by Alasya » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:47 pm
MicAtCyp wrote
"A separation of territory means borders and checkpoints to control the situation. This equals two separate states. Before asking for such a thing, first consider the consequences. Then consider if the GCs will accept. Third consider if the original reasons for wanting separation exist today.
Nevertherless, I found your posts about Belgium enlightening"
No, absolutely not, a separation of territory does not necessarily mean two separate states. Belgium, Switwerland, Bosnia, Canada all have a seraration territory based on language and / or ethnicity, the two do not always come together, but they are unitary states with one international character.
If you read my messages on Belgium and was truly enlightened by it, then you wouldn't have arrived at such a conclusion.
As for what the Greek-Cypriots are prepared to accept. I was under the impression that the biggest concession made by the G/C side since 1978 (made by ex-president Makarios before his death) has been an acceptance of negotiating toward bizonality. Vassiliou and Clerides have also been negotiating toward bizonality. However toward the end of Clerides' presidency with the &st Annan plan, the Greek-Cypriot leadership accepted[/b] the Annan plan as a basis for negotiation, and they knew that the word federal existed in its text. In a federation you have component states; in bizonality, you have zones, both will most likely be ethnically homogenous. Therefore in terms of separation of territory, and a separation of Greek and Turkish Cypriots, it amounts to the same thing.
As for North Nicosia, the area has traditionally been populated by T/Cs, the Nicosia suburban villages/towns of Mandres, Gonyeli (Konyali) and Ortakoy, all entirely Turkish -Cypriot villages and large villages are located in the periphery of North Nicosia. The fact that this area became an enclave does not surprise me. If armed Greek and Greek-Cypriot militia did not begin a campaign of terror against the islands Turkish-Cypriots with the Akritas plan as their bible then this situation would never have produced itself.
One of the reasons this area swelled with Turkish-Cypriots, some armed to the teeth was because Turkish-Cypriot villages in other areas of the island (Troodos, Limassol) had been attacked or the Turkish-Cypriots had been forced to leave by threat of violence and death, and had ended up there, helped by nobody but their own people.
Immaturity is a label best suited to those who cannot articulate themselves without using words like "crap" and patronizing terms like "my dear".