The solution of the Cyprus problem is in our hands

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/27/the-solution-of-the-cyprus-problem-is-in-our-hands/

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More importantly, i suggest that when it comes to Constitutional Reform, what is (an International concern), the Problem, can be solved in Cyprus, and, it may serve Turkey's needs in Turkey with its minorities (emulated with that in mind). That is to say, that with good sense in uniting here, in Cyprus as Cypriots, it provides the impetus, in Turkey, but not just in Turkey, for Peoples everywhere similarly at odds (like Ukraine), to see despite their diversity and their distinctions as identities, as Individuals, (in a BBF like Canada or the United States for example), that there exist a set of Principles, where based on them they have a reason to defend each other as Citizens. That beyond their identity as a Person, (with this Liberty,) as Individuals, and as a State, they express this willingness to unite as/with Humans, for their Rights (and for their Freedom).

Re: elections in the illegally occupied territories

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47211-250.html#p931311 

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...the People wanting change must speak for themselves, and united they are not a body that's small and insignificant.

I do not despair.

...the protests do not seem to be growing, but they do not cease.

(Indeed, i talk of Grivas' brother who fought in EOKA against the British, and who withdrew once Cyprus was Free having ended the subjugation Cypriots were living under.)

The Problem is not about Greeks versus Turks, or "Greeks" vs "Turks". It is about "Greeks"/"Turks" vs Greeks/Turks. The same can be said in Turkey, and as it is evolving in the Ukraine, too.

...indeed the Turkish Cypriot is at the vanguard against the hateful dogma "Turkishness" has come to represent, and if 'we' hate such dogma we must fight along with them.

Our View: Christodoulides is not the right candidate to deliver a Cyprus solution

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/27/our-view-christodoulides-is-not-the-right-candidate-to-deliver-a-cyprus-solution/

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...what has AKEL done since they managed to get a Turkish Cypriot elected as an MEP? What has DISY done to open itself to an electorate, whether they can vote or not, which have to agree?

Indeed, such leadership shortsighted seeks power alone. And they may win it, divided as we are, to "be", "Greek" or "Turkish". Indeed, they fail us, the other half not "Greek" or "Turkish", representing Cypriots in this way.

Let us remember, despite this poor (read: corrupt) leadership, it is the People who have voted over decades, even unnaturally torn apart, to 'be' Cypriots; no candidate of "Theirs" has ever won an election overwhelmingly.

ENOSIS, these leaders, it seems, lack the courage as Patriots to take back the word by giving it a Cypriot meaning.

Noose is tightening around Turkish Cypriots

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/27/noose-is-tightening-around-turkish-cypriots/

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...indeed, the noose gets tighter. Silenced as we are it is not enough to live with "Them" and their caustic notions.

And who is it we fail but ourselves, silent choosing to live with "Greekness" and "Turkishness" instead.

...enosis, i call for it unafraid, as Cypriots to unite and to give it 'our' meaning.

...to take back our beaches, (and our city), simply by having our own picnics, together, peacefully.

...to take back our dignity by making the effort to seek each other out, patronising 'their' businesses, and by starving "Theirs'", to recognise that we are no different defined as Human beings and that it is our Basic Human Rights as such, which are threatened, and for which 'we' fight. This is the Problem, not a "Greek"/"Turk" problem per se, but a "Greek"-"Turk"/ Greek-Turk problem; and this is something to think about if in Turkey (and in the Ukraine) the same Problem is to turn around.

Turkish Cypriot journalist arrested

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/23/turkish-cypriot-journalist-arrested/

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...i am sad that such men are not defended by all of us who are Cypriot, who as Individuals defend the notion of such values, like Universal Principles and Basic Human Rights. Despite the "Greeks" and the "Turks" that live among us, let us remember what the rest of us are and what our Flag, the one "They" treat as a rag, actually represents.

...enosis, dare i say the word that Cypriots must take back by giving it a Cypriot meaning? (but how?) Picnics, i see picnics on our beaches under the one flag that represents us as a People; that would be news, (that would be a fight,) fires lit sharing souvla, lots of music late into the night: (and who, exposed, would be against that?) ...Cypriots united are much stronger than the "Greekness" and "Turkishness" which has for decades dismissed them; it is really something to think about. A Greek Cypriot who ignores the misery of another Cypriot as in such a case because they are Turkish is a fool, or worse a traitor to all Mankind. Such threats are existential, toward 'us' all.

Opening of Varosha is proof there are two states in Cyprus, Tatar says

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/15/opening-of-varosha-is-proof-there-are-two-states-in-cyprus-tatar-says/  

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By ignoring Cypriots, Turkish or Greek, Mr. Tatar, let's remember, ignores about half the voting population of Cyprus, whether (for decades) artificially divided or not.

...with the liberty Mr. Tatar takes in Varosha it is only clear that he places "Turkishness" above our Basic Human Rights. In his world we are as Individuals second-class, not ''being'' one of them. It is something to think about.

