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[MehmedII]

Expediency - Road to Reconciliation

I-We can forget all the bad things about Turkish-Greek history & bad events.(Because they just fan the flame of the enmity.)

II-Everyone can hate to some of his/her family members.But just uneducated ones think that ''The only way to solve these problems is Kill Them''.But We have to believe that '' We are in need each other as Turkish Cypriot people.'' And we have to believe that we can live in peace together as educated-civilized Turkish-Cypriot Youth.

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1-First of all i want to say that; i beg you that i will be respectfull to all of you & to all of your writings as a Turkish.

2-Secondly, i want same respect from you.And i dont want any wrting in this topic bad about Greek,Turkey & Cyprus. I am warning you about this.This is the only way to solve the problems.

3-It seems you are more than 4000 greek-cypriot members in this site.But any of them couldnt generate some idea to ''How to solve the problems with our Turkish Neighbours''. It seems you need a Turkish young man like who think positive about Cypriot - Turkish Brotherhood

4-You know humanity came from 1 mother & 1 father.
And everyone can have problems with his/her brothers and sisters.
But just uneducated people solve their problems barbarically,savagely by this way.

5-I am the creator of this topic, so please give me the handle to put the rules of this topic.I want support from the admin about this.

6-You can write here only positive & possible sentences about how we solve the problems.

7-If you do not have any ''+'' thinking about peace and solution between Turkish people & its greek neighbours; PLEASE Shut Up and Do Not bastardize anyone.

I am an 19 years old Turkish boy.It seems our fathers couldnt MAKE Their MIND WORK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS.They just propagated problems..

Lets generate solutions as Turkish & Greek-Cypriot Youth!

[Sotos]

I like positive threads There are all kinds of members here and not only Greek Cypriots. So why don't you start first?

[Alexis]

Not sure I count as Cypriot 'youth' anymore but I think it is imperative that the Cypriot youth take part in more cross-community ventures (e.g. sporting events) in order to heal the rifts of the past 40 years. I also think that partition of this island (even if technically agreed) is not the way forward. I back this up by referring to the countless studies that have shown that the Cypriot youth are far less forgiving than their elders who lived through the inter-communal strife. I truly believe that the partition of this island has polarised its two main communities even further and that true peace can only be achieve through some form of unity. We might have had de facto 'peace' for the last 32 years but we probably now hate each others guts far more than we ever did in the past, this has got to stop.

[MehmedII]

It seems there are some Turkish members in this site other than me.And i think that most of them cant speak/understand English Clearly.
So i want to Translate this writing for them(It is hard to explain this to my people) :

1-Ilk olarak sunu soylemek istiyorum; Size yemn ederim ki Bir Turk olarak size ve yazdiklariniza karsi saygili olacagim.

2-Ikinci olarak sunu belirtmek isterim, ayni saygiyi sizin de bana gostermenizi istiyorum.Ve actigim bu konuda Yunanlilar, Turkler Ve Kibrislilar hakkinda hicbir kotu soz gormek istemiyorum.Sizi bu konuda uyariyorum.Bu problemleri cozmek icin tek yoldur bunun baska alternatifi yok.

3-Oyle gorunuyor ki bu sitede 4000 den fazla Yunan-Kibrisli uye var.Fakat hicbirisi ''Turk komsularimizla sorunlarimizi nasil cozeriz'' seklinde cozum uretememis.Oyle gorunuyor ki sizin benim gibi Turk-Yunan kardesligi hakkinda olumlu-pozitif dusunen birine ihtiyaciniz var.

4-Hepiniz biliyorsunuz ki insanlik 1 anne & 1 babadan meydana geldi.
Ve herkes kardesleriyle problemler yasayabilir.
Fakat sadece egitim gormemis-cahil insanlar bu yolla vahsice-barbarca problemlerini cozmeye calisirlar.

5-Bu Konunu acan- bu basligi olusturan kisi olarak, bu konunun kurallarini kendim koymak istiyorum.Bu konuda admin 'den destek istiyorum.

