by repulsewarrior » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:42 pm
...Cyprus was a backwater under the 350 years of Turkish subjugation, nothing more than a barrack. the Modern Age brought changes, and with it a new significance to possessing the island, for the British.
the "Greeks" of Cyprus, then, were of no significance, as they are today, more like chattel rather than a People to the interlocutors, not unlike the population that is turcophone, more a nuisance for them. like the Generals of Turkey who consider the island an unsinkable aircraft carrier, Turkey's leadership has clearly stated that even without one "Turk" on the island, it would be supremely important to possess, (or at worst, kept impotent).