Britain's duty if no deal in cyprus

elko2



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 11:31

A very good read. don't miss the other three pages!

http://www.parliamentarybrief.com/articles/1/new/mag/83/1054/britains-duty-if-no.html

basheer



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Posts: 949

Message Posted:
09/03/2010 11:47

very good thanks, alot of my family (inlaws) lost everything in exchange for small apartments in the north, i wonder if they were offered their land back would they go back I don't think so

greylag


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 12:10

Thanks Elko,

The truth is out there but not enough people are able to read it,

Grey.

kibrissibel


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 12:12

A very good article. It's nice to see the observations and quotes from some of the newspapers at the time - the truth that the world loves to forget!

MarkVPiazza


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 12:12

A very good article

McSteviet



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 14:38

Excellant piece.......now what...



Mc

waddo


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 14:57

Read that with some interest and find it a very good piece if only other nations get to read it. One question on the whole report:



"There are as many Greek and Greek Cypriot troops in the South as Turkish and Turkish Cypriot troops in the North"



Where did that information come from and is it true?

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
09/03/2010 14:59

Great article, but who reads the Parliamentary Review - be great if it got copied into the Sun or the Mail, as a shock horror genocide story - no need to mention it was years ago!!!!!!!! And does Britain care? Im coming more to the conclusion it cares very little for people, just its good name with the US.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 16:31

Call it the "Naked Truth" and the Sun may take it as a shorty. No, sorry, "Truth" is wrong of course - in the Sun. How about "Cyprus, Naked and Raped"?

Rottolover



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 16:44

waddo, I heard from someone who claimed to know that there were significantly MORE Greek troops in the south than Turkish troops in the north.



Given relevant proximities, I don't think it matters all that much...

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
09/03/2010 16:46

Waddo

I beleive that the numbers of Greek / GC troops includes all the reservists which is of course a lot, due to conscription.



Elko

Thanks for this great article which will explain the Cyprus Problem to the many people who ask, a whole lot better than I can.

mikeythespark



Joined: 10/11/2009
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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 17:50

What a very good and informative read.

Thank you

greenman


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 18:47

Have sent the link to Daily Mail 'Littlejohn'.

dougskud



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 18:58

Hello everyone good afternoon



I read and enjoyed the article by Michael Stephen, it's the sort of well balanced review of history which could be included with every holiday and or flight ticket purchase to help raise awareness.



regards

Doug

eastendjoker


Joined: 24/04/2008
Posts: 166

Message Posted:
09/03/2010 19:58

A very good article but once again it ends with the people of Britain having to stump up more money from god knows where ! why does the world think Britain should bail everyone out !. i have every confidence in North Cyprus thriving once alot of the travel restrictions are lifted.

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
09/03/2010 20:15

Wow! How about we all send a copy to the UK papers, maybe then they'll take the hint and print this - something pro-Turkish Cypriot for once!

greylag


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 20:42

Go for it booitsme,

Grey.

FrancesD


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 21:10

Are Cyprus Today running this I wonder............

tiff60


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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 21:25

Just a thought folks, HM QE 2 is married to a Greek from Corfu, I wonder if this influences anything?

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 22:53

Dear Ismet



I hope you'd join me in pointing out that this is one-sided, highly biased and not even accurate.



Stories - emphasis on stories - like this don't do the Cypriots any favours.



Division 46 years ?... 36 years may be..



Greek and Creek Cypriot forces match those of TR / 'TRNC' ?



Akritas’ plan - Genocide ?



No mention of TMT atrocities and forcing TCs to leave villages



No mention of CIA / US state dept complicity in playing off Greece and Turkey pre July 74



Glossing over that far more GCs killed - by each other- than TCs in the run up to invasion / peace movement - the notorious massacres came AFTER the TR troops landed.



..and that more TCs were killed AFTER the commencement of the invasion / peace movement and more Cypriots killed in the ensuing six weeks than at any time since the Ottomans arrived on the island ..



I am no apologists for GC shenanigans but PLE-EASE don't 'fall' for this 'red top' sensationalist article.. as 'gospel'

proger1



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Message Posted:
09/03/2010 23:23

I have heard too many so called truths M, to believe every word of this however I would be interested to see if the international press at the time were also printing stories that would be biased toward the Greek Cypriots.



