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[GreekIslandGirl]

Of course, you have every right to declare the origins of YOUR family to anywhere you want… even another planet if it suits your fantasy ...

Now, hold that thought. Extend it to the remaining 80% that are native to Cyprus and finally accept that they (like Piratis) also consider their origins to be Greek - and move on to something more meaningful!

[Get Real!]

The economy in Turkey is booming ....FACT.

Goodbye and don't post again!

http://turkishpoliticsupdates.wordpress ... ish-model/

[Get Real!]

Of course, you have every right to declare the origins of YOUR family to anywhere you want… even another planet if it suits your fantasy ...

Now, hold that thought. Extend it to the remaining 80% that are native to Cyprus and finally accept that they (like Piratis) also consider their origins to be Greek - and move on to something more meaningful!

Let them declare their fantasies on an individual basis but they do no have a right to speak on behalf of Cyprus as a whole because the natural default value is CYPRIOT!

[kimon07]

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The economy in Turkey is booming .......

Turkey’s IMF financing talks end
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6dfd4e60-2c38 ... z20IV1D2A5

and

Turkey: a rough ride with the lira
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/0 ... z20IZKn6s0

Adding to all the previous the tremendous amounts spent and budgeted for weapons and other military hardware, as well as to sustain what Turkish officials call the biggest army in NATO after the the US were does it all come to? Big problems ahead.....PCB!

[Viewpoint]

Now GR do you realize and appreciate what we are up against you still have people that believe Cyprus is Greek.

[Piratis]

Of course, you have every right to declare the origins of YOUR family to anywhere you want… even another planet if it suits your fantasy ...

Now, hold that thought. Extend it to the remaining 80% that are native to Cyprus and finally accept that they (like Piratis) also consider their origins to be Greek - and move on to something more meaningful!

Let them declare their fantasies on an individual basis but they do no have a right to speak on behalf of Cyprus as a whole because the natural default value is CYPRIOT!

"Fantasies", such as that Cypriots grew out of the land of Cyprus and never mixed with anybody else, are only coming from you. So follow your own advice and speak for yourself like everybody else. You also need to realize that the vast majority of Cypriots are Greek, either you like it or not. Nobody forces you to be Greek if you don't feel like one (not surprising since you grew up abroad and Greek is not even your first language as is the case with the vast majority of Cypriots). We have many ethnic minorities in Cyprus and we have no problem with that.

[Piratis]

Now GR do you realize and appreciate what we are up against you still have people that believe Cyprus is Greek.

Why did you come to Cyprus if you didn't like the fact that the Cypriot people believe that Cyprus is Greek?

We are up against invaders like yourself, who do not respect the history and identity of our island and are trying by all means to destroy our cultural heritage and take over our lands.

[Get Real!]

Of course, you have every right to declare the origins of YOUR family to anywhere you want… even another planet if it suits your fantasy ...

Now, hold that thought. Extend it to the remaining 80% that are native to Cyprus and finally accept that they (like Piratis) also consider their origins to be Greek - and move on to something more meaningful!

Let them declare their fantasies on an individual basis but they do no have a right to speak on behalf of Cyprus as a whole because the natural default value is CYPRIOT!

"Fantasies", such as that Cypriots grew out of the land of Cyprus and never mixed with anybody else, are only coming from you. So follow your own advice and speak for yourself like everybody else. You also need to realize that the vast majority of Cypriots are Greek, either you like it or not. Nobody forces you to be Greek if you don't feel like one (not surprising since you grew up abroad and Greek is not even your first language as is the case with the vast majority of Cypriots). We have many ethnic minorities in Cyprus and we have no problem with that.

Right! So the moment some Cypriots mixed with foreigners all Cypriots automatically lost their Cypriot ethnicity, whereas when Greeks mixed with foreigners it was the foreigners that became Greek thereby multiplying the Greeks!

What a lovely self-serving formula! God you’re so full of shit!

[Piratis]

Of course, you have every right to declare the origins of YOUR family to anywhere you want… even another planet if it suits your fantasy ...

Now, hold that thought. Extend it to the remaining 80% that are native to Cyprus and finally accept that they (like Piratis) also consider their origins to be Greek - and move on to something more meaningful!

Let them declare their fantasies on an individual basis but they do no have a right to speak on behalf of Cyprus as a whole because the natural default value is CYPRIOT!

"Fantasies", such as that Cypriots grew out of the land of Cyprus and never mixed with anybody else, are only coming from you. So follow your own advice and speak for yourself like everybody else. You also need to realize that the vast majority of Cypriots are Greek, either you like it or not. Nobody forces you to be Greek if you don't feel like one (not surprising since you grew up abroad and Greek is not even your first language as is the case with the vast majority of Cypriots). We have many ethnic minorities in Cyprus and we have no problem with that.

Right! So the moment some Cypriots mixed with foreigners all Cypriots automatically lost their Cypriot ethnicity, whereas when Greeks mixed with foreigners it was the foreigners that became Greek thereby multiplying the Greeks!

What a lovely self-serving formula! God you’re so full of shit!

There was never any "Cypriot Ethnicity" to be lost. People came to Cyprus from different places and lived in separate settlements which were not part of a single "Cypriot nation", "Cypriot country" or "Cypriot ethnicity". The majority of those people were Greek speaking European people. The smaller groups gradually assimilated over the course of several centuries.

You are telling us that the Cypriot people grew from the land of Cyprus and didn't come to Cyprus from anywhere else. You also told us that those people from the moment they jumped out of the soil they were part of a "Cypriot Ethnicity" and that it would be impossible for those people to be assimilated. So please tell me this: What language were those people speaking? Where are the people that speak that language today?

[Me Ed]

Whilst there are cultural influences from the Greeks, the Turks, the British and others, in my experience GCs are nothing like Greeks from Greece (or in the case of TCs, Turks from Turkey but Turkey is working very hard to alter this).

Cypriots have enough native and unique cultural aspects to justify a distinct ethnicity, but those who would benefit from brainwashing us appear to be doing a good job on some.

... and then there's the thorny issue of DNA, where GCs and TCs share more DNA with each other than Greece or Turkey.