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Erdogan, one hopes, will recognise that Cypriots, like Cyprus, exist. The Problem which has torn apart Cyprus for decades, "Turkishness", now threatens, and for the same reasons, to tear Turkey apart.
As in Cyprus, where it is unthinkable of it ever becoming "Greek" again, Turkey can never be "Turkish". Both Cyprus, and Turkey, are States. Neither can claim that such an existence includes discrimination or distinction for one Nation over another, Constitutionally speaking, because they are based on the Universal Principals on which our Humanity is based. Mr. Erdogan has a choice, and, he has chosen to disrupt his relations, internationally, and with all his neighbours, one also hopes, to be in a better position to move these players to work comprehensively, toward a solution, in effect, on what is his Problem; getting passed the Treaty of Lausanne.
...indeed, he has a choice to make. Who will he betray, in making his Legacy, the People of Turkey, the world, or, the Nation as he describes it, expanding? To some degree, he may get satisfaction for both, if he has a mind to.
...and let's not forget that he has only two years to do it in, in time for Turkey's Centennial.
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