Dory writes to ask why Northern Cyprus isn't among my listing of the 194 independent countries of the world. I replied that as soon as more than just Turkey considers Northern Cyprus to be an independent entity, I'll start considering where to add it. Meanwhile, there is no international recognition for Northern Cyprus.
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Northern Cyprus is territory of the Republic of Cyprus illegally occupied by Turkey since the 1974 invasion, ethnic cleansing, and colonization of that part of Cyprus by Turkey in continuing violation of numerous UN resolutions (including 353, 361, 365, 3212-XXIX, 367) which call for the immediate and unconditional removal of the Turkish occupation troops and settlers from Cyprus, and the safe return of all refugees to their homes.
The population of the now Turkish occupied “northern Cyprus” was over 80% Christian Greeks. Turkey has forced all of them out of their homes and settled that part of Cyprus with ettlers from Turkey and proceted in a program of destruction of the Christian and Greek identity of the land.
Turkey’s invasion and continuing occupation resulted in the international embargo on the occupied part of Cyprus as ordered by UN resolutions 541 and 550 which state “the attempt to create a ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’, is invalid” and the UN “Calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, unity and non-alignment of the Republic of Cyprus” and “Reiterates the call upon all States not to recognise the purported state of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ set up by secessionist acts and calls upon them not to facilitate or in any way assist the aforesaid secessionist entity”.
To date, Turkey continues to violate international law and continues on its attempts to partition Cyprus and annex the occupied part.
blah blah blah resolution blah etc.
Lets face it UN resolutions are a waste of time (iraq!) – so Turkey intervened in 1974, i don’t believe they should still be there but after the ROC threw out 9 UN plans to solve it, including Kofi Annans (there were 5 versions of that!) – what do they expect, they would have all gone home in 2004 if the ROC had accepted the plan (which they helped draft. Not a perfect solution for either side but after 44 years you would think a little realism might be in order.
Also i expect it is best not to mention the fact the UN had to go in in 1963 to stop the Greek Cypriots massacring the Turkish Cypriots. Also best not mention the Greek Junta backed Military Coup that overthrew Makarios a week before Turkey intervened (and that he asked for help from the ‘guarantor powers – UK and Turkey, but UK declined to help)
Oh BTW azerbajan also recognises TRNC – does that give TRNC more than Taiwan now?
Let’s face it Tony, if UN resolutions were followed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, thousands of US soldiers and hundreds of fellow Britons would still be alive. So you might think they are a waste of time, but they aren’t to most of us.
Let’s face this too: No recognised passport, no embassies, no diplomatic missions, no legal port of entry blah blah blah = no recognised country.
And try to get your facts right. Azerbaijan has not officially recognised the illegal state of TRNC. It “threatened” to, but then backed off.
OK Granted Azerbaijan have not formally recognized the sovereignty of TRNC – though they do fly directly there like Turkey. (incidentally Nakhchivan have formally recognized the TRNC, but are having a few difficulties being recognized themselves, such are the joys of international politics).
To clarify my point re UN resolutions, they are usually (but not always) well meaning, but are inconsistent and pretty toothless – according to the UN almost every country in the world is in breach of at least one, for example the ‘illegal’ invasion of Iraq. There is no point in quoting them since all they really represent is a snapshot of opinions of people who were influential at the time they were made, not the realities of life, one can always find a UN resolution that supports your point of view if you look hard enough, they are not a useful tool.
What i would say is that after 44 years it is stupid to still be arguing over semantics, insisting that one uses quotes around references to anything to do with “TRNC” or “President” Talat etc., blocking friendly football games and having punch ups in Westminster over whether one should refer to Turkeys actions as an ‘intervention’ or an ‘invasion’
Until the ROC can get beyond that form of pettyness there is not going to be a solution, and frankly if they can’t get beyond that they don’t deserve a solution.
