Erdogan: Turkey to stand firm against monopolisation of Cyprus’ wealth

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190921-erdogan-turkey-to-stand-firm-against-monopolisation-of-cyprus-wealth/

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..what of the Treaty of Lausanne? While Erdogan has "tossed it out a window", as he has said, what are his motives? Indeed, looking at the maps he considers, it is total supremacy of this sea, (and a share of the Aegean, as well).

...monopolisation of Cyprus' wealth? Look to the greed and the ignorance which has made "Turkishness" something quite different to the Turkey found in that treaty. What with so much of Turkey's desires having been linked to Cyprus, the Problem as such may result in Turkey's recognition of a Cypriot People (among other things). Likewise in Turkey, Constitutional reform, where, the Alevi and the Kurds suffering the same anxiety as those in Cyprus not "Turkish", find relief, and, as a Turkish People. After all, the maximalist approach (for "Turkishness") he is taking, is certainly beginning to focus minds, throughout the region (and indeed, the world).

Indeed a comprehensive solution to this region's problems would be welcome. Witness the East Med. Gas Forum. Who would imagine Egypt, and Israel sitting with Palestinians, Greeks, Cypriots, and Jordanians, (among others), in unity, so quickly from its advent, and successfully, (despite Turkish meddling)? In a region which is sorely lacking of it, this is Hope.

Indeed, let's be clear, Erdogan intends to stand firm, for the monopolisation of Cyprus' wealth.

Letter to the Editor: On Erdogan and Cyprus Unity Talks

https://www.thenationalherald.com/259948/letter-to-the-editor-on-erdogan-and-cyprus-unity-talks/

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...it is really up to Mr. Akinci to decide who and what he represents, his voters as Cypriots for Cyprus, or for "Turkishness".

He may have the support of all Cypriots, exposing those "Greek", and those "Turkish", isolating them as one in the same, simply by standing under the Flag of Cyprus.

Let us not forget that Turkey too is torn, now, between its "Turks", and those who are Turkish. The problem may be described as the Cyprus Problem, but it is not isolated to Cyprus alone. Thus, it falls upon Mr. Akinci, the Hope to those he may betray, to demonstrate the qualities of a Statesmen, defending Universal Principals, and the Rule of Law. Let him remember that a Cyprus divided, leads to no Peace, and a Turkey divided just as dysfunctional.

...what is wrong with a Greek Constituency, if there is a Republic as well; most certainly a Turkish Constituency  (and others) could exist if it was the case. What of enclaves, are they a dirty word if they were scattered across the whole island, even if the Green Line were to remain little unchanged? Indeed, Cyprus as an ethnos makes far more sense than it torn in two. It is the intentions which count, as a Cypriot People.

...new thinking is needed. And respect and recognition, to the Cypriots who had their lives stolen, one way or another, for "being", not "Greek" and not "Turkish". One hopes that Greece and Turkey, (Great Britain as well), can see the value in Justice seen, that honors those who were murdered and made to disappear.

New cross-party political initiative says there is still hope for a federal solution

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/09/04/new-cross-party-political-initiative-says-there-is-still-hope-for-a-federal-solution/

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...the flag, the Flag of Cyprus, who treats it like a rag? This, the "them", my hope they will expose.

I am looking forward to seeing Cypriots unabashed, flying this flag high across the whole island; it is "legal" in the occupied territories, (peacefully,) don't you know. Indeed if the elite both "Turkish" and "Greek" cannot look out their windows without seeing this flag, they too may change their intentions.

Since the EU elections, this, such a Party, is a logical step forward toward the fateful day where people Turkish and Greek, gather as a People under their Flag. Let us, those of us who are Cypriots, never forget that despite the existence of "Turkishness", and "Greekness", in Cyprus dividing us unnaturally for decades, Cypriots exist and remain, representing at least half the population, even counted apart as electorates. And, "This" must stop.

Cypriots, and Cyprus, have more to offer each other, the Eastern Med., and the world, as such. Turkey cannot refuse Cypriots united, as Cypriots. A Cyprus divided only invites a Turkey divided. One might even say that Turkey has been steadfast and patient in waiting for this eventuality as an outcome, a model worthy of esteem and emulation, an end to its own Problem, (as a State having Constituencies,) with a "perfect" solution to the Cyprus Problem, by Cypriots, as Cypriots; Cypriots no longer recognised as an adversary (to be) denied an existence, a worthy ally, (small as it is,) respected as a State, as an equal among equals.

The Cyprus Issue And Natural Gas In The Eastern Mediterranean – Analysis

https://www.eurasiareview.com/03092019-the-cyprus-issue-and-natural-gas-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-analysis/

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...enjoyed reading this analysis.

...i would like to remind the readers, though, that it is not just UNCLOS which Erdogan's Turkey ignores. As he has said himself about the Treaty of Lausanne, that it is gone as far as he is concerned, "tossed out a window".

Indeed, oil and gas seem to be a locus for hostile acts, but it is not the real issue. It is total supremacy of the sea, this sea and the Aegean, Erdogan in his demands, seeks. As in Syria, Iraq, and Iran (let's not forget Libya, and Sudan), he demonstrates the same desire to represent "Turkishness" as an expanding power Imperialistically, (in affect regressing to an Ottoman past,) out to disrupt in effect (from his point of view) the terms which created a modern Turkey, and the Modern world.

Cyprus small and seemingly insignificant as it is, has, as allies all its neighbours, but Turkey. The success of the East Med.Gas Forum is evidence of this. Its Hope, small as it is, in a region with very little but bitter rancor is worth noting. Turkey is (and always has been) welcome to join them as an equal among equals, she has chosen to isolate herself instead.

Yet, a small change in intentions on Erdogan's part, by recognising all Cypriots as Cypriots first, may end the division of those "Turkish", and those not "Turkish", not just in Cyprus, ending the Problem, but in Turkey itself, divided, now, more than ever for the same reason.

...without the existence of Cyprus, "Turkishness" wins (over Universal Principals and the Rule of Law). With Cyprus, (modern) Turkey (and the rest of the world) has an ally.