I always like to hear both sides of a dispute before deciding what to believe and in the cyprus problem there seem to oposing stories to every story by either side and it was so long ago and spread over such an area that I doubt if any one person can remember every detail however as previously stated I would like to see international press clippings from the same period that go against the quotes in the attached story.



Paul

elko2



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Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
09/03/2010 23:24

Mark,

There may be a few inaccuracies but it is nothing compared to the continual and systematic lies of Greek Cypriots. The division started in 1963, so according to my maths 2009-1963=46 years.

ismet

Groucho



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010

Re the Troop numbers... who knows, I'm pretty sure exact numbers are a military secret on both sides. I do know that you only have to look at the calibre of the soldiers to know which ones are up to the job...



Just drive past the pot-bellied 'guard' with his hat on the back of his head a fag in his gob, slouching at the entrance to the military base by the roundabout sporting Olympic rings near the Metehan crossing point and you will know what I mean.

Hippo


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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 05:48

I wonder if anybody has posted this on the Cyprus forum for those despicable protagonists to digest?

dougskud



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 10:08

Hi MMMMMM good morning re your post no.20.



I am not politically motivated so the extreme claims from either side leave me cold.



What is undoubtedly true is publicity raises awareness, awareness creates interest, interest stimulates debate, debate stimulates action, actions will hopefully achieve a solution that is fair and reasonable to all sides.



From reading many of your posts it is clear you are well read on the period covered by Mr Steven's article.



In the interest of improving awareness why not produce a balanced critique of the article identifying the unfair and inaccurate content and including whatever information to deem to be important for a balanced debate.



regards



Doug

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 11:45

6M's, msg 25, so at least three different people the witnessed these atrocities written about in that article were ALL lying then eh!!!

people like you would like to repress any truth on this matter I think, as it is definitely going to turn tables on GC standing in the world community when people finally wake up to the facts about what really happened here in Cyprus.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 11:59

Dear Tattlad



re 26



You are making the assumption I dispute the fact that TCs were oppressed and that atrocities occurred.



Suggesting this was just about the majority trying to wipe out the minority - and it was 'covered up' is a disservice to Cypriots who have been played and were 'pawns' in a much bigger game.



>>people like you would like to repress any truth on this matter I think<<



I hope I have taught many GCs WHY that 'hated flag' is on the hill and the truth about places like Tochni .. but I always wonder IF it would have happened if Turkey hadn't have landed troops on the island...

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 12:09

Dear Doug



re msg 25



Thanks for your suggestion..



>>In the interest of improving awareness why not produce a balanced critique of the article identifying the unfair and inaccurate content and including whatever information to deem to be important for a balanced debate.

<<



Over the 8 or so years I have contributed to various boards on CY, I have done this many times... !





If you care to search through this board you'll find many examples..



Sadly, I'm REALLY busy right now - so I hope you'll 'indulge me' and buy a copy of just one book.. A Rough Guide to Cyprus by Marc Dubin



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Guide-Cyprus-Travel-Guides/dp/1843534568



It's also really useful as a guide.. if you love Cyprus - it's historical / political insights and references to many other books on Cyprus make it a book I kept lending and never got back !

tattlad


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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 14:36

Msg 27 I think it's pretty bloody obvious what would have happened if Turkey had not intervened, and reading that article is probably more truthful than any story you'll get from the GC side, it's nothing short of a disgrace that GC's started the problem but then try to blame the TC's for it, and it has worked up to now, but it's only a matter of time before the world wakes up to what actually happened here..................

Harold2555



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Posts: 1139

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 15:51

Tatlad



Not sure what would have happened had Turkey not landed troops. I know that I read in places that are GC sympathetic that there were no murders of TC's between 64 and pre Turkish intervention in 74. I would like to know if this is true. Possibly having bottled the TC's up in enclaves, there was no need?



Also heard that more GC's died at there own hands in the civil war. Tragic but not overly relevant to the situation of the TC's. The coup in Cyprus failed and the military Junta collapsed days after the Turkish landings. Would this have happened if they hadn't or would Cyprus have become a Greek island like Corfu or Rhodes ?



Who knows, not me and not MM because no one can. I like to think that MM is objective, I have only really seen him comment on the de facto legal situation re Cyprus. This is not in my book enough to label him a GC sympathyser (all though of course he may be!)



Harold

breezyboy


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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 16:46

Harold

If you have read the link in message 1 and still do not beleive there were any atrocities before 1974 I am amazed.

