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[GreekIslandGirl]

I had a quick look at their website (why the secrecy, you can Google your quote) and the only things Turkish mentioned are "Turkish style" coffee and Turkish Delights which might just be the (as yet still) better-known anglicized name for Loukoumia.

Would be good if some Aussie checked out precisely what Turkish things they imported and seeing if they could not be replaced by Greek or Cypriot instead.

BTW - I would not underestimate the power of 200 Turks if they want to make trouble as a minority force.

[Paphitis]

Well done Bill and gIG for boycotting Turkish produce. All Cypriots should do the same!

Funny thing is, Australia has a large Greek community! It is usually Greek Businesses or Greek Wholesalers and Importers that are importing Turkish Produce into Australia and then selling it. These wholesalers are frequented by many Greeks who do not hesitate to buy Turkish produce in order to save a buck because it is cheaper.

In effect, we have Greek profiteers importing Turkish Produce and Greeks buying the produce. It is not so bad if a non Greek would buy the produce but Greeks!!!

in effect, the Problem is far more complex, Cypriot goods, and Cypriot retailers who sell Cyprus goods, need this kind of aware consumer, such as bill and Gig.

in effect, boycotting retailers of Turkish goods must be also emphasised by instead finding substitutes, as well, that come from the north, made and sold by Cypriots. it is that we have been artificially torn apart, as Cypriots. Cypriots must demonstrate solidarity amongst themselves, as well as against interlopers and profiteers.

Yes, it is far more complex ... when we think about buying produce from the CYs of the Occupied Areas...

Is it actually grown by them or by Illegal Settlers..???

... and as has been said before, what would we say to people like the refugees of Occupied Morphou if we buy Oranges grown there...???

What about Oranges grown on some poor GCs land?

With respect, I do not think it is a great idea to allow anyone to profit from stolen goods. I personally can't be a party to that but I do sympathize with other innocent TCs that are caught up in this mess through no fault or no wrong doing on their part.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Of paramount importance is the boycotting of things suspected as originating from the occupied north. Unfortunately, despite the Customs Union explicitly stating things have to originate from Turkey and not come from an outside source, we hear from posters here that Turkey does distribute produce for them and so it would find its way into the EU.

Perhaps there's a need to raise the profile of this practice as a way of toughening CU trade from Turkey.

[Paphitis]

I had a quick look at their website (why the secrecy, you can Google your quote) and the only things Turkish mentioned are "Turkish style" coffee and Turkish Delights which might just be the (as yet still) better-known anglicized name for Loukoumia.

Would be good if some Aussie checked out precisely what Turkish things they imported and seeing if they could not be replaced by Greek or Cypriot instead.

BTW - I would not underestimate the power of 200 Turks if they want to make trouble as a minority force.

Yes every Turkish item they import has a Greek equivalent which is normally more expensive! They also stock Cypriot Produce. Unfortunately, the Turkish Produce is not inferior from what I have been told, but it is cheaper, and for that reason the produce sells well to many Greek patrons. Cypriots are also buying it. That is the reason why these businesses stock Turkish Produce I guess.

But there is something wrong when the Greek community at large are buying Turkish Produce whilst Cyprus is under their illegal occupation.

That is only one retailer. There are at least 2 others I know of in Adelaide, one in Darwin, one in Perth, 3 in Melbourne and a couple in Sydney. But I won't supply those links like I didn't supply the above link.

At the end of the day, these retailers have done nothing wrong. There are meeting a market demand.

These businesses actually stock a wide variety of Turkish Imported Olives, Cheeses, Beans, Cereals, Tinned stuff, dried figs you name it. The list goes on. Many items are imported from Turkey, not just coffee or Turkish Delight.

[repulsewarrior]

...complex, i didn't say easy, but in the metrics where it counts, we must as consumers, and Citizens, make the effort.

as for oranges, i suggest you meet the man who grew them, make your judgements from there.

it reminds me of two homes next to each other, my grandmother and my aunt's. both are occupied, obviously, and when my father went to visit the village, one came to the door and invited him in, the other swore at him and told him to go...

[bill cobbett]

A little bit to one side... do be wary of buying agricultural products that you can't guarantee meet safety standards.

A few weeks ago, a shipment of asparagus or artichokes grown in the Occupied Areas (forget which), bound for export (presumably to Turkey) was turned away at the port in Occupied Famagusta for high levels of pesticides or even for having traces of a banned pesticide (again forget which).

[bill cobbett]

...complex, i didn't say easy, but in the metrics where it counts, we must as consumers, and Citizens, make the effort.

as for oranges, i suggest you meet the man who grew them, make your judgements from there.

it reminds me of two homes next to each other, my grandmother and my aunt's. both are occupied, obviously, and when my father went to visit the village, one came to the door and invited him in, the other swore at him and told him to go...

yes, yes ... but what do we say to the refugees from Occupied Morphou... shouldn't we be asking them...!!!...??? Wouldn't they expect that we maintain the solidarity we have shown for decades...???

[repulsewarrior]

...if the trees aren't tended, they die. the question is who tends them, is all i am saying.

a man who makes a living, and is grateful at least that he can, is not the same as one who says the land is his; Cypriots must support each other, Cypriots living in the hell hole in the north need help, what divides us should not be ethnicity, it is Principal, and in that light, those without Principal should be exposed, just as important, those with Principal should be recognised.

...the trade must be reciprocated, Cypriot to Cypriot. in my mind, it takes the solidarity a step further. without it, we are what the interlocutors say we are, "Greeks" and "Turks", as though Cypriots does not exist.

[kurupetos]

I will put this here, because I'm too tired to start a new thread... http://cyprusscene.com/2013/04/05/18244/

and this... http://cyprusscene.com/2013/04/02/18211/

[GreekIslandGirl]

I will put this here, because I'm too tired to start a new thread... http://cyprusscene.com/2013/04/05/18244/

and this... http://cyprusscene.com/2013/04/02/18211/

Sounds like Denktash probably gave them one of the stolen GC properties to thank him for disobeying UN orders and arming the warmongering TCs.

Not very nice people.