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[humanist]

I would like to know what would happen if refugees from both sides began returning back to their homes?

[Eliko]

Bad news for both sides, you'd end up with a 'Turk' for a neighbour and vice versa, unfortunately the powers that be have created an irresolvable problem.

[cypezokyli]

it is not possible to just happen

[Piratis]

Humanist, our refugees had tried in the past to go en mass back to their homes. They loaded their cars and pick-up trucks and went up to the road blocks, but of course they were stopped by the occupation army.

Say now a GC refugee hides his belongings in a truck and crosses the green line. When he goes to his home there is a settler or a foreigner illegally living in it. What will he do? If he tries to enter, then he will be arrested by the pseudo police. In the end he will be forced to return back to his temporary residence in the free areas, which could be a TC home.

Now that TC takes his belonging and comes back to his home, say in Limassol. The refugee that was denied to return to his home above currently lives in it. What can be done? Throw the GC refugee in the street? No. Therefore the TC will not be able to return either. Of course in other cases TCs can return, and many of them did already, but it is not always possible.

Now for the sake of argument, say that a few GCs were allowed to return to the occupied areas. What their quality of life would be there? After 1974 a few 1000s of GCs had remained. But they were treated in inhumane ways by the occupation regime and most of them were forced to leave.
Living under occupation of the Turkish army is not easy.

Therefore the solution is not as easy as you think. The solution is for legality to return to Cyprus, for the majority of Settlers to leave, for compensations to be given so homes can be rebuild, and for a well planed operation that will allow refugees to gradually return without creating chaos and conflicts.

[humanist]

Thank you piratis for your response ........ I wasn't suggesting that it is easy ....... I live overseas and I was just wondering really waht might happen if people did return ........ as did that older guy that I read about online. I'm affraid then that there will never be a solution to the problem.

Do you think that with Turkey out of the picture Turkish Speaking Cypriots would want a Unified Cyprus? because my conclusion from reading the coments on the forum is that they do not. Which contradicts the referendum results on the AP.

[Piratis]

Do you think that with Turkey out of the picture Turkish Speaking Cypriots would want a Unified Cyprus? because my conclusion from reading the comments on the forum is that they do not. Which contradicts the referendum results on the AP.

It doesn't contradict, since the AP was a partition plan.

TCs will reject a true unification for as long as they are given fake hopes that they can gain on our loss. When the balance of power will change and Turkey will not have the power to force illegalities then most of them will accept legality (which will be beneficial for them as well).