Three independent reports between Dec 63 and Jan 64 cannot all be lies although the GCs would probably like you to beleive this.

As for how many GCs were killed by GCs, what has that got to do with anything remotely TRNC or Turkish.

How many Confederate soldires were killed by Union soldiers, before, after or during the mass killing of Indigenous Americans.

cypgab


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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 17:40

Mark



I've ordered the book. I must have 20/25 books on Cyprus but I wouldn't have thought of buying a travel book.



Thanks



Geoff

Harold2555



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 18:07

Breezyboy



I said after 64 and pre invasion, i.e after the period covered by the reports. I also said that the killing of GC by Gc wasn't relevant to the TC's.



Harold

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 18:35

GC's killing GC's has naf all to do with the TRNC, but how the hell ANY country in the world can condemn Turkey for saving the TC's from any MORE atrocities is an atrocity it's self, it's unbelievable that it's the TRNC that had the sanctions levied against them when THEY were the ones wronged in all the trouble.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 19:36

Dear Tattlad



try to understand .. there are TCs that still believe that their govt is the RoC and many more that know that claiming UDI in 1983 actually made matters WORSE...



The declaration of 'independence' was a 'gift' to the GCs ..an 'own goal' for TCs



Unless there is a political settlement, China and Russia aren't going to vote to over turn the Security Council Resolutions.



In the light of the TC YES vote of '04 to Annan - which included abandoning the notion of 'TRNC' - it does seem unfair- but if Mr Erdogan had been REALLY smart he'd have implemented some Annan -like reforms and I'm sure the international community would have obliged with some quid pro quo ....





I also note you can't / won't see that Turkey / TMT were not 'lily-white'.. many TCs didn't choose to move into ghettos - they had to - due to pressure from TMT..

tattlad


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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 11:53

6M's Msg 35.

try to understand .. there are TCs that still believe that their govt is the RoC and many more that know that claiming UDI in 1983 actually made matters WORSE...







I don't know who you've been talking to, (GC's diguised as TC's by the sound of it) but the reality is all the TC's I have spoken to,( and bear in mind I live in the KKTC) do not believe anything of the kind of what you've printed, that is why the TC's are looking to get annexed to Turkey, and when the election results are in you'll find that out.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 13:34

Dear Tattlad,



re msg 36



I assure you that these ARE TCs - known to myself and Ismet, personally ...



You plainly aren't talking to enough TCs ! ;)



As for wanting annexation by TR - I think you'll find PLENTY of TCs would NOT want that - at all ..

tattlad


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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 13:53

mmmmmm the election result will tell you all you need to know ;)

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 13:57

Dear Tattlad



As you will learn.. the result is one thing .. what TR wants - viz a political soln. - will dictate 'policy'

Lincsman



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 14:25

mmmmmm, Whilst I see that you always try to give a balanced viewpoint IMO I think to argue that TC' s wouldn't have been targeted if Turkey hadn't intervened in 1974 is unlikely. Was it not Nikos Sampson who said later that if Turkey hadn't have intervened he would have sought to annihilate all TC's on the Island? I believe that if the coup had succeeded, after the fighting between Sampson/Makarios supporters, the TC's would have been a prime target.

tattlad


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Posts: 479

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 15:14

mmmmmm, why don't you ask some of the TC's on here how they feel what they want etc, that should give you at least a small insight..........

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 15:48

Hi Lincsman..



Truly, I can't answer.. but were there massacres of TCs in between the 'victory' for the Coupists and the Turkish landings...... ?



All that happened was that the landings ( temporarily ) re-united sworn GC enemies.



Tattlad, I *am* in contact with TCs and note what they say on a near daily basis...

Lincsman



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 16:34

mmmmmm, re message 42,

To be fair no there were'nt, but was that because the Sampson/Makarios supporters were too busy fighting each other?

Troodo


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Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 16:50

The problem is the GC's have been taught that no GC's killed GC's they were all killed by Turks and TC's, which of course is a nonsence. However, when you see their quoted figurs it must make people believe that one minority TC is worth ten GC's.

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 16:51

mmmmmm, didn't you notice what happened in elections last time, last year ? I think you'll find the UBP that won are very pro Turkish............

Biker



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 20:14

Outstanding piece of article. 100 % Truth.

It is refreshing to hear the truth for a change from an outside source.

Well done.