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[Pyrpolizer]

At the beginning of this month the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Northern Cyprus and promised structural changes and major projects to boost the local economy. Alongside required curbs to some public spending and the privatization of universities and airlines, apparently he is planning ‘a facelift’ for the North.

However, the bottom line is that the island remains divided, and the current leader in Turkey doesn’t seem to ‘care’ about reunification. The Greek Cypriots have never wanted it either, so is Cyprus about to become officially divided and remain so? It’s certainly more divided in terms of its fortunes than it was just 4 years ago.

It’s ultimately an interesting time to live in Cyprus. The north is no longer home to those seeking to buy cheap property and eek out a living cleaning pools and living on fresh air. At the same time there has been a strong exodus in terms of investment in the South. The nation (north and south) is facing challenges, but there seem to be far more opportunities in Northern Cyprus right now.

If you want a low tax business destination then choose the south, but if you want to live somewhere with great hope, choose the North. Either way, both sides of the island are better than bankrupt, rioting Britain
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Halil at present they send you 40,000 students spending their money there for free.
What do you predict will happen as soon as all those Unis become private, and the students will have to pay say 3-5000 Euros per annum?

They are private and students do pay uni fees.

read the original post VP.we are not talking for those which are already private....

Which unis arent?

As far as I know the Eastern Mediteranean which is the biggest is a "state-trust-run" and it was established by the Turkish republic and the local admin.

[repulsewarrior]

Halil, the Greek Cypriots are the ones who want unification. A REAL unification without any kind of borders or divisions. Partition has been a Turkish invention from the 50s and it remains a Turkish aim.

And if you had gotten you way you wold be part of Greece and we would all be long gone.

...maybe vp you are talking to the very few who are "Greeks", your contemporaries, since you choose to be "Turkish", but do not generalise beacause "those days" did not last forever, nor were they older than the contemporary history where they were formed, the world has changed, and as Cypriots who are Greek and Turkish, i am hopeful we can regain the respect we had for ourselves and this island first, a crossroad for all the world's religions, a society of many communities based on Tolerance and Love, which c/Cooperated, and who, even in their isolation before the Modern Age had developed a most S/socialised way of life.