Can Cyprus ever be reunited? An hour long debate hosted by Iain Dale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HxRginFRNE 

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"Cypriot Turks" like Mr. Tatar would have you believe that Turkish Cypriots are few. Yet, even after the decades of being unnaturally torn from their identity as Cypriots, (as Individuals), like the Greek Cypriots, no "Greek" and no "Turkish" candidate has ever won overwhelmingly in elections; Cypriots exist, and they are the many. This is something to think about. And what is wrong with a BBF? An identity as a State, as an Individual prepared to defend the values and the Principles that secure our Freedom and our Basic Human Rights as equals without the need for further distinctions and discrimination, as well as an identity as Persons where having the Liberty of self-representation within Cypriot Constituencies, mindful as majorities of the minorities living among them by offering the same trust and respect, recognising their special needs and by providing for them with their Agendas in Goodwill, and Goodfaith. ...let's never forget who died most horribly with this History of violence in Modern times on this island: those who were not "Them", civilian, unarmed, and more reasoned. The "Greeks" and the "Turks" if you look more closely never really busied themselves killing each other. This too, is something to think about. ...what comes first? Is it the identity you carry as a Person, or your identity as a member of the greatest whole, call it Humanity? This is the Problem that is the problem not just in Cyprus where "Greekness" was defeated with the coup's failure from a total lack of support and where "Turkishness" remains an even greater existential threat (to all of us) because of how it is now dividing Turkey, and how in the Ukraine Ukrainians suffer from "Ukrainians" and "Russians" the same fate, being divided, and of having their Identities as Individuals usurped from them. But, i am hopeful. Who better than Putin and Erdogan to find a solution; they know the Problem well, they know that from infamy to fame for them comes with a small change of intentions.