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[unique_earthling]

Was that meant to interpret as 'in your dreams'?

[Strahd]

I do not understand why all the foreigners are trying to impose this whole made up story about a cypriot race and identity. Can you not for just one time let us be greeks or turks or whatever we want to be!

This has FAILED in 1960... most of the Greeks who come from Cyprus feel Greek! Why you just cannot understand this??? Is it so difficult to understand that 700.000 Greeks originate from Cyprus???? Why do you want to change that, why do you prefer us denying that we are Greek!?!!?

We are greeks, our homeland is the island of Cyprus as simple as that...

[miltiades]

Also the homeland of the Turkish Cypriots , and of course no one is suggesting that we abandon our Greek heritage or Turkish heritage , but merely pointing out that there is such entity as Cyprus and there is such identity as Cypriot .

[michalis5354]

There are international agreements there who state precicely that Cyprus is a sovereign independent republic until when are we going to ignore this?

[Strahd]

Also the homeland of the Turkish Cypriots , and of course no one is suggesting that we abandon our Greek heritage or Turkish heritage , but merely pointing out that there is such entity as Cyprus and there is such identity as Cypriot .

It deffinetely is! And this should have been its beauty! We as Greeks are no longer the only inhabitants of this island. We also have Turkish, Armenians etc. These are people that Cyprus is their homeland and everyone has to respect each other. As for the latter there is deffinetely a Cypriot Culture and Heritage, as there is a Cretan culture, an Athenian culture, a Macedonian culture, a Dodecanese culture, a Smyrnaian Culture etc... People who forget their heritage are pawns and this is what some would love us to be!

There are international agreements there who state precicely that Cyprus is a sovereign independent republic until when are we going to ignore this?

What does this have to with with anything!!!!

The fact that I am a Greek from Cyprus has nothing to do with the sovereignity of my state. I never challenged that!

It is funny how people like you who deny their greekness do so just because someone has told them that this is the only way to live peacefully with my turkish co patriots. Well no this is not the way...

The only way is RESPECT each other for what we are!

[Simon]

Well said Strahd and Piraitis, I completely agree with both of you. If Cyprus would have become a part of Greece, say when Crete did, or Rhodes etc, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

While nobody doubts that Cyprus had many conquerers and rulers, the fact is that the population remained largely Greek. The language of Greek prevailed, the Greek culture prevailed, including music, the arts, religion etc etc. The fact is that almost every nation on earth had different conquerers and settlers, but does this mean the Germans are not German, the French are not French, English are not English, Italians are not Italian, Spanish are not Spanish etc. OF COURSE NOT!

Of course we are Cypriot and an independent nation, but we are also Greeks! Not Greeks from Greece, but Greeks from Cyprus (but Greeks all the same!). I do not believe that the two contradict in any way. It is not Cypriot or Greek, but Cypriot AND Greek. This does not in any way mean that Cyprus cannot become one and we cannot be Cypriots with TCs.

If anyone believes that we have to suppress our differences, just simply to live together, then what a sad, sad world we must live in. What hope is there for the EU? Respect and Trust is the way to achieve the lasting solution in Cyprus, not mutating into something different.

[unique_earthling]

balderdash!!!