bg_turk wrote:UK Turk,
your vision of history is distorted.
Greece is by far not the only country to have persecuted other ethnic groups, although admittedly it is the first one to have done so.
Turkey has comitted horendous crimes, in many cases in revenge for previous crimes comitted against turks, but on a scale disproprtionatly larger. Among the groups who have suffered the wrath of turkish nationalism are:
the greeks of Istanbul
the armenians
the slavic inhabitants of eastern thrace
the kurdish people
Actually I view my knowledge of History quite accurate. I know exactly what happened to all those Armenians and I know that Turkey to this day denies it. I also know about those events in the 50's in Istanbul but that was due to Greek violence against the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus.
Besides the TRNC should not be regarded as an exclusively turkish state, it should belong to all of its citizens regardless of their ethnic origin, and if some GCs wish to return there they should be welcomed.
I agree but the Greek has shown his colours too many times. I think the Turkish army has the right to remain in the North especially if the Greeks come back.
Not enough time to explain. I'll explain tomorrow.PS. Why do you want to independence of Southern Azerbaijan, which is now part of Iran?