ZoC wrote:halil wrote:
Turkish Cypriots face an uphill struggle to convince those ignorant of the facts that there are TWO identities on the island, TWO peoples and TWO cultures.
oh yes? TWO? how about maronites? armenians? latins? aren't they allowed to have an identity and culture?
this ignorant racist wants a right to an identity and culture he would deny others... he has been hoisted by his own petard.
not from halil's mouth.............
At independence, Cyprus's constitution called for a government divided into executive, legislative, and judicial branches, headed by a president, with strong guarantees for the Turkish Cypriot community. The constitution arranged for a Greek Cypriot president and Turkish Cypriot vice president, elected by their respective communities for five-year terms of office. Members of the island's other minorities--Armenians, Maronites, and Roman Catholics--were given the option of joining one of the communities for voting purposes. All chose to be identified as Greek.....Greek and Turkish were designated as official languages............
excerpt from ;
http://countrystudies.us/cyprus/52.htm