The Cyprus Problem - an Explanation

[Keithcaley]

The Cyprus Problem, as explained to a Greek Cypriot child.
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Adonis, let me explain the problem, by giving you a brief History of Cyprus:

Everything was lovely.

Cyprus was a Greek Island, and always had been, for as long as anyone could remember.

The entire Island belonged to us Christians.

A few lazy, heathen Turks lived happily alongside us, tending their goats and scratching a living from the dirt.

We were kind to them, and let them work for us.

There was never any trouble.

Then suddenly, one sunny day, for no reason at all, Turkey invaded Cyprus.

They killed and raped Women and Children.

They burnt houses, ate babies, and forced us to leave our homes and become refugees.

We are still refugees, to this very day.

Nowadays, there are tens of thousands of armed soldiers patrolling the streets of Kyrenia.

It is not safe for us to go there anymore, because we would be attacked instantly by the savage Turks, who are little more than animals.

The Turks now live in YOUR house, on YOUR land, but one day we will return you to your rightful home in Kyrenia, and force the dirty Turks to leave.

The end.

So, Adonis, can you see what the Cyprus Problem is?
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[ardstrawray]

Just about sums up Greek mentality.

[Marions]

When i lived in the south I had many Greek Cypriot friends, - people I really did love dearly, but they all told me not to cross the border because I would not come back alive. Finally when I crossed for a day as a frightened 'Cinderella' and went with two men of over 6 feet tall, I found out what the north truly was.

Back to my friend sin the south, they would not believe it and firmly insisted for instance that there was NO university. The fact that i had been offered a job by EMU still had to be a lie!

I wonder who taught them about the north!

[Keithcaley]

...I wonder who taught them about the north!

Adonis' Dad!

[frontalman]

This Friday we are on our second trip to Sandallar and Atlilar villages where we met and spoke to a lovely man named Kamil whose wife and five children were butchered by Greek Cypriot militia on 14 August 1974. He'd like that not to be forgotten.

By the way, Keith, did you pick the name Adonis because of your own good looks?

[tutor4u]

HISTORY EDUCATION IN DIVIDED CYPRUS:
A Comparison of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Schoolbooks on the “History of Cyprus” Yiannis Papadakis PRIO Cyprus Centre in 2005–06 as Project Leader on History Education.


http://file.prio.no/files/projects/Repo ... %20low.pdf

Fairly long article but explains the current thinking and how both sides GC & TC have been indoctrinated since childhood and how history has been manipulated to suit political needs.

Alas no mention of Adonis though..

[HotHippo]

Horrific reading!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha,_ ... a_massacre

HH

[Maisiemoo]

Worth a look on YouTube 'Voice of Blood' by Tony Angastiniotis.

[Barney]

Both sides have been victims of massacres,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... _in_Cyprus

Whether one considers these hangings and beheadings as a massacre or legal executions in 1821 depends on your point of view but, in part, it explains the traditional fear Greek Cypriots have of Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyprianos_of_Cyprus