Turkish Cypriots have sold their souls
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Mufflet
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Turkish Cypriots have sold their souls
I have decided, with many others (only Brits I know) to sell up here and thereafter rent. I intend to do it in July when I suspect, matters may come to a head. I'm sad but. Many years ago, a large number of Turkish Cypriots, took up the offer from the UK Government, and went to the UK with a British passport. Most started businesses, in the main, successful. Worked, paid their taxes and got a pension, no problem with me there. However, they sold their land here. Arise, their children who became property developers, big expensive cars start to emerge. Now it's a a panic before the land runs out, so we need to have twenty floors ! In July, I think oil and gas will bring matters to a head. It is then that the Turkish Cypriots will start to lose their identity. I think the Turkish government will step in and resolve the issues. So my dear Island people, I wish you a fond farewell, but I'm not despondent, as I will meet a great many more of your fellow countrymen in North London !
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Ragged Robin
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Re: Turkish Cypriots have sold their souls
I am somewhat confused by this. When you said in your first para that you intended to sell up and then rent, I assumed you meant renting here, Muflet, but reading the rest it seems you intend renting in London. Is that not a rather expensive option? From what I have heard rents in UK, particularly London are very expensive!
I agree with you that Turkish Cypriots are at risk of losing their identity, if indeed they have not already done so. However I do not entirely follow your reasoning
Firstly Turkish Cypriots may not have been actually selling their "birthright" since sometimes the land was not that which had been long in the family, but "Greek" land which had been allocated to them as compensation (to simplify a complicated situation) for land which they had lost in the South. It may not have had the same sentimental ties!
Secondly it ill behoves the British to criticize since it was they who set the example to Cypriots by coming here en masse post 2004 and grabbing greedily at villas offered for sale at ridiculously cheap prices, without taking the trouble to find out about the country and its political situation or its complicated and unsafe property and legal infrastructure, let alone caring what damage the development might be doing to the country and or long-standing neighbouring residents. Then adding to the insult by raising the col by demanding expensive imported goods to enable them to enjoy the standard of living they would have liked to be accustomed in the UK!
Thirdly and most important: are Cypriots (or indeed Brits) responsible for the current excessive development. I doubt the sale of a few donums of waste or agricultural land or even so sadly olive groves would fund the multi-storey structures that are currently appearing - and the sale of UK a Council House would not even buy one of the exotic vehicles that are appearing. A hint as to the origin of the money funding these new projects may have come today when I saw no less than three very expensive glossy and gleaming new vehicles (two large saloons and one 4 x 4) driven by women - wearing headscalves , presumably the wives, daughter or sisters of rich tycoons (or is that being sexist? ) . A forth was driven by a young lady whose mode of dressing and obviously bleached blond hair suggested that she was perhaps attached to said tycoon s in a different capacity!
I agree with you that Turkish Cypriots are at risk of losing their identity, if indeed they have not already done so. However I do not entirely follow your reasoning
Firstly Turkish Cypriots may not have been actually selling their "birthright" since sometimes the land was not that which had been long in the family, but "Greek" land which had been allocated to them as compensation (to simplify a complicated situation) for land which they had lost in the South. It may not have had the same sentimental ties!
Secondly it ill behoves the British to criticize since it was they who set the example to Cypriots by coming here en masse post 2004 and grabbing greedily at villas offered for sale at ridiculously cheap prices, without taking the trouble to find out about the country and its political situation or its complicated and unsafe property and legal infrastructure, let alone caring what damage the development might be doing to the country and or long-standing neighbouring residents. Then adding to the insult by raising the col by demanding expensive imported goods to enable them to enjoy the standard of living they would have liked to be accustomed in the UK!
Thirdly and most important: are Cypriots (or indeed Brits) responsible for the current excessive development. I doubt the sale of a few donums of waste or agricultural land or even so sadly olive groves would fund the multi-storey structures that are currently appearing - and the sale of UK a Council House would not even buy one of the exotic vehicles that are appearing. A hint as to the origin of the money funding these new projects may have come today when I saw no less than three very expensive glossy and gleaming new vehicles (two large saloons and one 4 x 4) driven by women - wearing headscalves , presumably the wives, daughter or sisters of rich tycoons (or is that being sexist? ) . A forth was driven by a young lady whose mode of dressing and obviously bleached blond hair suggested that she was perhaps attached to said tycoon s in a different capacity!
