shahmaran wrote:What could possibly be better than uniting with our brothers who HELPED us through this mess, by not acting solely for their properties and revenge, but acting for a united Cyprus and its people! Being stressed and torn apart to opposite directions for the interests of 2 countries does not actually make you want to choose one, but instead it makes you want to stay put and do your own thing, this is why i support partition for the moment so that TRNC can look after herself without the need of anyone, specially Turkey and eventually the border will dissolve like the Berlin wall... it will just be pointless for it to be there!
plus its not like the moment we have strengthen our economy we will slice the island in half and drift away with your proeprties
Lets assume you are right for the sake of discussion. Lets assume that helping you develop to a high standard will result in re-unification (I definitely disagree but lets see)
What do you need for development?
1You need hotels . Where are you going to build them. Has Talat ever agreed to stop building on GC land?
2)You need Tourists hence direct flights. How are you going to have them if that would mean recognition through Ercan? Anyway you are already having direct flights through Larnaca.
3)You need establish a solid monetary system to have a stable economy. How are you going to do that using the Turkish Lira?
4)You need a healthy Political system. How are you going to do that with so many settlers who alter the results towards partitionists?
You name me the other things you need to have to develop and I will explain for all of them.
Currently we are already helping with all the ways we can EXCLUDING those who mean recognition, or UPGRADE of the occupied into a legal state. Your Standard of living doubled within 4 years. DONT TELL ME THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HELP OF THE GCs!!!
Yet you don't appreciate anything. The turn towards partition is becoming clearer and clearer each day you go towards a better standard of living. And You don't appreciate it is DUE to the GCs...