miltiades wrote:Every one on this forum knows how much respect I have for any Cypriot who embraces our island as the motherland , a Cypriot such as Birkibrisly whom I'm sad to note that " destructive" influences have penetrated his outlook. We have all covered in the past the wrongs committed by both sides of the divide , we have all agreed that in order to move on and create the right atmosphere that will take us into unification and to the removal of occupying troops from our soil , we all must accept equal blame for the sad events that caused so much destruction in Cyprus.
My very close contact and warm friendship with Deniz has fortified my views that in Cyprus there should be no majority or minority issues , Denis is part of the Cypriot people having embraced Cyprus ,just as I have , as the motherland , if Deniz is in the minority then so am I .
Omer Seyhan , just like others on this forum , has brought with him a breath of fresh Cypriot air , his views I respect a great deal , to him I say , brother we are Cypriots and as such WE ARE the majority .
Omer is not by far the only T/C to have such wonderful and constructive views. As mentioned many times in the past I daily , as a result of by business , come into contact with T/Cs who express precisely the same views.
The isolation of the T/Cs in the occupied northern parts is regrettable and the quickest it comes to an end the better , however we all realize that any move by the RoC to facilitate the removal can only and will only be translated as capitulation to the occupying force and recognition of the division of Cyprus.
I am the same person you know and respect,dear miltiades...Nothing has changed in my view of things...Cyprus is my motherland and I know no other...I would like to see our island reunited and Cypriots forging ahead as one people,one nation...But this is not going to happen by us sitting here day after day,month after month,year after year,talking about Cypruiot nationalism and how nice it would be if we all embraced it...While we are doing this my community,the Turkish Cypriots,is assimilated into the greater Turkish society and culture,and they are disappearing before my eyes...All because the average GC would not vote for a solution other than the maximalist,hence condemning the TCs to certain extinction...This is what has turned me around..The realisation that the average GC would rather see 37% of Cyprus become permanently Turkish,and have the satisfaction of seeing the TCs disappear as a unique community...This GC mentality is my enemy,and I will fight it till the end of my life...If you think you can get the Turkish Army out of Cyprus by preaching democracy and human rights,please go ahead and do it...If you think we can solve Cyprus problem by sweeping all the tragic past under the carpet,go ahead and find a solution...I have come to the realisation that the only way Cypriuots will be united is if we have the courage to bring eveything out in the open,stop historical revisionism,accept our part in this mess,appologise to each other and promise to start again afresh,this time with good intensions,as Cypriots first and not as GCs or TCs...Convince the average GC to stop hating the TCs,and stop wanting to make them disappear for their twisted need for revenge for stifling their ENOSIS dream,then we will talk about Cypriot nationalism...Until then we are all pissing against the wind while my community becomes extinct,slowly but surely...