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[Mapko]

Viewpoint...The Greek Cypriots forced the Turks into enclaves? Really, is that so? The Greek Cypriots and Turks lived in the same villages, amongst each other. I've posted many times on here that my family lived side-by-side with Turks and there was no violence and no hostility towards each other. The Turks withdrew from the government - nobody threw them out. You had proportional representation, i.e. if there were 100,000 GreekCypriots, there were 100 Greek Cypriot MP's; if there 6,000 Turks, there would only be a need for 6 Turk MP's. Why should there be a need for more? You also had high-ranking members in the government, too. You played the martyrs and let Mother Turkey come to your rescue.

[antifon]

Repeat after me:

How happy I am to be a minority.
How happy I am to be a minority.
How happy I am to be a minority.

I am to you what Kurds are to the Turks.
I am to you what Kurds are to the Turks.
I am to you what Kurds are to the Turks.

That should do it. Five times a day along with the prayers should do it. Please turn the rug to face the RoC Presidential Palace.
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[quattro]

DTA...What are the contradictions? At the time, Cyprus was a whole country and Cypriots were classed as one population. The British changed all that - along with the Americans and the Turks. The British divided the coutry's population and tagged them.

The GCs treated the TCs as second class citizens threw them out of government, did not listen to their own supreme court judgement and forced TCs into enclaves.

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[Mapko]

antifon...Xaxaxaxaxa, to chali.

[antifon]

antifon...Xaxaxaxaxa, to chali.

thanks

[DTA]

quattro...I meant tagged them with the distinction of being a Greek Cypriot, or the failure of being Turks.

When you say comments like the above you do know that you are being racist dont you?

[Mapko]

DTA...Come on, enough with the 'racist' chants over and over again by the Turks on the forum. Why is that racist? Why is it that any mention of a Turk is deemed racist?

This is a serious question now - what has Turkey ever done for the world? How has Turkey made the world better? That is how I meant 'failure' - not in any snide, underhanded, racist way.

[DTA]

DTA...Come on, enough with the 'racist' chants over and over again by the Turks on the forum. Why is that racist? Why is it that any mention of a Turk is deemed racist?

This is a serious question now - what has Turkey ever done for the world? How has Turkey made the world better? That is how I meant 'failure' - not in any snide, underhanded, racist way.

You mean to say that

failure of being Turks.

is not racist to you? are you being serious...?

so would you say that Failure of being greek is not racist?

[Mapko]

DTA...I wouldn't take that as being racist by the fact of what the Greeks have brought to the world in the way of reading, writing, philosophy, psychology, mathematics, etc., etc.

Did you actually read my reply to you? I mentioned why I used the phrase 'failure' of being Turk, which was the opposite of 'distinction' of being Greek. No racism meant. Nothing snide meant.

[Viewpoint]

Viewpoint...The Greek Cypriots forced the Turks into enclaves? Really, is that so? The Greek Cypriots and Turks lived in the same villages, amongst each other. I've posted many times on here that my family lived side-by-side with Turks and there was no violence and no hostility towards each other. The Turks withdrew from the government - nobody threw them out. You had proportional representation, i.e. if there were 100,000 GreekCypriots, there were 100 Greek Cypriot MP's; if there 6,000 Turks, there would only be a need for 6 Turk MP's. Why should there be a need for more? You also had high-ranking members in the government, too. You played the martyrs and let Mother Turkey come to your rescue.

Thats the version you have been fed, enosis came before taksim and was in direct response, you forced us out of government by not adhering to the 1960 agreements and even going against a supreme court judgement. You treated us like shit and burned our houses down, people started disappearing and we lived in fear thats why we were forced into enclaves. We had to turn to someone for help as you were much larger and stronger than us, we fought for survival the best way we could.