Do people in Cyprus really want a solution asks peace activist

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/26/do-people-in-cyprus-really-want-a-solution-asks-peace-activist/

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...i remind you only because i want to remind all of us, in effect repeating what you said, its sensibilities at least, ''being'' Cypriot i feel your pain. (I say you are not alone in your intentions while few of like mind speak, so unlike the ''Greeks'' and ''Turks'' who have such a strong representation for themselves), do not despair, be ready; at the time of 'our' choosing such an enosis may rise, (it is natural), it is possible by overcoming our fears and by giving it a Cypriot meaning: together 'we' are a force greater than "Them".

...indeed, the Problem is not isolated to Cyprus alone. In Turkey, (and as it is evolving in the Ukraine for example), a BBF is not a bad idea. Freedom, where Individuals find their representation within a State where without further distinction or discrimination all are equal under a Rule of Law. And Liberty, where as Persons having representation as a Majority, they demonstrate toward their Minorities the same capacity in providing for such special needs as well.

...i remind you so that you may not get distracted by "their" argument(s), falling into this trap; that Cypriots do not or cannot speak being few and insignificant, this is a myth and this is a lie. I think the Greek Cypriots spoke well saying nothing at all: three days, without their help the coup fell. And it is island wide the Cypriot voter who has since then held up their Identity from being usurped by "Them" for fifty years. (Imagine, an illegal regime just like the illegal regime we have but "Greek"; could have been but it is not.)

Yet we are not so lucky with this current threat. Erdogan's notion of "Turkishness" is not a Turkish Cypriot problem alone, (and it is spreading). Because it questions the Universal Principles on which our Basic Human Rights are based, it is a threat which is not just Cypriot but the world's. Turkish Cypriots should not be fighting alone against ''it'', as with 'us' from one fait accompli to another they are about to be swallowed whole (i.e. the protocols), that much is clear (to me)...

Do people in Cyprus really want a solution asks peace activist

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/26/do-people-in-cyprus-really-want-a-solution-asks-peace-activist/

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...i would like to remind you that those of us who are Cypriots are no less ignored today as they were in the past by the other half as i like to call them, "Greeks" and "Turks".

'We' have been silenced perhaps, but as Cypriots there is that same love for this island as always; i do not despair. Across the island Cypriots live, there is no doubt about it. Has any of "Their" candidates ever won an election overwhelmingly? Even divided, unnaturally, over decades, this is the truth. If not for Cypriots, 'we' would be "them".

...it is an existential question which as yet it seems has not gone too far. Yet silent no more, when the People speak for themselves, i suggest they may join to make souvla together on their beaches, exposing those who would be against it. And under their flag, the one rightfully theirs', the Flag of Cyprus, the one "They" treat as a rag, they may make their existence clear.

In search of common ground in Cyprus

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/09/in-search-of-common-ground-in-cyprus/

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...all the elections we have had are referenda enough.

Over all these decades even torn unnaturally apart, the voters have spoken most clearly.

Ask yourselves, why has Cyprus remained a country (read: a People) whole (while having a portion of it illegally occupied) despite the "Turkishness" and "Greekness" which have dominated Cypriot politics since its advent? It is because the Cypriot People, as voters, Greek or/and Turkish have never given to one of "Their" candidates an overwhelming majority. In fact, all these years, it is Cypriots by their sheer numbers, voting, who have kept the Cypriot identity alive; 'we' would be "them" otherwise: as Persons choosing to serve what is the higher order of their identity, that what the "Greeks" and the "Turks" would like to usurp from them, that of an Individual.

There is no question that the People of Cyprus want to "be" Cypriot; it is their leaders, failing them that are blind to the message, who see the greater advantage, (they have) gaining their power as representatives of a "Turkish" side and a side representing its voters as "Greeks", in a competition; to keep things the way they are, this fait-accompli (where Cypriots have no effective representation) is to "their" benefit let's remember.

...it reminds me of the coup that succeeded and just three days later failed: what the ''Greeks'' did not count on were Cypriots, Greeks, choosing overwhelmingly not to support it and it failed. Again a referendum was not needed to decide if Cypriots exist; it is the meaning of their actions, again and again, which are being ignored.

Who says Cypriots are unwilling to consider a BBF? The facts bear out a different story, unlike the narrative that "They" would have you believe. Cypriots exist, despite "Their" efforts and, they are not few.

(No need for more referendums but more public demonstration is needed, under the Flag of Cyprus, their flag, a Cypriot's, the one "They" treat (and have treated) as a rag for so long.)

Enosis is needed. Cypriots united (without the need for further discrimination or distinction), giving this strong word a Cypriot meaning just as strong; who would be against it if 'we' joined together to make souvla on our beaches?

...who would be against it if Cypriots joined together, against the "Turks" and their protocol, against the "Turkishness" such "Cypriot Turks" support, where in public demonstration Turkish Cypriots find themselves fighting alone, now? Who should you blame if they fail, ask yourself if you are a Cypriot, before it is too late.

Action, direct actions not words are needed, i think. Carefully wording questions so that the (likely) answer is known will not help 'us'; such a notion scares me given the "who" who will most certainly have a hand in its asking.

The conundrum that is the Cyprus problem

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/09/the-conundrum-that-is-the-cyprus-problem/

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...in Turkey there are "Turks" just like in Cyprus, hated by the other half of the population who are Turkish.

"Turkishness" as it is being defined by Erdogan, threatens all of us actually. (Not just Cypriots, but the rest of the world.)  What Turkish Cypriots do matters. In effect, facing their own existential question, they cannot remain silent in the face of "Cypriot Turks" with their aims. And they should not be fighting "Them" alone.

Unity, an enosis of Cypriots Greek and Turkish (without further distinction or discrimination,) will do a great deal to galvanise the People of Turkey seeking change similarly. People everywhere need the same Hope that comes from such unity first, as Humans a single race. (Thus, what is wrong with a BBF where within such a State there exists Constituencies; the Liberty which beyond this Freedom, that allows people as majorities to demonstrate to the minorities living among them the same Goodwill and in Goodfaith.) 

...isn't that the problem, that in Turkey too (and (e.g.) as it is evolving in the Ukraine) exists the same Problem?

...indeed, the Problem is a problem that in Turkey rattles it to its core. Turkey (like Cyprus) is a State in need of Constitutional reform having Constituencies, too. Not all Turks are "Turks". Not all Greeks are "Greeks".

...and with its roots in Cyprus it is a (read: the) good place to begin; in finding the solution.

It will take 'us', the People to make it clear that we are not few or insignificant. And it is good to remember that even after the decades of our unnatural separation, it is Cypriots Turkish and Greek who have kept us whole by their votes; giving never once an overwhelming victory to one of "those" candidates: these are the facts.

In Cyprus it is not an issue of: Greeks versus Turks, or "Turks" versus "Greeks'', it is an issue of "Greeks" / "Turks" versus Turks / Greeks. Not so easy to explain and in short, it is a conundrum.

If they, these people who call themselves Cypriots, remain unheard by leadership(s) which ignore their intention,  they will take to the streets; as they have done in the past (quite naturally), beyond their Liberty, but as Individuals, different as Persons perhaps, but united for their Freedom, for the Basic Human Rights that are being usurped from them, divided as they have been by the dogmatists who seeking power question such Universal Principles hatefully without any respect or trust for identities not "their own".