ZoC wrote:good piece...
the cypriot revolt...http://www.neurope.eu/articles/The-Cypr ... 04807.php#Sener Elcil, head of the Primary School Teachers’ Union (KTOS) stated: “the officials in Northern Cyprus are Turkey’s puppets”. And the president of the Secondary School Teachers’ Union (KTEOS) told reporters “we do not want to be slaves; we want peace, a united Cyprus”.
An interesting quote from the link above (actually from one of the comments below the article... )! What I have been saying all along...Turkey had no interest in Cyprus up to mid 50s...Those who are accusing TCs of aiding Turkey to fulfil her expansionist desires ought to think again...me thinks...
The early stages of the Cyprus conflict, in the mid-1950's were mainly a struggle between the Greek Cypriots and the British Colonial power, with the Turks at that time hardly interested in the island. There is strong evidence that the British Government of the day deliberately encouraged an indifferent Turkey to take a more active interest as a useful counterweight in the struggle against the Greeks