Viewpoint wrote:Barut you stil dont get it do you, when was Cyprus ever Greece? having Greeks bastardized over and over again settle here doesnt make the island Greek, that would mean the USA is Mexico from the number of Mexicans that live there. The closest you ever got to turning Cyprus into Greece was when you have wet dreams about enosis and even then you got the shit kicked out of you and lost 37% of the island in 1974.
You really need to understand that having people speaking Greek or claiming they are Greek even after being clonized so much does not turn the place they live into a Greece or Greek island....Cyprus is Cyprus not Turkey not Greece, not Turk not Greek, capish.
Re your question when Cyprus was Greek, well, it began around 1400 BC when the Mycenean Greeks colonized the island and 3400 years later still remains Greek. End of story. This is despite Me Ed's compelling Neanderthal arguement that pinpoints it to when Greece and Cyprus adopted the common currency. Maybe 85% isnt adequate for the British and Turks to accept as an overwhelming majority, but what else do expect from history's biggest hypocrites. And I provided reliable sources and dates as you requested. But if this isn't convincing enough for you what else can I expect since you are Turk after all. Regarding what you refer to as the "wet dream" of Enosis of 85% of the indigenous population, then Turkey finding an opportunity to invade a defenseless island equates to your side ejaculating after 20 years of masterbating over taksim. And sexually speaking, masterbating will always be considered as not the real thing. It's not like someone can brag about hitting a home run when climaxing during a wank, is it? Well, you Turks seems to do so. But hey, no one's really impressed fyi. So there really isn't anything to brag about. So why do you?
Regarding what you wrote "Cyprus not Turkey" then why does that illegal statelet refer to itself as the "
Turkish Republic"? Why do you have a similar crescent moon (btw copied from the Byzantine Greek) on your flag? Using your argument, why do Turks look upon the Ottoman Empire as their own when the Sultans and co. never referred to it as such? Do you consider the Ottomansto be part of your history and your heritage? Of course you do. So why the bitterness and constipation when the Kyproi refer to themselves as Greeks?
Re your bastardization argument regarding the Greeks, well learn your history. Turks never converted to Christianity. The Ottoman Empire was a theocracy. A muslim converts to Christianity then off with their heads. But apostate Greeks converting to Islam as a tax-break was common. Once again, using your argument should I consider modern Turks to be tax-dodging Greeks? The same would have happened during Cyprus' brief occupation from the Arabs. Look at Sicily, Crete. Look at Spain. Why arent they considered Arab offspring? We're not all Britons. We do not all readily accept the language and culture of the conqueror. We actually fight back. And as I said, unless you have slanted eyes a Turk is the last thing to accuse anyone of being bastardized. When the Seljuks invaded Asia Minor they brought with them Iranians and Arabs. Today's Turk is a descendent from them as well as the Christians (Greeks and Slavs) who became mozzies and the various Hungarians and Russians who were brought back as war booty by the Ottomans. Another history lesson for you, as a "Muslim" empire it was kind of a policy to spread Islam and not preserve a unique Turco race.
