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[Piratis]

Piratis,
Why are you not arresting British Citizens and TC's who live in the North when they cross to the south? They are committing illegal acts are they not? Surely you must be consistent in the application of your laws or they are meaningless. Or is it that the ROC is too scared to open that particular can of worms. I will volunteer myself to be arrested by the ROC next time I am in Cyprus and when I cross over to the south having flown into Ercan-I bet they wouldnt dare arrest me.

RoC has arrested British and other foreign citizens that have committed illegalities in occupied areas many times, and personally I believe the arrests should intensify.

RoC is doing a favor to TCs. If you personally don't want to have this favor, and you have committed illegalities, then you can turn yourself to the police and let them know about your illegalities and tell them that you to not wish to take advantage of the favor that RoC is doing for TCs. But you can not ask that because RoC is doing a favor to you (because you are RoCs citizens) that the same favor should apply to everybody else as well.

[Issy1956]

Piratis,
They are EU citizens now and can freely go to every part of the EU as you keep pointing out to the Turks you must abide by all the rules not just the ones that you like.
You still havent answered me about my position-should the ROC arrest me when I enter the country from the North.Do you enforce your own laws. Yes or No?

[THE HIGHLANDER]

NO BLOODY WONDER !!!!!!! THEIR EITHER TURKISH? OR BULGARIAN? NOT BOTH MATE.
AFTER ALL I DONT CALL MYSELF SCOTTISH/ENGLISH/IRISH/AMERICAN AS THAT IS WHAT MY ANCESTERY IS....WHERE YOU ARE BORN IS YOUR NATIONALITY ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT WHETHER YOU ACCEPT IT OR NOT ITS A FACT!!!!!!!!

Who the hell are you to tell people what they are and what they are not? You can call yourself an extraterrestrial for all I care.

Who am i ?............
I'm a British (mug) tax payer who (used to) pay heavy taxes to keep sponsering your Bulgarian cronnies and ilegaly married male Turks etc with grants to open restuarants and roofs over their heads and money in their pockets,until they found work.


Wham...Bam......Thank-you mam

[raymanuva]

TAXPAYER GOD MODE: ON

[Piratis]

Piratis,
They are EU citizens now and can freely go to every part of the EU as you keep pointing out to the Turks you must abide by all the rules not just the ones that you like.

Sure, this is what I said: Let them come and arrest them for the illegalities they committed = apply all the rules.

You still havent answered me about my position-should the ROC arrest me when I enter the country from the North.Do you enforce your own laws. Yes or No?

I answered. RoC makes an exception and a favor to TCs as goodwill, hoping that TCs will respond with goodwill as well some day.

[miltiades]

The bgTurk wrote:
""If the Papadopolous government fails to meet EU regulations for freedom of movement, his government may soon have to face us in court at the ECHR. ""

There is an ancient Cypriot proverb that says " na poume ke tou stravou to dikeo"
Simply translated it means "Give the blind man his dues "

Here we have a situation where a foreign army of some 40 thousand troops , having used force to impose their jurisdiction and authority against the wishes of the legally recognised government of Cyprus , on the part of Cyprus that the International community , including Europe , consider as part of the ROC but under occupation by Turkey. I'm not saying anything other than what is Internationally accepted. Now here we have foreigners arriving in this part of Cyprus , demanding that the have bestowed upon them the rights afforded by the EU. You cant have it both ways.The airport in question is considered internationally as a non recognised entity , are you really suggesting that the Cypriot governments accepts the legality of such entry point when every other single nation on earth does not recognise. I think we should see the other side of the coin too.
When Turkey stubbornly refuses to recognise a nation , a full member of the EU , UN and every other international point then it is futile and pointless to expect the Cypriot government to grant the illegal entrants into it's soil a legal status . The division of Cyprus is not acceptable to the vast majority of Cypriots . The Bulgarian or other nationals who come to Cyprus ought to do some home work before embarking on their trip.

[Issy1956]

Piratis,
I didnt realise I was being given this unfair favour by the ROC-I should be more grateful in the future. However being the cynical person I am I suspect that they are doing it not for my benefit but because its a law they cant enforce and they would look stupid if they tried. Thats probably more like it than them trying to do the TC's a favour.

[bg_turk]

Sure, this is what I said: Let them come and arrest them for the illegalities they committed = apply all the rules.

You cannot arbitrarily arrest hundreds of EU citizens, any such act would cause outrage in Bulgaria, and in Europe, and would further marginalize the Greek Cypriot administration within the European Union.

[Viewpoint]

Cant wait for the first arrest of a Bulgarian, the GCs arresting yet another EU citizen well done, you are scoring points all the time with the EU.

[bg_turk]

When Turkey stubbornly refuses to recognize a nation , a full member of the EU , UN and every other international point then it is futile and pointless to expect the Cypriot government to grant the illegal entrants into it's soil a legal status . The division of Cyprus is not acceptable to the vast majority of Cypriots . The Bulgarian or other nationals who come to Cyprus ought to do some home work before embarking on their trip.

You have overused the word "illegal" so much that it is rendered meaningless. Bulgarian Turks are not illegal entrants according to any EU law.
Besides the occupation is not our problem, it is yours. You had an opportunity to unite, you missed it, now deal with it. Why are Bulgarian Turks to pay for your stubborn intransigence?

All Bulgarian citizens today are free to travel as they wish, regardless of their ethnic origins, and by EU law the Greek Cypriot administration is obliged to guarantee them free passage. Failure to do so would have legal ramifications in the European Courts.