Kikapu wrote:Piratis,
When ever I read your posts of the past history between the Turks and Greek Cpriots since 1571, and how you always justify GC's actions against the TC's by saying "we were only 1% at fault versus 99% Turks".
When I say that the GC crimes in Cyprus were only 1% of the total crimes committed in Cyprus in both amount and time, I mean just that and nothing more than this simple fact. I do not say it to justify those crimes. If you see in my posts I have never justified crimes. I say it to show that the GC community does not deserved to be punished while all the rest that have committed much more crimes in Cyprus not only are not punished but on the contrary demand rewards for their crimes.
Am I correct to assume, you mean the Turks from Turkey and not the Turkish Cypriots, that did all the killings against the GC's, and if I'm correct, why was it the Turkish Cypriots were made to pay the price from 1963 to 1974, since your enemy was Turkey and not your own countrymen (TC's). Were the Turkish Cypriot only "guilty by association" to Turkey to justify the brutal attacks against the TC's between 1963 to 1974.
The blame of both TCs and GCs is very small. However in the same way that GCs do have a (small) blame, TCs have also. Just like the GCs, TCs didn't believe in independence either. They did their best to make the 1960 agreements impossible to function, they worked with Turkey towards their aim for partition, they had TMT and other terrorists that murdered several 100s of GCs etc. So do not pretend to be the virgin Maries and the totally innocent victims.
Also do not forget that for 300 years the Muslims in Cyprus (TCs) were given privileges, while Greek Cypriots were oppressed, taxed more and not even their testimony was accepted in courts.
Unfortunately some TCs claim 500 years of history in Cyprus when it suits them, and then when it suits them they claim no relationship to the Ottomans or even Turkey. Even when the crimes were committed by the Turkish army directly, those crimes were committed on the name of TCs, and TCs not only they did not reject this, they even celebrate along with Turkey the day of the invasion.