What Is Turkey Thinking In The Eastern Med?

 https://www.hoover.org/research/what-turkey-thinking-eastern-med#comment-5657758845

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...never mind the Treaty of Lausanne, "tossed out the window" says Erdogan.

That the problem that is the Problem, in Cyprus, has been reduced by "us" (those not "Turkish") to a problem is quite telling.

Such as it is, Turkish diplomacy works by attrition. 100 years does not seem like so long ago, but it appears that it is, given the world's reaction to someone who questions "our" commitment to Universal Principles, and the values that they represent; he may succeed, in defining "Turkishness" as something apart.

Re: Turkey is bankrupt

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47377-630.html

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...the "Turks" vs the Turks.

In effect, the Problem in Turkey, like the Problem in Cyprus may be solved by the unity "Turkishness" provokes in its adversaries; both internationally, and in Turkey. Alone, none of them have the power he has, but together they may find a way. As in Cyprus, the power of 'enosis' can be defined, in a Cypriot way; the same power Turks need in Turkey.

...it is a hopeful moment in a counter intuitive kind of way. What with Turkey's Centennial but two years away he may turn on a dime, for his Legacy; fame rather than infamy from "us", the rest of us not "them". Turkey a State among States, not a Nation, perpetually at War with everyone else.

Turkish Aggression Scares Investors, Cyprus Finance Chief Says

 https://www.thenationalherald.com/turkish-aggression-scares-investors-cyprus-finance-chief-says/#comment-2112

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…indeed, Cypriots can do a lot for themselves toward consolidating a Cypriot identity.

Dialog is most important, informed people making reasoned choices will naturally demonstrate that such a People exist committed to Universal Principles, and in effect, neither “Greek” or “Turkish”, the dogmas of exclusion, but Cypriot.

…news that 8,000 Turkish Cypriots will be welcomed to work in Cyprus itself is welcome.

…a certificate that any Cypriot may hang in their establishment warranting this fact, they are Cypriots, sends the same message to visitors who frequent these businesses, who they are.

…similarly in Hotels, it would be nice to know that not all the Hotels in the illegally occupied territories were “Turkish”. That the Government in Cyprus treats all Cypriot hoteliers equally. Needless to say that this allows any traveler Cypriot or not to sleep well at night with a clear conscience.

…and what of Universities? Which are credible, and based on a standard accepted internationally, which can be noted for their contributions to learning (if they are going to compete)? Who better than the Government to identify these institutions. There may be some Greek and some Turkish, the point is the students, the quality of education offered to them, as Cypriots, because in any case, they, are the future, and we, like them, make us a People as Citizens of the World.

If Leadership would take it as a given, that they represent Cypriots, despite the dysfunction, island-wide, that would be Leadership i could admire as a vanguard overcoming the Problem.

Re: Letter from Kucuk to Makarios

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47917.html#p912133

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...it must have started this way, but at one point, it would be hard to imagine Makarios did not change his intentions. Remember he survived two assassination attempts, as though one was not enough; it was a Proxy War on many levels, very complex if you include the interlocutors, not just a war of "Greeks" against "Turks", or "Turks" against "Greeks", but "Turks" against Turks, "Greeks" against Greeks, and of course "Greeks" and "Turks" against Cypriots.

...all i am waiting for are Cypriots making souvla on their beaches, swords drawn with hunks of meat stabbed through for the fire, to eat the bounty of togetherness under the one Flag rightfully theirs; who would refuse Cypriots against the "Them" that has kept them divided, acting this way?