It is no use trying to argue sense with you. How can I when you argue that both sides attacked each other? The Turkish Cypriots simply tried to defend themselves. It was no fun for the Turkish Cypriots to live in enclaves from 1963 to 1974, was it? The Turkish Cypriots have been on the defensive all along.
When it suits you, you talk of Human Rights. Sure, human rights is very important but the no.1 human right is to stay alive. Turkey came to Cyprus in 1974 to secure that right and it was all legal. You almost admitted that yourself. The problem is afterwards. According to the London and Zurich Agreements, Turkey had the right to intervene in order to maintain law and order and to restore the constitution. In practical terms, you expected Turkey to hand over the power to majority Greek Cypriots to carry on with their unfinished work of exterminating Turkish Cypriots. You must be joking. London and Zurich Agreements proved unworkable only because the Greek Cypriot side was unwilling to share power with the Turkish Cypriots. Makarios himself said publicly that these agreements were only a stepping stone to Enosis. The only way forward is for the Greek Cypriots to accept power sharing with Turkish Cypriots. The Annan Plan or anything else is immaterial, one can always find excuses to reject this or that plan, the crunch of the matter is this: Are the Greek Cypriots ready to accept power sharing with Turkish Cyprots? To me the answer is very clear, you are not. In the circumstances there are only two alternatives left. 1) Complete surrender of Turkish Cypriots, simple one man one vote and hence the majority Greek Cypriot rule with minority rights to Turkish Cypriots and second class citezenship. Their economy to be undermined at every opportunity by the ruling side and eventually all Turkish Cypriots assimilated into the mainstream Greek Cypriot population, eventually all becoming Greek Cypriots in order to escape discrimination.
Just remember wghat happened befor 1974. Let me give you two examples that I know about.
a) Back in 1966 Kabbani family from Lebanon wanted to build a metal pipe factory in Cyprus. He was told to find himself a Cypriot partner. Being a moslem himself, he wanted to s4et up this factory in partnership with Ahmet Rashid, one of the richest man in Ktima-Paphos. I am a Paphian myself and know the family. The Makarios Administration indicated to him that he would never get the persimission unless he got himself a Greek Cypriot partner and he eventually did this. This is how Kabbani family set up his steel pipe factory in Famagusta, 80% owned by Kabbabi family and 20% by a Greek Cypriot.
b) Mr. Aziz, the owner of Lamboussa Hotel in Girne built his hotel in Kyrenia in 1973 or thereabouts. He had over a dozen restaurants in London at that time, yet the Greek Cypriot Administration tried to delay him as long as possible. He got permission to build the hotel after 3 years. Greek Cypriots could get such permission in 3 months. What is funny the permission was granted on condition that the operator of the hotel would be a Greek Cypriot. Do you see the discrimination and you have the guts to talk to me about Human Rights with an innocent look on your face. Shame on you.
The second and most likely alternative is that there will be a permanent partiton of the island. Thanks to Papadop and the majority Greek Cypriots, this is sure to happen. Its a shame but Turkish Cypriots have been left with no viable alternative. The choice is yours. I prefer a united Cyprus if ı am guaranteed that I will not be discriminated against as Turkish Cypriots were from 1963 to 1974. If course, to you Cyprus history begins with 20 July 1974. There is no history before that.
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PS. I am new to this form, can you tell me please how you insert quotes into your text. You can send me a private message if you like, my e.mail is public. I never hide my idendity. Remember, I am a Paphian
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