Here are the facts by date. Turkey initially invaded Cyprus after the Greek Coup failed and then weeks later expanded their occupation to over a third of the island. Despite the unrest in 1963, Greek and Turkish Cypriots lived in peace for centuries including the 10 years after 1963. Now that the buffer zone crossings are open, there has been a free exchange between the two peoples virtually without incident. UN resolutions do matter, even when not followed, to state what is right vs. what is wrong. What is wrong are 40,000 Turkish troops on Cyprus and Turkish settlements on the island. The ROC wants nothing short of unifying the island, removing occupying troops from their land, and allow people the freedom to live in their own homes and pray in their places of worship, wether Greek or Turkish Cypriot. The last Annan plan allowed Turkish troops to remain on the island and prevented people from returning home. How would you vote if that were you voting in the ROC? Its nice we live in a country strong enough to defend itself. It would be even nicer to defend the rights of nations too small to defend themselves. We did that for Kuwait, but wait, they had oil; Cyprus didn’t.
re:Tony Warrington comment-the plan called for very little land to be returned so most Greek Cypriots would not be able to go home and what about the Turkish military? Why do’t they leave? What about the Turks selling Greek land to foreigners? Have you even been to Cyprus?
what do the greeks really want . acess to a untapped holiday destination in the north
re: Chris They want to go home. They want their family photographs and heirlooms. They don’t want to live surrounded by the Turkish military. They want their churches as they were, not as they are now, turned into stables and storage facilities by the Turks.
why is it that greeks only talk about 1974 onwards , never before that date. why ? because they were barbaric animals who killed in cold blood english army personals based in cyprus ,then there own race , then the turkish cypriots. then cryed wolf when the turukish army intereved to stop the slaughter of innocent turks. its time the world heard the real truth about cyprus.its time the greeks owned up to what they have done and the rest of the world release the turkish cypriots people from their piontless entrappment in their own country
The Greek churches are mainly untouched. The troops presence is barely noticed. The Greek Cypriots are welcomed into their previous homes in the North and the Greek Cypriots who I meet every day there have no animosity apart from towards both governments. Don’t forget a large part of Turkish land is occupied by Greeks too. Such as Larnaca Airport.
Well said Chris. That side is never heard. Apart from if you listen to independant witnesses of the time
has there ever been a war where one side has ever really won ? no
why dont the cypriots brush themselves down realise they can and never live side by side and go their own way for the sake of the future generation of a multinational cyprus .
if land and houses are so important , how many of you out there have bought your parents houses. because its your roots !
Sara-What do you mean they(Greeks) can go to their homes? My mother in laws home is a stable! Every tree on her property was cut down for firewood. All her possesions stolen. Settlers from Turkey live in her barn. Go home to what? What if you were forced out of your home with your children and thirt years later went back to find your house stripped bare of all furntiture and used to stor hay and shelter animals? Would you feel at home?
Chris-this is not about buying parents homes! The older generations in Cyprus built their homes before their weddings. Land was handed down from one generation to the next as were hand made linens and blankets. these are things that cannot be replaced. The people of Cyprus, and I include Turkish Cypriots from the south that were forced north after the invasion, lost EVERYTHING! My mother in law fled her home with 5 young children, a loaf and bread and the clothes on their backs-that’s it! Do you get it yet?
Ones a Turk allways a turk.
Sub-humanoid mongoloid anatolian killers.
As for the Brits and bedore 74, Yes The Greeks foght against the colonial Bridish. Why not? Since when self ditermination is a crime?
Barbaric is a greek word for those who can’t speak greek …ie the English whos language is 60% greek since they have no language of thier own.
Civilized Bridish… What a joke.
I think the thing is, both sides are affected. The Greeks were uprooted, the Turks were uprooted, both populations were keilled by the other, and now it is time for both sides to move on. It must have been a dreadful time for all. The people both sides suffered because of governments and no-one can change that.
tell me sari . why my cypriot aunt should leave her greek house in the north and go back to her house in the south
[which has been partly demolished and bricks ,windows ect stolen and sold to builders to create a typical cypriot house} which she saw her husband and 3 children taken away and shot buy the greeks in her own village , some neighbours what. over 30 years have passed ,she has made a new life ,still not a day passes without heartache . please tell me why should she be forced out of her house back to nockinni in the greek part
Chris-Ask Turkey-if they didn’t invade your relatives would not have been killed. Why should my family stay in the south and allow Turks to sell their land, land in their family for generation. Europeans are buying land that belongs to Greeks from Turks and the Turks make the money. Is that right? The island needs peace for all but peace should not mean that Greeks Cypriots have to agree to giving up what is rightfully their. This goes for the Turkish Cypriots as well. They should be able to re-claim their land and homes in the south as well. None of this can happen with Turkey involved. Turkey should let the Cypriots, Greek and Turkish decide their own future.
