[quote="Piratis"]Cem, the problem of Cyprus is not the crimes that the Turks did against Cypriots 400 years ago. The problem is that [b]they didn't stop committing crimes ever since[/b].
Basically the only time that we were not attacked, oppressed or threatened by the Turks was just [b]80[/b] years, between 1878 and 1958.
The Latins also oppressed us and committed crimes against us in the past, but we do not have a problem with Italy or with the Latin minority of Cyprus today. Today they are not trying to impose their rule over any part of the island anymore, and they equal Cypriot citizens which respects all others and in return they are respected.
[[size=18]b][color=red]So it is not about what happened in the past, it is about what is happening [b]now[/b]. [/color][/b][/size]
It is clear that the conflict of 1958 was started by the TCs, watch the video again (made by your British friends, not us). And as it was [b]always[/b] obivous the conflict was not between GCs and TCs. It was between Cypriots VS a foreign oppressor (Turkey/UK) and their pawns which they brought to our island. If TCs were just by themselves then do you think they would dare to start a war against GCs who outnumbered them 5 to 1?
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Question:
If the Tcs, as you said, had the backing of millions of turks behind them, then how come:
They could not become more populous than GCs over time ?
I mean, since Ottos were running the island for centuries, they could have brought in more and more of their kind so as to outnumber the locals, the true Cypriots GCs.
There was nothing to prevent them from putting this into action..
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And how do you think the TC minority was created in Cyprus? If there was no such policy of forcefully Turkifying Cyprus then there would be 0% of Turks in Cyprus today.
They brought many 1000s of people in Cyprus, but bringing them was not that easy since they had to be forced to come. Cyprus back then was not what it is today. People didn't want to come here. Also they tried to make many Cypriots muslims by offering several advantages to being a muslim rather that a christian. But they didn't [b]want[/b] to eliminate all Cypriots because then there would be nobody to exploit. Also many Turks left from Cyprus when the Ottoman rule was over, and many Cypriots who were forced to become muslims turned back to Christianity.
Do you seriously doubt that the Turks who were brought to Cyprus had the backing of the rest of the empire and later the backing of Turkey??? Those people were the local administrators (pawns) of the Ottoman empire/ Turkey and they [b]continue[/b] to be today. What do you think Talat is?[/quote]
Piratis says: [[size=18]b][color=red]So it is not about what happened in the past, it is about what is happening [b]now[/b]. [/color][/b][/size]
What a hypocrite you are Piratis. You vomit up 1571 at every opportunity because it suits you - ad nauseum,and now you have the chutzpah to say the above.
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