6-Burada sadece olumlu & mumkun-mumkunati olan cumleler olusturabilirsin sorunlari nasil cozebilecegimiz hakkinda.

7-Eger Turkler ve Turkiyenin Yunan komsulari hakkinda hicbir ''+'' olumlu-pozitif dusuncen yoksa, LUTFEN Ceneni Kapat ve Kimseyi bu konuda kiskirtma.

Ben 19 yasinda bir Turk genciyim.Oyle gorunuyor ki bizim atalarimiz KAFALAARINI COZUM URETMEK ICIN YORMAMISLAR.Onlar sadece problem yaratmislar..

Hadi Turk&Yunan-Kibrisli Genler olarak cozumler uretelim!

[MehmedII]

I like positive threads There are all kinds of members here and not only Greek Cypriots. So why don't you start first?

Okey.I cant Start First:

1-We can forget all the bad things about Turkish-Greek history & bad events.Because they just fan the flame of the enmity.

[Piratis]

It seems there are some Turkish members in this site other than me.And i think that most of them cant speak/understand English Clearly.

Mehmed, if you are talking about the Turkish Cypriots in this forum, they are educated and can speak English very good. No need to translate anything for them.

I don't think we have many Turks from Turkey here, other than those that come every now and then to post images with their flags

1-First of all i want to say that; i beg you that i will be respectful to all of you & to all of your writings as a Turkish.
2-Secondly, i want same respect from you.And i dont want any wrting in this topic bad about Greek,Turkey & Cyprus. I am warning you about this.This is the only way to solve the problems.

You got it right Mehmed. RESPECT is the number one requirement for anything positive to come out. Without respect nothing positive can ever come out.

Personally I respect all people that show respects to others and me. Those that are racists, show no respect and support crimes deserve no respect.

So the first question Mehmed, are you willing to respect Cypriots, our human and democratic rights and the sovereignty of our country?
If you are, then expect from us not only respect, but help as well (for EU for example).
But if you show no respect, then no respect is what you will get back. I hope you would agree with this.

[Piratis]

1-We can forget all the bad things about Turkish-Greek history & bad events.Because they just fan the flame of the enmity.

I agree Mehmed, but thats not number (1), thats number (2) after Respect.
First we should show respect to each other, to the human and democratic rights of each other, for the sovereignty of each other's countries, and then we can forget about the past (were such respect did not exist) and start fresh always with respect in our mind from now on.

[MehmedII]

Mehmed, if you are talking about the Turkish Cypriots in this forum, they are educated and can speak English very good. No need to translate anything for them.

No. I was telling about turkish people from Turkey.Not turkish cypriots.

[MehmedII]

So the first question Mehmed, are you willing to respect Cypriots, our human and democratic rights and the sovereignty of our country?
If you are, then expect from us not only respect, but help as well (for EU for example).
But if you show no respect, then no respect is what you will get back. I hope you would agree with this.

Yes i am really WILLING to respect to Cypriots if it will be so:

1-First of all i want to say that; i beg you that i will be respectful to all of you & to all of your writings as a Turkish.
2-Secondly, i want same respect from you.And i dont want any wrting in this topic bad about Greek,Turkey & Cyprus. I am warning you about this.This is the only way to solve the problems.

human and democratic rights and the sovereignty of your country? Yes Of course.How can i tell No if you will be respectfull to me as much as i respectfull to you?

I agree with all your positive writings.

[Alexis]

We can forget all the bad things about Turkish-Greek history & bad events.Because they just fan the flame of the enmity.

Ok, that is a good start but we know that can't happen overnight. This should theoretically be something easy for the youth to do as they do not remember most of the bad past events. In order to forget we can't just decide to forget we need to forge a partnership between the communties and slowly build up trust to the point where the shadows of these events dwindle away into insignificance. What kind of measures would you like to see introduced to build trust between the two communities?