Last summer i went to visit my village called Lysi and i went to visit my house that i lived for 14 years. I knocked on the door and i asked very politely if i can take a look inside.The lady slamed the door on us and did not allow us to even look inside and then we met some turkish cypriots that they were leaving next door and they were very nice they invited us in the house and they offered us coffee.They told me that the lady who lived in my house she is from anatolia very poor very lazy and they moved them to cyprus because in anatolia they lived in caves.The turkishcypriot people hate them us well.Turkishcypriots are now a minority the majority of the population are settlers.Nobody understants the real reason for the invasion that was a stragetic move by turkey with the blessing of the US so they can control the eastern mediteranian.I took a lot of pictures of the church in my village which is now a mosque they ripped every cross and any sign of christianity they even ripped priceless mossaics and tried to sell them in black market but the church stands which it was build during byzantine times.Then we visited my brothers girlfriend village in Pigi the two churhes in the village are now stables and i have the pictures to prove it and anybody who says it never happend they just liers and they have no facts to prove it.As far us cemitaries dont even ask total desecration.
Im a Greekcypriot and i dont hate the Turkishcypriots but i hate extremist Greeks and Turks they are the ones who spread the seeeds of hate.The greek extremist gave a reason to Turkey to invade and turkish extremist took advantage again with the blessing of Britain and the U.S.Dont forget that the majority of Greekcypriots they didnt want to be part of Greece it was only the extremist that they had ties with the Greek – Junta and the military and lets face it this was not the first time that Turkey try to invade the island .They try also in the sixties but the U.S stopped them .
Northern Cyprus became a nation when it invoked its unilateral declaration of independence in November 1983. Considering that Greek Cypriot puppet administration and their Greek masters in Athens tried to eradicase the presence of every Turk living in Cyprus between 1963 and 1974, I think that Greek Cyprus got off easy with the Turkish Peace Operation in July 1974. Put bluntly, Turkish Cypriots doen’t want to be ruled by those who tried to cleanse them off the island, so having their own country to call home is the only way they can be secure.
It makes me perfectly happy now after all this years to see a strong and pewrfull country like Turkey to get on its knees in front of a small island with educated people, with culture and history how have been violated for years by the turks. and i do like it…becuase the table is turning baby and after cyprus unification in the EURO currency nothing can change and nothing can be done…and i love it. As the French president said Turkey doesnt belong in europe. Let them make their own union in asia..and have fun.
As far for the british…civilized ha? damn..that is a joke. If cyprus was occupying brittan wouldnt the british stand up for their land and rights? wouldnt they fight for their fredom? But we would call them terrorists …right?
Joke .
tut tut tut – children, i say look to the future and as usual all you can do is drag up the past – with appropriiate twisting of the truth – peaceful co existence in the 10 years after 1963! – don’t be daft, hundreds were killed, disappeared, maimed , forced to sign over property at gun point etc. during that period, despite the UN presence the Turkish Cypriots were forced to retreat into enclaves to protect themselves (which is why the greeks want 1974 as the base date not 1963).
But all that is beside the point – Cyprus has been conquered and reconquered dozens of times by dozens of countries, phoenicians, romans, english Ottomans etc. – you can even find a time when it was ruled by greece (around 350BCE for a couple of decades, though technically not ‘Greece’ per se since they were warring city states then and Greece did not exist as a united entity till the 19th century)- pretty much every country in the world has been taken by force at some time to get to it’s current state. If you look back ,it is easy to play the blame game – especially when both sides are in the wrong – so is it not about time to look forward?
Always prudent to back statements with facts. Here are some:
Turkey convicted by the International Criminal Court for:
1. Torture and executions of civilian sna d prisoners of war.
2. Enfroced prostitution of greek cypriot women (and some turkish Cypriot too)
3. Mass rapes of women ages 12-72
4. Forcible expulsion of 180000 people from their homes.
far more Greeks died as a result of Turkey’s and Grece;s policies up todate.
in 1974 Greece attempted a coup against which the Cypriots (exclusively greek cypriots) faught against. then Turkey invaded.
Of the three countries involved only one was a functioning democracy, Cyprus. Greece and Tureky were run by military huntas.
