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[Kikapu]

The 500 protestors

Some 400 protesters

From the two above articles, they can't even get the correct numbers protesting, which is off by 20% from each other.

Perhaps they were taking turns having lunch, 100 at a time!

[Hermes]

Has this 'protest' happened yet? Because there's no mention of it on any credible news outlet.

[Kikapu]

Has this 'protest' happened yet? Because there's no mention of it on any credible news outlet.

Maybe they all went to have breakfast, lunch and dinner together?

[kimon07]

Halil!

Any pictures please? At best I counted 3-4 "protesters".

What is going on with you Turks now days? So many millions of you in Europe. Couldn't you persuade even 1-2000 to gather in one place for a while?

[halil]

Picture of the day.............

http://www.euronews.com/picture-of-the- ... residency/

Turkish Cypriot protester poses in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels June 27, 2012. Several hundred protesters gathered in Brussels, wearing white masks with no faces, to protest against the Cyprus’ presidency of the European Council, starting July 1, 2012. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

[B25]

I have always said you TCs are 2 faced. There you have it, malaka.

[halil]

picture from the protest......from below link......

http://www.neurope.eu/article/forgotten ... ecognition

Forgotten EU citizens’ protest for recognition

Cyprus is expected to take over the presidency of the Council of the EU from Denmark on 1 July. However, when talking about Cyprus, one cannot omit the famous Cyprus dispute which is still on-going since the early 1970s.

The country and its people have been divided since the military invasion by Turkey in 1974 and, so far, all efforts to put into place a fair resolution of the dispute have been unsuccessful to the end of providing equality between the citizens living in the northern part of Cyprus and those living in the south.

Just a few days before the official take-over of the Council Presidency by Cyprus, a crowd of about a hundred people from the northern part of Cyprus gathered in the front of the European Parliament in Brussels in order to protest for recognition of their rights as European citizens.

The group held posters which urged the European Union (EU) to ‘keep its promises’. They pleaded to not be ‘treated as ghosts’, ‘allow direct flights to North Cyprus’ have a voice and be represented in the EU institutions, have the right to vote for members of the European Parliament, have direct access to EU markets, participate in EU education programmes. One of the posters was whispering ‘Divided Cyprus presiding over united Europe: find the irony’, while a guy from the crowd said that he did not feel European, but wanted to enjoy the same rights which his compatriots from the Southern part of Cyprus.

[halil]

And so, while the Cypriot MEPs were busy organizing the first official event in relation to the Cypriot Presidency, a few meters outside the EP premises, the ‘forgotten EU citizens’ from the ‘other half of Cyprus’ as they called themselves were reminding of the still existing problem with the political, cultural and economic division of the country- the one which is expected to work towards implementation of the EU’s objectives for the coming six months.

[wyoming cowboy]

And so, while the Cypriot MEPs were busy organizing the first official event in relation to the Cypriot Presidency, a few meters outside the EP premises, the ‘forgotten EU citizens’ from the ‘other half of Cyprus’ as they called themselves were reminding of the still existing problem with the political, cultural and economic division of the country- the one which is expected to work towards implementation of the EU’s objectives for the coming six months.

.....what an oxymoronic statement Halil, what are the Tc protesting for? To get recognition for the ethnic cleansing of the occupied areas, or the cultural destruction of Christian Orthodox churches that have been turned into casinos?

....Are the Tc protesting to the Eu for not allowing the Greek Cypriot refugees to reclaim their lands?

who are these "forgotten Eu citizens"....? ...Halil.... Are they the Tc who cross the Green line and receive ROC passports and enjoy all public services of the RoC? and then go back to the illegal regime and reside on stolen properties that rightfully/legally belong to the Greek Cypriots....


Are these the same Tc who are protesting the same ones that want an undemocratic, apartheid based solution to the Cyprus problem?

[Kikapu]

And so, while the Cypriot MEPs were busy organizing the first official event in relation to the Cypriot Presidency, a few meters outside the EP premises, the ‘forgotten EU citizens’ from the ‘other half of Cyprus’ as they called themselves were reminding of the still existing problem with the political, cultural and economic division of the country- the one which is expected to work towards implementation of the EU’s objectives for the coming six months.

.....what an oxymoronic statement Halil, what are the Tc protesting for? To get recognition for the ethnic cleansing of the occupied areas, or the cultural destruction of Christian Orthodox churches that have been turned into casinos?

....Are the Tc protesting to the Eu for not allowing the Greek Cypriot refugees to reclaim their lands?

who are these "forgotten Eu citizens"....? ...Halil.... Are they the Tc who cross the Green line and receive ROC passports and enjoy all public services of the RoC? and then go back to the illegal regime and reside on stolen properties that rightfully/legally belong to the Greek Cypriots....


Are these the same Tc who are protesting the same ones that want an undemocratic, apartheid based solution to the Cyprus problem?

Cowboy, that's what Halil wants also. Shameful act really, specially from someone who enjoys the benefits of a EU citizenship and a EU passport through the RoC. Disgraceful act by all those who attended this so called demonstration if they are in the same situation as Halil is, and my guess is, they are.