Erdogan: all Cyprus could have been ours

by threafold

44 comments
  1. Funny how he is not talking about the potential US answer for that move. They were lucky that the US did nothing at the time when they went against what the US implied regarding the question. They also did the same violation of international law when they invaded Syria.

  2. And yet another idiot that continuos to live in the past. It is about time to teach these old men to stop living some wet dream of the last century. With regards from another old man from the last century

  3. It’s like how in Artsakh, the Turkish government helps.

     I hope that Armenia will join the EU, just as Cyprus has done. 

  4. You ain’t a Sultan mate, the Ottoman empire died a long time ago. Get over yourself.

  5. He also said he regretted they only murdered 30,000 Greek Cypriots to occupy that part of the island and proceeded to say that if they genocided 1 million more Greek Cypriots then they would have turkified the whole island. This man is insane. He is also the same person who pretends to care about the sufferings of Palestinians and calls Netanyahu a pro genocide man while he himself makes these statement.

  6. Every autocrat lording over a country with a failing economy:

    “Lets give the peasants a nationalistic cause to squeal at. What a lovely distraction.”

  7. Is it today dictators day? Taiwan by china (Putin) Cyprus by turkey and Ukraine by ruzzia

  8. Okay, I get it. Turkey has an important geographical position, etc, not all Turks share Erdogan’s opinions, etc, but the leader of a NATO country can’t just question the sovereignty of their own supposedly NATO allies or of other countries. We should draw a line. And by “draw a line” I don’t mean kick Turkey out of NATO. I mean to react in some way because there doesn’t ever seem to be any reaction to Erdogan’s words.

  9. Conservative wing politicians in Turkey have used the supply problem caused by the embargo imposed on Turkey due to this war (the second operation) as propaganda material for decades and attacked the current opposition (the former government). Now the direction of the wind has changed. Wow

    btw, he did not say Cyprus belongs/ should belong to Turkey. Today, the users have some issues about reading and understanding

  10. Greece… would you like to join us Brits on an expedition??

  11. But it isn’t, get used to seconds that’s where they excel at. Second best part of Cyprus, second best earthquakes, second best turkey…

  12. Everything went to shit so fast, did covid fucked up any remains of those aging dictators’ consciousness or what. We’re literally heading to WWIII and things like this don’t help at all.

  13. As a turk I hope we can reconcile regional relations and let cyprus unify once more under full independence without foreign influence or control.

    If geopolitics is such a major concern surely compromises or deals can be made, just really sucks to have such an arbitary conflict force misery on the region when in reality it should be flourishing.

  14. I think the Brits and the French of old were too lenient with the Ottomans…

  15. Wannabe Bosporus Hitler needs to shut the fuck up _completely._
    Isn’t it kinda ironic that the most nationalist dictators treat their own people the worst and still people fall for their idiotic ideology?

  16. Guess it’s Spains turn to want their old colonial empire back

  17. People in the comments can’t seem to understand Erdogan’s fundemental narrative for domestic politics.

    Erdogan entire’s argument is that whatever was done in the past (and by whatever I mean everything), It was either wrong or lacking. He himself though is doing EVERYTHING correctly and have never done anything wrong. All the negatives we are seeing in Turkey today are either a result of past politics, evil West or the opposition itself.

    This is no different.

  18. How is the Turkish economy doing lately? I’m asking such an off-topic question for no particular reason…

  19. I swear to god it will be -Turkey delenda est- if this mf is starting another war and imperial conquest in Armenia/Cyprus/Greece/Syria.

  20. Meanwhile I know plenty of Turkish Cypriots, the very people Turkey swear to protect, packing up their bags to move to the Republic of Cyprus (south) because they feel like second class citizens and because they feel that their identity as Turkish Cypriots is being steadily eroded by a) Turkish settlers and b) Turkey’s backwards policies.

    Fun fact! The first Turkish invasion in 1974 was perfectly legal. Turkey properly exercised their right as a guarantor as a response to the ill timed military coup (which quickly fizzled out anyway). The second Turkish invasion and them deciding to stay and ‘settle down’ with one third of the island was decidedly NOT legal.

    In any case, Cyprus belongs to the Cypriots, both GCs and TCs. Not Greece. And certainly not Turkey.

    And before someone steps in with ‘bUT tHe AnNAn pLan’ — read the plan’s terms and conditions first. It was heavily skewed towards Turkey’s favour on their insistence and consistent meddling and it would have screwed everyone over but them.

  21. sheeet, I was waiting for this dude to come out

  22. Then their narrative would have been debuted and they would have to establish a full ocupation witch is more dificult that what they did, it didn’t work for indonesia in timor and it wouldn’t have worked there.

  23. Why on earth are you even taking this guy seriously? I’m Turkish-American, and I visited Turkey just two months ago. Trust me, everyone there despises him because of his disastrous economic policies. I guarantee you, he has at most two years left. Riots due to economic grievances in Turkey are imminent. His downfall is inevitable. Hopefully, he’ll be behind bars before he even thinks of fleeing.

  24. We have municipal elections very soon and Erdo really wants to gain Istanbul back. But his candidate can not even properly read given text from prompter while people having rage because of economy. That is why he again trying to push this nonsense.
    We Turks explained here hundreds of times here but guys you keep triggering which Erdo gets happy about it. He just needs a reaction from other countries for that bs for his vote base..

  25. Everyday when I wake up I wonder if it is going to be Orban, Trump or Erdogan saying the most supid thing.

  26. Good ol occupation of other people’s lands. I’m tired of these old miserable fucks…

  27. Cool, how about you leave completely and stop occupying a greek state.

  28. Why doesn’t he declare himself dictator/sultan 

  29. What the fuck is up with world leaders wanting to leave stupid fuckin legacy’s. Just chill the fuck out in your villa and don’t get the whole world involved. JFC nostalgia is a hell of a drug to these old fucks.

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