All discussion however is mute unless you define what the parameters are.
If its law and human rights Turkey is in the wrong and they should of course withdraw from Cyprus and allow the refugees to return home.
If its whoever has more influence and strength, then no progress will ever be made.
As far as the “celebrated” Annan plan here are some more facts:
1. Only 30% of property would be returned to legal owners.
2. If a refugee’s first language is greek they would not be able to settle in the north even if thats were they come from.
3. The few Greeks who would be allowed to return would not be allowed to vote or participate in politics.
4. Turkey would be allowed to have troops permanently on Cyprus and invade again if her interests were threatened.
Would anyone vote yes on this plan for their own country?
best regards
Chris
Why don’t you all go to your homes in peace and leave us Cypriots alone. None of you care about us (Turks or Greeks), all you care about is what is in it for you. We have had enough help from you all. Come and visit if you like and spend your tourist money with us. Then go home!
You Greeks really make me sick! You try and ethnically cleanse Cyprus between ’63 and ’74, and you expect the world to applaud, yet when Turkey steps in to protect the Turkish Cypriots, the Turks are suddenly barbarians.
Your hatred of the Turkish people caused all of this to happen, so why don’t you admit to that fact, instead of coming up with false justifications? The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has the support of its people, and since the presence of the Turkish forces on the island has stopped the Greek Cypriot sport of ‘Turk-Killing’, peace has prevailed. When you people change your attitudes (starting with the Greek National Anthem you use for South Cyprus), then perhaps there can be reconciliation, but I won’t be holding me breath.
Just to go over the 4 points by Chris.
1. 100,0000 immediately to return home, the rest either return or compensated over the following years. (similarly 50,000 TC to return south – possibly a sticking point).
2 Language is irrelevant and there ar absolutely no official restrictions, granted it may not be easy for someone with no English.
3. No restrictions on political life – a full bi zonal bi communal system in place, with one or two population %aage restrictions in particular villages to stop the TCs being swamped by the economic power of Rich GCs buying everything up, and these to be phased down over the years.
4. troops to leave immediately except for 900, with GC allowed twice that, the guarantor power is simply that written in to the original constitution, the TCs are understanfdably reluctant to give that up in light of the events from 1963 to 74 – besides which whether they are allowed to or not on paper Turkey can still come back, not ‘if their interests are threatened’, rather ‘if the ethnic cleansing of the TCs starts again’.
Finally there will always be people who fight hard to stop any solution short of the Akritas plan
The 5th Annan plan, was written with full consultation of both sides over several years, and the attitude only changed in the south from pro to anti at the last minute once they had the EU green light, whereupon they stopped turning up to the meetings so that they could then rant against the plan (which they then went on television and deliberately misrepresented to the people, against official protests from the UN representatives).
If the plan was so good why did it have to be approved separately? Wouldn’t a joint referendum amongst both sides been a better censor of it’s approval amongst its citizens? Are we talking about one country here or two?
The Annan Plan and its predecessor plans denied the Cypriots the basic rights that citizens of all western nations enjoy and makes Cyprus a hostage of Turkey. The fact is that Turkey and its puppet regime in occupied Cyprus vehemently rejected all plans until the final plan in which Mr. Annan gave Turkey 11 of their 12 demands and only 2 of the demands of the Cypriots negotiators.
The fact is 76% of the Greek Cypriots (67% of the all Greek & Turkish Cypriots) who voted on this plan, voted against it for the basic facts below. With such number it is clear that the people were not lead to vote against it by their leaders. They understood that the 10,000 page plan was not aimed at uniting Cyprus but to permanently dissolve it.
-It prevents most refugees from returning to their homes. Those who woul dbe allowed to return would be allowed to do so gradually over a course of 25 years.
-It allows most of illegal mainland Turkish colonizers to stay in the homes of refugees.
-It allows Turkey to maintain thousands of troops on Cyprus indefinitely (It proposes a gradual reduction from the current 43,000 occupation troops over a course of 20-25 years. We all have seen how trustworthy Turkey is).
-It partitions Cyprus along racist lines and creates a confederation NOT a federation. It creates two separate states which have a right to do their own domestic a foreign policy.
- The Turkish Cypriot constituent state of the new state would limit the total number of Greek Cypriots would can live in its territory to 12% of its population. (They were 80% before the Turkish invasion).
