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[supporttheunderdog]

No they are Cypriots who have had foreign languages and cultures imposed upon them following invasions and conquests,. some now 3000 years back.

[kurupetos]

Who's the Turk, whose answer was yes to this question:

do you consider Greece or Turkey to be your motherland.

Halil or VP?

does it matter if they are Turks or Greeks who answered this question its a question of belief and if they believe that their mother land is Greece and Turkey so be it everyone is entitle to their own opinions:)

They cannot be Greek. You should be more careful.

I thought people of Cyprus were Greeks and Turks ????

Greeks don't have a motherland you doofus.

[kurupetos]

^^ Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland

the Greeks as patris, the root word for patriotism.

[I_Love_Cyprus]

^^ Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatherland

the Greeks as patris, the root word for patriotism.

thank you for the education of the day "kurupetos" does this mean that in your estimation that the Greek speaking people of Cyprus do not consider Greece as their father land ??????

[Oceanside50]

Greece is Cyprus' motherlandnot fatherland!!!...how could you study Cyprus for fifteen years and not know that?

[I_Love_Cyprus]

Greece is Cyprus' motherlandnot fatherland!!!...how could you study Cyprus for fifteen years and not know that?

so Greece is Cyprus motherland, is this a fact what you are telling me regards to what you have said or this is a general belief by the population of Cyprus ???

[Oceanside50]

Greece is Cyprus' motherlandnot fatherland!!!...how could you study Cyprus for fifteen years and not know that?

so Greece is Cyprus motherland, is this a fact what you are telling me regards to what you have said or this is a general belief by the population of Cyprus ???

yes its a fact and general belief throughtout the island

[Get Real!]

Greece is Cyprus' motherlandnot fatherland!!!...how could you study Cyprus for fifteen years and not know that?

so Greece is Cyprus motherland, is this a fact what you are telling me regards to what you have said or this is a general belief by the population of Cyprus ???

“Motherland” is used metaphorically for someone who keeps stabbing you in the back.

[I_Love_Cyprus]

Greece is Cyprus' motherlandnot fatherland!!!...how could you study Cyprus for fifteen years and not know that?

so Greece is Cyprus motherland, is this a fact what you are telling me regards to what you have said or this is a general belief by the population of Cyprus ???

“Motherland” is used metaphorically for someone who keeps stabbing you in the back.

i don't know what to write now even with my intellectual capacity, on one hand its the mother land on the other hand its not and please do not miss understand, i speak of Turkish Cypriots in this breath also for they themselves believe that turkey is the mother, if everyone on the island of Cyprus is Greeks and Turks where are the Cypriots ?????

[Get Real!]

Greece is Cyprus' motherlandnot fatherland!!!...how could you study Cyprus for fifteen years and not know that?

so Greece is Cyprus motherland, is this a fact what you are telling me regards to what you have said or this is a general belief by the population of Cyprus ???

“Motherland” is used metaphorically for someone who keeps stabbing you in the back.

i don't know what to write now even with my intellectual capacity, on one hand its the mother land on the other hand its not and please do not miss understand, i speak of Turkish Cypriots in this breath also for they themselves believe that turkey is the mother, if everyone on the island of Cyprus is Greeks and Turks where are the Cypriots ?????

My interpretation MUST be correct because I cannot fathom an entire nation of masochists.