of course, I was in trouble of sorts. When they resorted to adding filitsa, I knew they meant business.

I'd better stop before I get the boot for being off-topic.

[Viewpoint]

CONGRATULATIONS

to Anorthosis for their first leg Win....

[MicAtCyp]

Special greetings from my refugee wife from Famagusta to Othellos and Rafaella and to the rest of Varoshiotes
The refugge team of Famagusta,

Anorthosis won 3-1

[-mikkie2-]

Way to go Anorthosis!

That is a major step for Cypriot football.

Would be amazing if they make through to the 3rd qualifying round.

[gabaston]

MaC

congrats.

any news on crowds behaviour?


3-1 well done, but that away goal might just be enough for the turks to turn it around. Never-the-less an extremely good result for you. i am impressed. Trabzon have a long history of Euro-football, they even knocked Liverpool out in the seventies, when liverpool were supreme.

Congratulations.