-It gives foreign nations the right to interfere in the domestic and foreign policy of the nation.
- The highest court of the new country would be composed of 3 Greek Cypriots, 3 Turkish Cypriots, and 3 foreigners.
-It creates a non democratic and non-functioning form of government where a minority of 18% controls the majority of 82%.
-It prevents freedom of movement, prevents freedom of speech, prevents freedom of religion, prevents freedom of voting and participation in government, and it prevents freedom to own land.
If Turkey and the proponents of that plan are so much in favor of it, why have they not implemented this plan for the 15 million Kurds who are struggling for their freedom in southeast Turkey for over 20 years?
I invite those who are truly interested to read the Annan Plan and compare it to the American Bill of Rights and Constitution and other western forms of governments. How many of you would vote for such plans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annan_Plan_for_Cyprus
http://dscholarship.lib.fsu.edu/undergrad/46/
http://hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=3374&lang=US
http://www.hri.org/docs/annan/
The 1963 events were instigated by Turkey when its agents killed a number of Greek Cypriot civilians. Sadly nationalists used those incitents to stir up strife between the two communities in several places and several hundreds Greek and Turkish Cypriots lost their lives.
The fact is however, that the majority of Turkish Cypriots remained in their homes and lived intermingled with Greek Cypriots until after the 1974 Turkish invasion.
The 1963-1964 incidents were sporatic and lasted only a few months. When Turkey began bombing Cyprus in preparation for an invasion President Johnson of the United States send the 6th fleet to block them.
The only ethnic cleansing of both Greek and Turkish Cypriots was done by Turkey in 1974.
As a refugee from Cyprus I want to look to the future of a united Cyprus where all Cypriots are free to live their lives anywhere they like in their country.
The government of Cyprus has taken numerous steps towards reunification.
- Over 10,000 Turkish Cypriots work daily in the free part of Cyprus
- over 30,000 Turkish Cypriots have obtained Cypriot passports and can thus gain the benefits of the European Union membership.
- Tens of thousands of Turkish Cypriots get free health care from the Cypriot facilities.
- Since 2004 when Cypriots were finally allowed to cross the division line (even though limited to one day), the standard of living of the Turkish Cypriots has doubled and the single largest contributor is the Greek Cypriot community.
- As soon as Cyprus became a member of the EU it requested 256 million dollars in EU aid to help Turkish Cypriots. Sadly the Turkish government and the leadership in the occupied part of Cyprus demanded that such EU aid be given to the illegal “Turkish Republic of Norther Cyprus”.
While the leaderhip in occupied Cyprus and Turkey claim that they want a united Cyprus, every action they take has been to disolve and partition Cyprus.
I hope that some day enough Turks would open their eyes and see that the only enemy they have are the ultra nationalists among them.
Is that so, Petros? I suppose that Greek nationalism doesn’t exist either. And what do you call the forcing-off of Turkish Cypriots from their lands from December 1963 on, if that’s not ethnic cleansing: “a minor population re-alignment”?
Greeks are the worst bunch of xenophobes I’ve ever come across. I really feel sorry for those non-Greeks living in Greece and GRCS.
Dean-you are an idiot. Turkey doesn’t care about Turkish Cypriots-they only want to control the island and its resources. If Turkey cared for Turkish Cypriots then why has the standard of living in the north of Cyprus been so deplorable? They didn’t invade Cyprus to protect Turkish Cypriots, they invaded to take over. Protection of Turkish Cypiots was a lie used as an excuse to invade. Now the island is filled with settlers that the Turkish Cypriots hate-that’s why so many Turkish Cypriots have left the island.
This entier dicussion is a joke.
Some kids posting lies without facts.
Here is the only true fact.
Sub-humanoid mongoloid Anatilian Killes invated cyprus in 1974 and ever since then both Greeks and so called Turkish Cypriots, that most of them an jews that have been converted to islam during the otoman empier… both of them are suffering ever since the invation…
I don’t need to make any reference to any UN resolutions, ot US congress Resolution, or any EU Parlament resolutions.. the facts are out thier and I am sick and tired of resolutions…. The Fact is that in internationla community looks at turkey and its milions of consumers and forgets about HUMANITY and HUMAN RIGHTS.
