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[Alasya]

Below is an aticle on TOSSOS PAPADOPOULOS, his murky past and his uncontrollable anti-Turkish, anti-T/C (he cannot differeniatiate between them) sentiments.

I feel its very sad for Cyprus that we have such a man as the leader of the G/C community.

A former associate of the new President of south Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, has described the Greek Cypriot leader as a ‘sickened Turk-hater who can never compromise his hardline nationalist beliefs.

The description comes from Andreas Ziartides, a leading Greek Cypriot trade unionist and a member of AKEL, the Communist party that was one of Papdopoulos’ main backers in the recent election.

Mr Ziartides is quoted in the Greek Cypriot daily Alıthea, which published a profile of Papadopoulos on 2 February 2003.

“I had realised that he had no ear for concessions or compromise regarding the Turks.

I have identified a very negative characteristic. He is a sickened Turk-hater. He is a sickened racist with regard to the Turks. With Tasos as interlocutor, it t is impossible to find a compromise with the Turks.”

The new leader in the south certainly has a long history of anti-Turkish activity. On 23 October 1967, he made the following speech at the celebration of United Nations Day in Limasol: “Freedom for us means only the integration of this southern outpost of Hellenism into national entity.”

It was this belief that led him to take action during the attacks on 15 November 1967 against the Turkish Cypriot villages of Kophinou (Geçitkale) and Ayios Theodoros (Boğaziçi). The aim of these attacks were again to eliminate the Turkish Cypriots in these villages situated at strategically important places near Limasol, from where tens of thousands of Greek soldiers were clandestinely launched in the island.

Tassos Papadopoulos was also one of the Greek Cypriot leaders who tried to make the 1960 Constitution unworkable and thereby achieve ENOSIS His role in the Akritas Plan, a plot to wipe out the Turkish Cypriot population, was noted as follows in the book Genocide Files (p.81) by British journalist Harry Scott Gibbons: “In order to implement this scheme (altering unilaterally the Constitution to achieve ENOSIS), Makarios entrusted Polykarpos Yorgadjis, Tassos Papadopoulos and Glafkos Clerides with the task of formulating a secret plan of action. This plan, the famous “Akrtitas Plan”…”

[insan]

Definitely he is an anti-Turkish and anti-TC. All of his past and present actions proves that he is...

[KELEBEK]

There is no doubt in my mind that he is still an evil sick man who has never been brought to justice. He should be sent to the war crimes tribunal.

[boulio]

and dektash is any better?

[insan]

and dektash is any better?

Frankly speaking, just the same. Twin of Tassos. Hope this makes you feel comfortable, bulio...

[boulio]

i feel fine it is you and some of your compatriots that keep posting negativity.

[Piratis]

Papadopoulos is attacked because he is not willing to accept that Cyprus should become an undemocratic banana republic that will be a protectorate of Turkey.

If you hate Papadopoulos because of that, you can continue to do so, and throw as much mad at him as you like.

You hate Greek Cypriots because we do not accept to become second category citizens and compromise our most basic human rights so some others will benefit on our loss.

You have been doing such kind of propaganda for 30 years already. Aren't you bored of it?

[KELEBEK]

correction. i hate papadoc because he`s a war criminal.

[insan]

i feel fine it is you and some of your compatriots that keep posting negativity.

Bulio, some guys deserve this negative attitude, some not. For instance you. As I told you before, you are a nice guy. There are also so many nice Greek and GC human beings whom we don't have any problems with them.

Really... I've been so many times to South but neither the GC police nor other GCs treated me harshly. None. I look like a bit Makarios, perhaps that's why they all respected to me and present their best to me. I really have no idea why but their friendly approach made me very happy.

[Piratis]

correction. i hate papadoc because he`s a war criminal.

Says who? The Turks? Because you give a label to somebody this doesn't mean anything. Giving labels is the easiest thing in the world.