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[pitsilos]

Leader of Turkish Cyprus: military confrontation should be last resort in oil dispute
The Associated PressPublished: February 2, 2007

ISTANBUL, Turkey: Military confrontation should be a last resort in a dispute over oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean sea near the divided island of Cyprus, the leader of Turkish Cyprus said Friday.

Mehmet Ali Talat appealed for dialogue and said his breakaway state - recognized only by Turkey - was as entitled as the Greek Cypriot government to proceeds from any oil reserves. Tensions flared earlier this week when Turkey warned Lebanon and Egypt not to press ahead with energy exploration deals signed with the Greek Cypriot government, a member of the European Union.

"Military confrontation should be only the last resort," Talat said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"We believe that we should have our share," he said. "We will not let our rights be eroded by the Greek Cypriot administration."

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/02/europe/EU-GEN-Turkey-Oil-Dispute.php

whats gone into the head of talat lately?

"We believe that we should have our share," he said. "We will not let our rights be eroded by the Greek Cypriot administration."

what rights is he keep on talking about?

"Military confrontation should be only the last resort," Talat said in an interview with The Associated Press.

and what about these military threats?

[zan]

Can I ask you what went through Tpaps head when he thought that Turkey was going to stay out of the oil deal? I think you should ask your self if not your leader what he expected to happen. Nearly all of the people posting on this forum saw that conflict was on the cards and that expected conflict is now turning to surprise.

[shahmaran]

its probably because joining the EU has exaggerated their conceited views SO much that they started becoming delusional...

[pitsilos]

@zan
what gives turkey any rights to that oil in the first place? this is the question you should perhaps be asking your self.

@shahmaran
out of the two, someone is delusional, and in this instance it ain't the roc

turkey or talat have no rights whatsever on that oil and no threats or bullying tactics will make any difference.

but what is interesting is that talat now is talking about a military action and can you imagine what tricks turkey would be pulling if the annan plan got through?

its horrifying to say the least. here are the tcs trying to sell us their security needs in a unified cyprus and here is how that security is gonna take shape.

[shahmaran]

so what we are not Cypriots? just because you dont see us as a real country doesnt mean we dont see ourselves like a real country either! we are Cypriots and we have just as much right to this island and everything it comes with as anyone else! so THIS is where you are dillusional, by thinking that we were just going to sit back and watch you claim the whole island like you have been trying to do so for so long, this oil issue is not new is it, its been going on since before 74, so at what point did RoC think that we had just given up on everything?

[andri_cy]

You cannot be Cypriots when it suits you and be the TRNC when it suits you better. You need to decide first and then let the rest of us know...

[pitsilos]

your claims to anything evaporated when you allowed ecevit, kakopsofo, god bless him, say the cyprus problem was solved in 74. btw he said this in 95.

so yes i say your masters desided on your behalf, like everything else a long time ago. maybe you should be addressing questions such as who gave turkey and daddy dektash the right to give your rights away, when turkey cleansed 200,000 people from their ancestral lands and declared its own mafia state.

you say giving back varosha will be part of the overall solution when the time comes, and i say this also will be sorted out out when a solution is found. in the mean time keep on stamping passports, keep on selling those lands and we will explore the oil business. sounds fair to me.

but as pyro said there is always an alternative. become citizens of the roc and you will share the wealth, if there is any.

didn't gul say he will travel the world over to promote the recognition of the mafia state?

didn't turkey say, she would annex the north if the roc got in the eu?

all these actions by your masters point to the fact they want a separate country. how is it then your masters are promoting a different country and at the same time claiming wealth from the country they are trying to break away from.

[shahmaran]

andri what difference does it make? we are TURKISH CYPRIOTS and we are still a part of this island, wether its with you or without you...

[pitsilos]

and as far as the cypriot, try telling vp, zan and ken910 that. see if you can convince them of becoming cypriots first and then come and tell us, and not before.

[shahmaran]

pitsilos, you have put us into this situation, if you want us to love you more than we love Turkey, then start changin the record, but if you think you are going to force us into joining you by denying us our freedom and our share of the island, then you will have problems, and if you try to act like we dont exist when such matters are concerned then you will have even bigger problems, afterall if our "asses" belongs to Turkey, then what is meant to belong to us also belongs to Turkey too, so stop acting so shocked at the responses you get about the oil. Infact its in the RoC's best interest to start making up with us, instead of trying to force us into submission.

its as simple as that...