THIS IS THE FACTS sorry kids…
andreas , wake up mate . why do you greeks always start your history lessons from 1974 onwards never before that ?
I ALWAYS THOUGHT GREEK HISTORY WENT BACK FURTHER THAN THAT.
by reading peoples comments ,there is only one solution “PARTION ” let the turks live in peace in the north and the greeks in the south .
compensate any cypriot with money or land . who has lost their own land.
in war there are no winners , so people should count themselves lucky to be alive. stop dreaming about your land that has been lost and get on living with the new. as i know lots of people greeks and turks do not want to go home
S,
I’m an idiot?!!! You’d better look at yourself in the mirror. You’d see an idiot stating right back at you. In case it escaped your mind, the Turkish Cypriots have been forced to emigrate because of the embargoes imposed on TRNC. And the Embargo is responsible for the north lagging economically behind the south. But personally, I think it better to be poor and free in the north than having to suffer under the so-called ‘mercy’ of Greek xenophobia…
Chris,
You shouldn’t bother. One thing a person should avoid is to try and argue with a Greek. They are worse than French in that regard…
also the reason why there are so many mainland turks in cyprus is because so many male turkish cypriots were murdered [not military people or goverment figures ,but poor hard working innocent farmers] so after the peace intervention by turkey and peace was brought to cyprus ,there was a shortage of male workers ,hence why turks men offered rewards to come to cyprus.
so thinking about it you greeks wanting enosis ,have made things worse. never mind.
We start History Lesons from 6000 Years ago you moron.
Actually Cyprus has even more than that long history recorded, somthing that you moron Mongos from Analtolia can’t even imaging.
I am waisting my time even typing a few words here trying to enlight morons or simply idiots.
Personally, you ouzo-sucking, gyro-munching, lamb-shagging, olive-oil sweating xenophobes have done more to drag the proud ancient histoy of Greece that any external influences.
Here we are arguing between Greeks and Turks again, while the Brits and others are eating our lunch.
No one mentioned that in the Annan plan the the British bases were given sea and land rights which basically gave them gas and oil rights in Cyprus.
So lets argue and fight some more so they can eat our lunch while we call each other names and kill each other.
Amazing how stupid we can be.
sharing lunch with an ex pat is not that bad a thing ,because they come to cyprus for the sun . but sharing lunch with a greek , you must always ask yourself , what are they after.
andros calling someone a moron is not very nice is it.
i wouldnt like to have lunch with you
wow. it’s such a big world and full of such crap. so much of it.
i am truly sorry for all of you, your losses and the pain.
(gulp) i’m really ashamed to be human right now…& i’m like indian…wish we did more for cyprus
Time to smell the coffee both sides are in some way to blame for the cyprus problem, But let’s get one thing straight how much assistance did greece give to the greek cypriots in cyprus in 1974, NONE, Ships were too fightend to leave port, and come towards cyprus as NATO would not give air cover and greece couldn’t protect their forces by air, so thay all sat at home. Now I am settled in Cyprus near the border and vist the TRNC many times as the people there can be trusted more.1.When you shake hands with a Greek Cypriot check you still have all your fingers after.2.Most young GC’s are very racist and they along with their parents do not yet realise what being in Europe means, Eventually they will find out eventually !!!!!!
Terry,
Greek Cypriots have not got the capability to drop their xenophobia. Their leader – Tassos Papadopoulos – really is an appropriate representative for them. You olny have to look at the man and picture him more suited as a bandit than a politician. After all, he doesn’t ooze sincerity, he oozes olive oil!
Guys, whatever happened in the past for both side was painful i’m sure…Lets put that a side for a second and talk about, .what are we going to do for our future?
how many of the people making these comments live in cyprus, yes there were many killings on both sides, both greek and turkish cypriots have blood on their hands, my cousin was killed by greek cypriot scum (eoka b )and before you say anything i am greek cypriot, all us Cypriots want both greek and turkish is to be left alone.Greece, Turkey,USA, UK please go away and we the Cypriots all cypriots greek and turkish will find our own way
Cyprus is a country.
North Cyprus is not recognized internationally.We are waiting for a fair solution between us and Greek Cypriots.
Whatever our neighbours (Greek Cyp.) think or say, they will learn to live with us side by side today or tomorrow.