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[yialousa1971]

By - The Washington Times
9:43 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2010

Hilmi Akil's Monday letter to the editor, "Cyprus is not Gaza," is a shameful attempt to falsely distance the Turkish government from responsibility for May's Gaza flotilla incidents. Of the dozens of boats that set sail for Gaza, it was only on the Mavi Marmara ferry - organized by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's terrorist-classified IHH charities - that violence occurred.

The only internationally recognized and legal government on the island of Cyprus is the Republic of Cyprus. It was the legitimate government of Cyprus that refused involvement with the terrorists; the Mavi Marmara set sail from the Turkish-occupied port of Famagusta.

It was honorable of Commentary writer Daniel Pipes ("Turkey in Cyprus vs. Israel in Gaza," Opinion, July 20) to draw a comparison between Gaza and Turkish-occupied Cyprus. Whereas Israel has no illegal settlers in Gaza, Turkey has mocked international law by importing more than 150,000 illegal settlers from mainland Turkey into homes and properties stolen from Greek Cypriots by the Turkish military in the occupation that began July 20, 1974. While Israel builds schools and universities for Arabs, Turkey has pillaged; forcibly converted Cypriots; and demolished scores of Greek and Armenian schools, universities and houses of worship in Turkish-occupied Cyprus.

Turkey's illegal presence on Cyprus is recognized by no country except Turkey. Not content just to forcibly and illegally exploit land belonging to Greek Cypriots, Turkey shamelessly uses Turkish-occupied Cyprus to export terrorism in the region.

NIKOLAOS TANERIS

Press officer, Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA)New York

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/29/turkey-uses-cyprus-as-port-of-terror/

[humanist]

well written .... but does anybody care has some serious implications

[Viewpoint]

More than biased one sided opinion.

[Malapapa]

More than biased one sided opinion.

You'd be an expert on that.

[charlie brown]

[quote="Viewpoint"]More than biased one sided opinion.[/quote]

Anything that is on the button you always see as biased. i wonder if you are on the wage list of the turk lip service

[charlie brown]

I think vp is not on this forum to antagonize any one but just to push turkish policies down the throte of pitifull and shamless tc's

[paliometoxo]

I think vp is not on this forum to antagonize any one but just to push turkish policies down the throte of pitifull and shamless tc's

vp has good reasons for his views today. everything i imagine his family and older generation in his family has gone through and his lack of trust for the people he would have live with. you cant take it lightly. this is their future their children and grandchildren, they want the best quality life like we all do and for him his turkish views of two states and not trust us the the way to go.

i dont agree with the views at all but i can understand where he is coming from and why he has no trust. just like some gcs feel the same of trusting turkey or tcs

[Viewpoint]

I think vp is not on this forum to antagonize any one but just to push turkish policies down the throte of pitifull and shamless tc's

vp has good reasons for his views today. everything i imagine his family and older generation in his family has gone through and his lack of trust for the people he would have live with. you cant take it lightly. this is their future their children and grandchildren, they want the best quality life like we all do and for him his turkish views of two states and not trust us the the way to go.

i dont agree with the views at all but i can understand where he is coming from and why he has no trust. just like some gcs feel the same of trusting turkey or tcs

Thank you Palio for understanding, you have courage to speak up knowing the biased and hate on this forum and the abuse that can be hurled at you. We to want whats best for everyone but as you say the majority of TCs do not trust GCs and GCs do nothing to help them build that trust in fact they continue as they did the in past to do the opposite and fuel the mistrust. Im sure its the same the other way around and GCs do not trust TCs but we have always been disadvantaged by our numbers and GCs take advanatge of this at every opportunity, even now the south is recognized and we are not so it only natural for GCs to take the first steps to build trust Im am 100% the TCs would return the same step ten fold.

[humanist]

yeah well you can't ship 865000 Greek speaking Cypriots off the Island to match your 35,000 stronghold .....sorry it hasn't happened in the US UK or Germany

[Viewpoint]

What are you talking about humanist?