MR-from-NG wrote:Lets be honest everyone, it is an extremely complicated problem. You want one thing the TC's want another. You fear Turkey and it's presence on the island. The TC's fear being attacked by the GC's. There are TC's that believe GC's would attack within 72 hours at the most of Turkey withdrawing its troops. I personally don't believe we would have a repeat of 63 but there are many that think the exact opposite.
Does anyone see any hope in sight? Would the involvement of superpowers achieve anything? I'm 67 and my biggest desire is to see a reunited island before my times up. Is it possible as time passes new generations on both sides may accept everything as they are?
I'm just thinking out loud here, could we have this scenario? Could you have this kind of attitude? Maybe? No? Can you see future GC generations saying; "fuck you you smelly Turks, you stay where you are, we're doing ok where we are" And future generation TC's saying; "You treated us like shit, never showed an ounce of respect towards us. Treated us like second class citizens and told us to fuck off from Cyprus at every opportunity. You stay where you are , we're doing fine where we are. And by the way, embargo or not, direct flight or not, we are here and will remain here because Cyprus is our home" !!!
Complicated, so bloody tragic, so bloody unnecessary.
This problem was created by outsider and much larger powers.
They have to get involved to resolve, and reverse it.
The TC's have a victim mentality and an ego that no one else, let alone yourselves are able to service or reason with Mr-NG.
Might I remind you that for 500 years Cyprus was under the ottoman empire and GC's were second class citizens. Then those Ottomans that remained in Cyprus after the Ottoman empire collapsed had super inflated rights stitched in to the 1960 constitution by outsiders. The TC were not second class citizens, they were never second class citizens. Those that identified as TC had the upper hand again and before that, those that identified as Ottoman had it.
The problem is not complicated, everyone knows what needs to be done to resolve it in a just manner. And to create a Cyprus that can prosper and be governed by modern standards.
But
As Erolz has once said, there is no
will to resolve or reverse it. TC's have no will because their interests diverge away from the majority of Cypriots and converge with Turkey's. < that is another problem that Cyprus has.
Instead, we have a free republic that wants to liberate the north and an illegal occupation that wants to either break away as a separate state or "reunite" under those same apartheid conditions that created the problem in the first place and worse. Neither is acceptable in today world and by todays standards.
So yes, the TC are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Time is not on their side but I dont really think they care. By and large, they are crypto Turks but the occupation wont last forever.
Then they will become unstuck and accept a reality of having to go to Turkey or live in a democratic Cyprus like any other ethnic minority.
The TC's in Cyprus should be the equivalent to the TC's in the UK. The GC's in Cyprus should be the equivalent as the English in England.
Its as simple as that.