Şentop: “ UN member states should recognize the TRNC now”

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/16/sentop-un-member-states-should-recognize-the-trnc-now/

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...i am sorry nothing has changed. Cypriots, both Turkish and Greek, see through such lies, even having been divided unnaturally as they are for so many decades as though only "Greekness" and "Turkishness" are important, more important, as Individuals, they seek their Basic Human Rights.

Cyprus is for Cypriots. This is the Problem.

Mr. Tatar would do well to remember that at least half of his so called constituency are not the "Cypriot Turks" he would like them to be. He would do well also to consider what a BBF could do for Turkey too, in its Constitutional reform if it had a solution to emulate from Cyprus. (And in the Ukraine too, as things are developing.) It is his choice, to be a greater Statesman.

Protests condemn UDI in the north (update 2, photos)

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/15/protests-condemn-udi-in-the-north/

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...what do you mean; "We" should let "parents" abuse us?

Turkish Cypriots (and Greek Cypriots) are unlike "Cypriot Turks" ( and "CGs") that way...

Oktay – Greek Cypriots Show Their Own Cruelty With Grivas Museum

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/13/oktay-greek-cypriots-show-their-own-cruelty-with-grivas-museum/#respond

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...indeed there is an opposition to such efforts. 

Greeks against "Greekness" are not silent to this. Therein lies the problem. Cypriots who are Turkish have the same problem with "Turkishness".

This is the Problem.

TRNC Foreign Ministry Slams US State Department Over Statement

 https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/08/trnc-foreign-ministry-slams-us-state-department-over-statement/

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...if there was a "Greek" Cyprus, there would be a "Turkish" Cyprus.

And yet, Cypriots as Individuals (rather than Persons) have never wavered from their identity as this island's dwellers, and as such their Basic Human Rights.

...decades have passed indeed; no "Greek" and no "Turk" has succeeded in overwhelmingly winning support in an election. While "They" claim that Cypriots are few and unworthy of any consideration, such results suggest otherwise.

...and what is a BBF; how can America reject it? America was the very first BBF. By these values, as Individuals, they all defend the Universal Principles of  Freedom. And, by demonstrating their trust and recognition of each other, as Persons, their Liberty. Not hard to understand but a matter of intentions.

Where is the Communal Chamber i ask, in Cyprus? Where Constitutional reform exists, is in this body. If the Greek Community would take their seats, there, both Communities may find unanimity in their needs as distinct identities. While in the Legislature, Turkish Cypriots, by filling their seats, would offer to Cypriots a chance to leave the dogmas of "Greekness" and Turkishness" behind them.

Why the Turkish-Libyan MOU has enraged Libyans and regional countries

 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221020-why-the-turkish-libyan-mou-has-enraged-libyans-and-regional-countries/

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...and Egypt how important is Egypt to Turkey; brothers?

Not only Libya between them, but the whole region when it comes to gas; what with the East Med. Gas Forum. Where else does Palestine sit as an equal with Israel, as with all its members (but Turkey who chooses to leave her chair empty) united.

...never mind the very institution which gives this Presidency in Libya its credibility: the UN; UNCLOS ignored.

Start talking to Russia again

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/11/06/start-talking-to-russia-again/

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Yes, it is Putin who can save himself from a War Crimes Tribunal: by solving the Problem; for himself, Russia, and the rest of the world. Indeed he will share in History, Hero status doing so, with Erdogan and Zelenskyy, instead of the infamy which at the moment he suffers alone.

Such as it is, it is not hard to deliver such a template for the Constitutional reform so many countries need if not in Cyprus, in the Ukraine, in Turkey, and in Russia, to start. It is a matter of intentions.

...what is a BBF? (...does anyone know that the USA is a BBF, and the very first?)

We are Individuals when it concerns our Basic Human Rights, defining them by the word Freedom. And, by our respect and trust in others, we may nurture our distinct identities as Persons, defining Liberty.

...nor is it really hard to understand.

TRNC slams the RoC for creating a “Day of Missing Persons in Cyprus”

https://cyprusscene.com/2022/11/01/trnc-slams-the-roc-for-creating-a-day-of-missing-persons-in-cyprus/

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...who were (and are) their victims, the "Greeks" and the "Turks", but Cypriots who chose (and choose) to see the world as Individuals rather than as Persons, first. 

Such a day for the missing should not be politicised indeed. Victims of politics and its extremes like these men, women and children, did not choose "sides". Or they were murdered because they were civil, more reasoned, and unarmed.

...i remember. My family stayed, and for not running away, for believing in  the notion of equality as Human beings having Basic Rights, respecting the Way by lovingly serving God's will, they were (and are) betrayed to this day by the "others" who like to believe that Cypriots are few and insignificant among "them". (This is the Problem.)

Indeed, i remind the reader, that not one of these extremists who believe that "Greekness" or "Turkishness" stands above the Human race has won an election overwhelmingly, in Cyprus, after all these decades. Cypriots win.

(This is something to think about.)

Cypriots are not few, nor are they insignificant; such a day, is for them.

...let's not forget.