lets not get into this topic please piratis...there was ethnic cleansing on both sides...and in fact was started by EOKA B...lets not be so hind-sighted that we overlook the painful truth in order to create a "better" truth for ourselves which our minds can accept
EOKA B and its Turkish equivalent of TMT (please don't forget that part) were criminal organizations and they did not represent the whole of GCs and TCs but only small minorities.
Turkish Cypriots had gone to enclaves between 1963-68 for many reasons (not just because of EOKA B or GCs) but after 1968 they returned to their homes. Their homes were
never taken from them, and nobody ever dinies that they are the legal owners. Not in 63, not 74 not today. On the contrary the 200.000 GCs that were forced to leave from their homes they were never allowed to return, and the occupation regime gave "title deeds" of their properties to others. So please do not confuse these 2 very different things.
When will you allow Greek Cypriots refugees to return to their homes? Or do you think is right to selectively choose a tiny part of history with a crimes committed by a tiny part of GCs (and at the same time forgetting the equivalent TC and Turkish crimes) to convict the whole GC community for eternity?
Sorry Kartal, but we finally have to stop giving lame excuses. If you want we could go into the "who started it first" or "who did the worst" discussions if you still insist that Greek Cypriots are the evils that should be punished with the violations of their human and democratic rights.
However I truly hope we can leave those things behind and stop giving excuses as to why
TODAY the human rights of people and international law should be violated.
Today Cyprus is part of EU and all Cypriots would be better off if those excuses were pushed to the side and we could all enjoy being equal Cypriot and European citizens without racist discriminations and racial hatred.