Get Real! wrote:DTA wrote:What has the the Roc done/doing in the past or in the present to make the TCs feel like cypriots
(1) Why should the RoC be doing something to make TCs feel like "Cypriots"?
(2)And if the TCs are calling upon the RoC to take measures so that they will feel "Cypriot", does that tell us that they're not? So are you asking the RoC to try and manufacture something that isn't?
good questions
1) most tcs feel (and here i am not debating if this is true or not) that the Roc was responsible for the way that they were treated between 63-74 not just Eoka B (and there are facts to back this up like the Akritas plan etc - but like I said here I am not debating this)
2) The reason why I Like you GR is that you are cypriot unquestionably so and defend this as hard against greeks as you do Turkish or Turkish cypriots - and although you abuse TCs and Turkish which I don't like, the fact that you do the same to greeks make me feel that you are doing it out of a love for cyprus and there is a fairness to that.
However since 74 - the beginning of the end for enosis (in the most part anyway) Gcs, like yourself have had the opportunity to build on a cypriot identity but the TCs have been excluded from this and our sphere of influence on this ongoing evolution of an identity has also been excluded.
Also speaking to my Gc friends in london (and correct me if I am wrong) the Gc dialect has changed to conform more to the Greek mainland dialect, greek flags still fly in the south, anti Tc sentiment is rife with the rise of far right groups and Tcs rights are still not fully given in the ROC (property rights)
So this and the history of Tcs and Gcs has meant that TCs feel that the ROC does not feel they are Cypriot therefore it is hard for us to do so completely.
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