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[repulsewarrior]

Egypt ready to lead the region in a potential gas war

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1534576

...signals that an opposition to Turkey's ambitions are a reality; it is not (about) Cyprus alone.

[repulsewarrior]

...it may be in Cyprus where Russia and America agree. Both, like the rest of the world support a Cyprus, Free. Given the Universal Principals Cypriots are defending, they may find themselves together, allies in defending these Rights on, and in, the sea around this island.

Only Turkey, for "Turkishness", denies the right of Cypriots to call themselves Cypriots, without further distinction or discrimination;.look what "Turkishness" is doing to Turkey right now.

What is the Problem appears to be bigger than Cyprus, linked to the Aegean, Syria, Iran, Iraq; it is about Turkey's expansionistic goals.

Indeed, in Erdogan's "sweet isolation", he may realise how much can be gained with a small change in intention, by recognising the existence of Cypriots. Instead of total superiority, one hopes that as an equal among equals, Turkey too, will choose to have a seat on the Forum.

...my comment may not be published, for the sake of vanity (humbly), posted here.

[Cap]

Good gawd... the Egyptians really have it out for 'Turkish' occupied Kurdistan.
But then again, who doesn't?

[repulsewarrior]

...just in time for Erdogan's meeting at the UN; mixed signals so to speak,

https://ahvalnews.com/east-mediterranea ... d-shipping

https://ahvalnews.com/east-mediterranea ... -haberturk

[repulsewarrior]

https://www.eurasiareview.com/03092019- ... -analysis/

…enjoyed reading this analysis.

…i would like to remind the readers, though, that it is not just UNCLOS which Erdogan’s Turkey ignores. As he has said himself about the Treaty of Lausanne, that it is gone as far as he is concerned, “tossed out a window”.

Indeed, oil and gas seem to be a locus for hostile acts, but it is not the real issue. It is total supremacy of the sea, this sea and the Aegean, Erdogan in his demands, seeks. As in Syria, Iraq, and Iran (let’s not forget Libya, and Sudan), he demonstrates the same desire to represent “Turkishness” as an expanding power Imperialistically, (in affect regressing to an Ottoman past,) out to disrupt in effect (from his point of view) the terms which created a modern Turkey, and the Modern world.

Cyprus small and seemingly insignificant as it is, has, as allies all its neighbours, but Turkey. The success of the East Med.Gas Forum is evidence of this. Its Hope, small as it is, in a region with very little but bitter rancor is worth noting. Turkey is (and always has been) welcome to join them as an equal among equals, she has chosen to isolate herself instead.

Yet, a small change in intentions on Erdogan’s part, by recognising all Cypriots as Cypriots first, may end the division of those “Turkish”, and those not “Turkish”, not just in Cyprus, ending the Problem, but in Turkey itself, divided, now, more than ever for the same reason.

…without the existence of Cyprus, “Turkishness” wins (over Universal Principals and the Rule of Law). With Cyprus, (modern) Turkey (and the rest of the world) has an ally.

[repulsewarrior]

https://dayan.org/content/turkey-making ... iterranean

...well written as an overview of Fatih"s travels.

[repulsewarrior]

...so Cyprus is so important that Erdogan's Turkey is ready to walk away from negotiations with Europe. He even threatens them with a flood of illegal migrants.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cypr ... SKBN1XM19C

...there is a cost that is to be paid, for such a little island, it seems like a lot. His hope is that the EU will see it that way, in any case.

...but it is not Cyprus, he wants, per se: it is total supremacy of the sea.

[Mustiejodu]

I don’t like what has become of Cyprus as a whole. I blame all Cypriots in the whole of the island for the mess that this small island has brought upon itself and it will continue to the bitter end if both sides continue in this separatist ideology. TC and GC are so similar in culture that you really can’t tell the difference only when both speak their language. Put aside their faiths we are culturally the same but why seek to join EU that you don’t have any cultural similarities yet you choose them over your TC compatriots. THE NORTH HAS ADDITIONAL 350.0000 Turks that have come from turkey and have changed the dynamics of the Cypriot life. I am saddened by what I see has happened. The Greek side has had its fair share of invasion of non Cypriots , the Philippines the Russians have eroded Cypriots way of life. The invasion of such foreign cultures on both sides is the real invasion not 1974 because we could have resolved the partition issue but you can’t resolve the invasion of such foreign cultures. The north and south is ruined and we are to blame

[erolz66]

The invasion of such foreign cultures on both sides is the real invasion not 1974 because we could have resolved the partition issue but you can’t resolve the invasion of such foreign cultures.

Why do you talk down Cypriot culture and portray it as some weak and fragile thing permanently under risk ? Cypriot culture has endure through literally millennia of invasion and yet remains through all this, through all its evolution, as distinctly Cypriot. Cyprus will have you, sooner or later and regardless as to if you arrive as conquering hero, rich oligarch, or poor refugee. I wish Cypriots would stop talking down Cypriot culture. No one else does this to the degree we do imo.

[repulsewarrior]

Why do you talk down Cypriot culture and portray it as some weak and fragile thing permanently under risk ? Cypriot culture has endure through literally millennia of invasion and yet remains through all this, through all its evolution, as distinctly Cypriot. Cyprus will have you, sooner or later and regardless as to if you arrive as conquering hero, rich oligarch, or poor refugee. I wish Cypriots would stop talking down Cypriot culture. No one else does this to the degree we do imo.

...if there was a like button, i would have pushed it.