MS, same goes for your side, but GCs been playing football since 1955, TCs have not. Why? Is this fair? I say not. I say again, this has bugger all to do with TRNC (it is now a convenient excuse) but something rooted deep within Cyprus conflict.
What do you mean TC could not play football after 1955? Can you be a bit more specific here? You DO KNOW that in 1955 Cyprus was still under British rule and you DO KNOW that in the past Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots have played for the same national team.
This has everything to do with the 'TRNC', because in order for a two professional / semi-professional clubs to play eachother, there has to be some dialogue between the two football federations they belong to. There is no 'TRNC' football federation because FIFA, like basic international law, recognises that the whole island comes under jurisdiction of the Cypriot football association. Giving the 'TRNC' an internationally recognised sports association is basically saying that there is a recognition of the 'TRNC', which is not going to happen. Turkish Cypriots can play football in the free areas of Cyprus if they wish to, as there some doing so at the moment.
TCs entitled to their own separate reps for sports according to 1960 Constitution so are OK to set up own federations, but yet it is always played out as wanting separatism. They just want access to same rights and opportunities as GCs. Joint, separate, anything - as long as it is fair!
There is a difference between a Turkish Cypriot sports club and a international sports federation for the so-called 'TRNC'. Its just like there are many all Pakistani cricket clubs in Bradford but I doubt the UK would authorise Bradford to become some kind of ethnic Pakistani state which has its own internationally recognised sports federation. Turkish Cypriots have the same rights as Greek Cypriots in the RoC...when are you going to get it through your dense mind the RoC is for all Cypriots, not just Greek Cypriots like you want to portray. How can you talk about fair when you want to steal and ethnically cleanse Greek Cypriots, then turn that land into a internationally recognised giant military base of Turkey. The Republic of Cyprus is for ALL Cypriots, not just Greek Cypriots. The RoC gives all its citizens the same RIGHTS.
The RoC suggestion is tiring - your people do not accept any such move unless they are in charge. But a united Cyprus is about power sharing at all levels. So what are TCs meant to do? Just sit it out and wait another 40 years until the politicians can resolve this conflict? Is it right that a TC cannot play for his club like Cetinkaya and be denied the same rights to international football & professional development/opportunities?
How can you give a 50% share of the government which represents 18%, if less now, of the community. Why do you Turkish Cypriots think you are a special case. Why cannot you accept a free and democratic government, where the whole population votes on who is in power. A Turkish Cypriot can play for the RoC..but there is no point because you are wilffully blind to the issue at hand. If Turkish Cypriots want there own state so much, go move to Turkey and ask them to give you a corner of their land. You cannot ethnically cleanse part of a country then complain when it is not recognised as your own. This is not the Ottoman times.
Please don't use the refugee line. As I said, we have plenty of them too, but we wouldn't dream of spending our NRGs on stopping your people playing, yet OK for us to go without, with facts all mixed up about who is to blame for what, & still ordinary people suffer.
No one is stopping Turkish Cypriots play football...but we will not be fooled into letting 'TRNC' become recognised through sport. There is no exclusive Greek Cypriot international football team, so why should there be a Turkish Cypriot one.
If we can't sort the refugee thing out, but we can OK some friendly matches (just like OK'ing electricity supplies), where is the harm in that?
If a Turkish Cypriot club wants to play a friendly, then it could register itself through the offical football association of Cyprus and do it that way. The real issue to your complaints is that the recognition you want for your ethnically cleansed psuedo state has lost one more avenue through sport.
If you still view this issue differently, I suggest you check out the House of Commons debate on Cyprus that took place yesterday. A few choice lines below:
Fuck Jack Straw...ask your muslim Brothers, from the countries you expect to recognised you, what they think of him and what his real agenda is.
The recent approach of the governt of the RoC has rcently given TC free healthcare (which is a privalege...not a right), upheld their title deeds from before the invasion, set up a body to deal with TC land issues and is now giving TC the right to vote in the next election. I dont give a crap what that corupt piece of shit Jack Straw says...its all to appease Turkey and their friends the USA and Israel.
