One more remark on Cyprus

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), May 17, 2007 at 17:00

Hi , Guy !

Thanks for you kind words . My principle is perhaps not as noble as you might think. I would never insult a kafir and always do my best to reconcile and mediate between two quarrelling kafirs, as I am for kaffiri solidarity . As to Moslems, you must draw the conlusion from the above yourself . ;)

> I have lived in the island and know something of its problems.

Pure scientific interest or good European philellenism ?

> There was never a problem until the turks invaded by the way.Turk and Greek lived side by side!

Small wonder. Cyprus had not been not part of Turkey ever since 1878 and the standard of living and mentality were quite different from backward Anatolia . The British administration was efficient and less corrupt , health service and wages relatively high and Greek neighbours not demonized and hated as in Kemalist Turkey . All this was ended brutally in the summer of 1974 by Attila 1-2 invasions.

As a result of the invasion and of the influx of primitive Anatolian peasants and soldiers a curious phenomenon took place - mass emigration of genuine Cypriote Turks from Northern Cyprus to the UK , Canada and elsewhere . I read that this way c. 60 000 true Turkish Cypriotes had left the island. The majority of today's Turks in Northern Cyprus are Anatolians.

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