To the Anatolian Turks who remembered this sub cause of the 15/7 Coup and the 20/7 Turkish invasion. (Mega thread)

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1. Here’s to 50 more years of this post being made every year. It should be put on a schedule to be automatically posted every 1 year

   Edit: The articles are really interesting, especially the reference to Syrian refugees in Turkey. However, I think you forgot a very important part of this whole text.

   A big reason that (mainland Turks) excuse their presence in Cyprus is due to the failure of the Annan Plan, so I’d like to give a few reasons as to why the Greek Cypriots refused to adopt the Annan Plan, in an oversimplified way:

   Integration with Turkey: The Turkish Cypriot entity would be heavily influenced by Turkey, making the United Cyprus Republic answerable to Turkey.

   Interference in Treaties: Turkey would have the right to interfere with Cyprus’ treaties, including those with Egypt regarding the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus

   Perpetual Turkish Troops: Turkish troops would remain in Cyprus indefinitely, while the Greek garrison would have to leave.

   Disproportionate Representation: Despite the population ratio (TCs making up only 1/3rd of the population), the Senate and Supreme Court would have equal Greek and Turkish representation, favoring Turkish Cypriots.

   Confederation Structure: The plan resembled a confederation rather than a federation, with no clear hierarchy of laws.

   Foreign Judges: The Supreme Court would include three foreign judges who could cast deciding votes.

   Turkish Settlers: The plan did not adequately address the repatriation of Turkish settlers or prevent future mass settling by Turkey.

   Geneva Convention Violation: The plan ignored the prohibition on colonization by an occupying power as outlined in the Geneva Convention.

   Exclusion from EU Policies: Cyprus would be excluded from the European Common Defense and Foreign Policy.

   Limited Right of Return: Only 20% of Greek Cypriot refugees could return over 25 years, unlike Turkish Cypriots, who could return at any time.

   Unequal Immediate Benefits: Turkish Cypriots would gain immediate benefits, while Greek Cypriot demands were long-term and dependent on Turkey’s goodwill.

   Delayed Land Return: Land return would take up to 3.5 years with no guarantees, and the UN’s proposal to oversee these areas was rejected.

   British Sovereign Base Areas: The plan did not address the issue of British bases, allowing Britain to define territorial waters and claim mineral rights.

   Turkey’s Exoneration: The plan absolved Turkey of responsibility for its invasion, killings, rapes, and destruction in 1974.

   Property Rights Subversion: Greek Cypriots’ property rights were undermined, with restrictions on recourse to European courts.

   Economic Burden: Greek Cypriots would bear the economic cost of reunification, estimated at $20 billion.

   Population Quotas: Greek Cypriots would face quotas in Turkish-controlled areas, limiting their ability to establish schools and settle.

   Civil Rights Restrictions: Greek Cypriots returning to Turkish-controlled areas would lack civil rights.

   EU Participation Risks: The plan could jeopardize Cyprus’ participation in the EU, creating functional weaknesses.

   Separate Economies: The economies of the two states would remain separate, with no common monetary or fiscal policy.

   EU Law Concerns: Many felt the plan was rushed to avoid incorporating elements of European law that would conflict with its provisions.

   As you can see, this plan heavily favored the Turkish side. That’s why it was rejected,

2. Call to my fellow Cypriots have they have anything else to add that fits , please send me link (English or turkish)

3. There are more scandals in RoC and EU itself. Corrupt politicians are everywhere. Living in isolation is not good of course, but trusting again to your neighbors that tried to genocide your grandfathers few decades back? I don’t think so.

   What you are trying to do is: Hey TC’s, Turkey is not good. What we are thinking is: at least they respect our identity and they helped us to have a land that we literally own, while GC’s still don’t see TC’s as equal owners of the island.

   Blaming Turkey will not help you to fix Cyprus issue. Start by accepting equality from now on. If you don’t accept and insult Turkish population of the island as “settlers”, you will have to do it after 20 years with even more settlers, while GC population is becoming less and less every year.

   If intentions are good, why every UN proposed plan is rejected by Greeks? “No, because GC’s own all the island and TC’s are just the minority” So you will stuck with a dead country with bleeding population and don’t even have control half of its claimed territory. At least you are an EU member, so your youth can escape this nonsense 🙂

4. First of all, I know the person who did this post and I really, sincerely want to send my thanks from here. A Greek Cypriot prepared this post by the way. So I really want to thank him as a Turkish Cypriot. And to Anatolian Turks who are out here, yes, Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots are friends and they care for each other. Because our grandparents have lived together on this island for centuries and now as their grandchildren, we want to live together, under the same flag, same state, in a reunified land.

   1. There are lots of things to update people about the north side of Cyprus… But let’s start with the simplest one. For example, even today is a celebratory (!) day for Turkey and Erdogan is here, we had a huge power cut and now I am at a cafe, sitting in front of my laptop, trying to do my work. We have lots of power cuts here, especially during the summer. Yes, during the summer. Under this hot weather of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots are left without electricity. Because they want our the privatization of our electricity sector. Yes, they want us to sell to our electricity sector to someone in Turkey who Erdogan supports.

   2. Have you seen the ‘celebrations’ of 20th of July today, in Cyprus? You could not find a single Turkish Cypriot there. This drastically shows that our population in Cyprus is decreasing, we are getting assimilated. There are lots of articles about this. And I just want to give you another example, you don’t want Syrians in Turkey, right? You are scared that they are going to overpopulate you, assimilate you, they are going to stay in Turkey forever, right? Yeah. We have the same feeling towards foreigner people who are trying to assimilate us here. I will just need you to have a little empathy with us.

   3. And do you know how it feels to live in a ‘de facto’ state where nobody recognises? It is an actual ‘gray zone’ for lots of crimes, criminals. Money laundering, sex trafficking, drug dealers, and lots of other crimes. I don’t feel safe in my own country. And that’s just because ‘trnc’ is an unrecognised entity. And it will never be recognised. You know why? Because Turkey is a guarantor of Republic of Cyprus, not only Turkish Cypriots, but the state it claims that it does not recognise. And unfortunately, Turkey went against the Constitution of Republic of Cyprus, it didn’t respect the territorial integrity of Republic of Cyprus and divided it into two. Even though Turkey claimed that it is going to restore the Constitutional order while coming to the island. According to the UNSC Resolutions, only solution is a reunited Cyprus. Nothing else is possible.

   I will surely add more when I am at home. Because it is quite noisy here and i cannot think properly to write things down. Yes, this is also what ‘trnc’ does to us.