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[Sotos]

:D As I thought,you are attacking the man,not what he is writing....
You can't cope with the truth! If things are not as you've read in your school books,they must be wrong,right?

The Greek Cypriots are treated as though they were the government of all Cyprus, and they occupy the Cyprus chair in all international organisations. They are full members of the EU and have their officials in all the institutions of the EU, they trade freely with Britain and the rest of the world and they have received massive subsidies over the past 47 years.

By contrast, the Turkish Cypriots are frozen out of the UN and out of almost all international organisations; their envoys are not recognised, they have no say in the affairs of the EU; they are placed under severe restrictions on their trade, travel, and inward investment, and even on their sporting contacts with the world. They have received virtually no benefit from the international subsidies given to Cyprus over the past forty years, and even today when the EU is willing to make grants to Turkish Cypriots the grants are obstructed by the Greek Cypriots.

Food for thought????

Everything makes perfect sense. We are the real Cypriots and we get what real Cypriots deserve, you are criminals who illegal occupy our country and you get what you deserve.

[Sotos]

Here,I will spoon feed you...

what should the next government do about Cyprus if the present reunification talks fail, and the island remains divided as it has been for the past 46 years? The answer, in short, is that it should deal with both of its two peoples fairly and reasonably. But is the UK not doing that already? The answer is NO.

Thats correct. The answer is NO. The UK is way too friendly with the criminals who occupy our country.

[Sotos]

Here is some more:

So far as property is concerned, Turkish Cypriots living in the North have no legal right to recover their property in the South until (if ever) a comprehensive settlement is reached between North and South, However, on 14th January 2010, an out-of-court settlement was accepted by a Turkish Cypriot, Nezire Sofi, before the ECHR, and she received an apology and compensation from the Greek Cypriot government for deprivation of her property since 1963.

Perhaps this settlement will begin to alleviate the hardship suffered by Turkish Cypriots, but they still have no effective legal redress in the South or in the EU or UK courts. By contrast Greek Cypriots can apply now to a compensation commission in the North. They can even apply to the EU and UK courts for compensation but those courts have no power to compel the demolition of a house in Northern Cyprus nor the eviction of its occupiers.

Maybe the courts can not compel the demolition of the illegally build homes, but those who committed the crime of building those homes on our land can have their EU properties confiscated and they can be arrested and send to jail when they set their foot on EU soil. No criminal can escape from justice

[Filitsa]

:D As I thought,you are attacking the man,not what he is writing....
You can't cope with the truth! If things are not as you've read in your school books,they must be wrong,right?

The Greek Cypriots are treated as though they were the government of all Cyprus, and they occupy the Cyprus chair in all international organisations. They are full members of the EU and have their officials in all the institutions of the EU, they trade freely with Britain and the rest of the world and they have received massive subsidies over the past 47 years.

By contrast, the Turkish Cypriots are frozen out of the UN and out of almost all international organisations; their envoys are not recognised, they have no say in the affairs of the EU; they are placed under severe restrictions on their trade, travel, and inward investment, and even on their sporting contacts with the world. They have received virtually no benefit from the international subsidies given to Cyprus over the past forty years, and even today when the EU is willing to make grants to Turkish Cypriots the grants are obstructed by the Greek Cypriots.

Food for thought????

BirKibrisli, it is unfair to ask the reader not to consider the source. Intelligent and critical readers of exposition always consider it. It cannot be separated from the literature. It lends credence, or lack thereof, to the exposition, and it aids in determining whether or not the piece contains an element of bias. ... But then you already know this: "If things are not as you've read in your school books,they must be wrong,right?"

[ZoC]

birk... dunno wot's happened to u in recent days but u've totally lost it. sort urself out and stop posting garbage.

[supporttheunderdog]

The guy's definitely out of order - Cyprus was annexed when the Ottoman Empire and Britain went to war in 1914 - he seems to have forgotten that.

[Get Real!]

birk... dunno wot's happened to u in recent days but u've totally lost it. sort urself out and stop posting garbage.

That's how I always remember him... except he once thought he was clever enough to fool everyone!

[BirKibrisli]

So far you have attacked the writer,the messenger,but couldn't find anything substantially wrong with what he is saying...Lets read some more, shall we???

Cyprus was a Turkish island until it was leased to the British in 1878, and the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots had lived there for hundreds of years when Britain decolonised Cyprus in 1960. They are quite distinct from each other; they have a different religion, a different language, and a different culture. They each lived in their own villages or in separate parts of the towns and larger villages.

On 19th December 1956 the Colonial Secretary pledged that ‘it will be the purpose of HM Government to ensure that any exercise of self determination should be effected in such a manner that the Turkish Cypriot community, no less than the Greek Cypriot community, shall in the special circumstances of Cyprus be given freedom to decide for themselves their future status.’

What do you think of the promise to give TCs the freedom to decide for themselves their future status????

[Get Real!]

What do you think of the promise to give TCs the freedom to decide for themselves their future status????

A promise is a promise...

[boomerang]

who the hell is this guy?...i would rather take Merkel's word for it...a real power dunamo...

what do you think bir?...do you think hitchens word counts more than merkel's?...