On Sunday one is accused of being an illegal product who is loyal to the Turkish occupier, on Monday the same person is being accused of being a traitor to the Turkish nation, a seed of the Greeks…
Here is the problem with that approach:
In the 50s, our “maximalist” demand was that an island with 80% Greek population for the past 3500 years, should be part of Greece when it was decolonized.
The Turkish response to that was that their minority created during Ottoman rule should get half the island by means of ethnic cleansing.
The compromise was a unitary independent Cyprus.
Right after the Turkish invasion, Denktash declared the [Turkish Federated State of Cyprus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Federated_State_of_Cyprus) something which was condemned by RoC and the UN. In 1983 they declared the “trnc” and demanded a “two state solution”.
The Turks accuse of “Greekism” any TC that is not supporting their most extreme and maximalist demand, i.e. “two state solution”. I’ve never heard of any TCs supporting union with Greece.
On the other hand if we accuse somebody of “Turkism”, it would be for somebody who supports a very bad form of partition (one far worst than the majority is willing to accept).
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On Sunday one is accused of being an illegal product who is loyal to the Turkish occupier, on Monday the same person is being accused of being a traitor to the Turkish nation, a seed of the Greeks…
Here is the problem with that approach:
In the 50s, our “maximalist” demand was that an island with 80% Greek population for the past 3500 years, should be part of Greece when it was decolonized.
The Turkish response to that was that their minority created during Ottoman rule should get half the island by means of ethnic cleansing.
The compromise was a unitary independent Cyprus.
Right after the Turkish invasion, Denktash declared the [Turkish Federated State of Cyprus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Federated_State_of_Cyprus) something which was condemned by RoC and the UN. In 1983 they declared the “trnc” and demanded a “two state solution”.
The Turks accuse of “Greekism” any TC that is not supporting their most extreme and maximalist demand, i.e. “two state solution”. I’ve never heard of any TCs supporting union with Greece.
On the other hand if we accuse somebody of “Turkism”, it would be for somebody who supports a very bad form of partition (one far worst than the majority is willing to accept).