elections in the illegally occupied territories

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47211-60.html#p901773

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...frankly, i am hopeful.

What harm will Tatar do but piss off the electorate who identify with the island as their home?

...indeed the "Greeks" and the "Turks" will seek to express a sentiment that escalates the enmity between them; this time Cypriots may not be so easily led as such, instead by representing themselves, on the streets, exposing "them".

AKEL, the Unions and the urban masses, have a big role in demonstrating, under the Flag of Cyprus, that such a thing as a Cypriot Identity already exists.

...DISY too, has a role to play, by finding candidates (as MEP, e.g.), and a team, from all walks of Cypriot life; as Cypriots, who will support for President, their choice in the next election campaign.

What better time to define the difference existentially, "Them" and "Us"; and on so many levels.

...what better way to express this unity, but in the occupied territories, peacefully and under the Flag of Cyprus?

Tatar says ‘TRNC’s freedom’ must be respected, Akinci takes swipe at Ankara (Update 3)

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/10/18/tatar-says-trncs-freedom-must-be-respected-akinci-takes-swipe-at-ankara-update-3/

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...it is a good day for Cyprus. Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots still represent about half the population in the occupied territories, despite the meddling in their elections by the mythic "motherland" (read: Erdogan).

...who is Akinci, in any case, a Cypriot? He had many chances, from the day he was elected to demonstrate this fact; perhaps they have chosen very wisely.

Indeed, the result was not the one expected; by the numbers Akinci should have won. This demonstrates, to me, even more clearly what is to be done. A Leader of Cypriots, Turkish or Greek, cannot sit on the fence, as Akinci continued to do in face of his isolation by and from those for "Turkishness".

...Turkish Cypriots want some form of self-representation, this much is also clear.

I ask, where are the other Cypriot Constituencies?

Who, as Individuals cannot stand with other Cypriots, for Cyprus, to defend the Universal Principals on which such a notion is based?

...who as Constituencies, as Persons, have needs any different (either)?

If splitting the island in two, is not what Bicommunal and Bizonal mean; what do they mean?

So far, our Leadership has not demonstrated their commitment to finding answers to these questions. This will change because the youth do not see dogma, like "Greekness" or "Turkishness" suitable models, what with their lifestyles and concerns. Only as Cypriots can they enjoy this island Free, to be good stewards toward it.

Only as a People, can Cypriots enjoy the Liberty of nurturing beyond that, as people, their distinct identities.

Tatar, is now the President of a so called country already sullied by its only promoter as an impotent title.

The opposition to it will regroup only stronger, given that the existential threat to Cypriots has increased.

...i am hopeful.

A letter to the President

 Dearest President,

Somewhere in the USA, someone read today from my blog, the comment I am sending to you.

...i ask, despite such a notion's possibility, is it correct; in terms of the system we have (in need of reform), and its intention: is this not the way we may communicate, starting from the Constitution itself?

https://bbxb.blogspot.com/2019/11/leaders-should-remember-their.html

What is Justice seen, what is confidence building, what is ultimately what Cypriots are waiting for, need, and want (from their Leaders)? 

First, needed is a single step together, you and Mr. Akinci, the most dangerous of all, to stand together under the Flag which rightfully "belongs" to all Cypriots. Thus, enjoined (read: enosis) to banish "Turkishness" and "Greekness" as the same, in the name of  Cypriots; and, as an adversary to such hatefulness, as Cypriots: under the Flag of Cyprus for a Cypriot way standing together. 

To be sure, there will be much shock and opposition to such a notion, that Cypriots exist; (but) from who? 

And if you dared Akinci, after this/his election (holding cards, isolated as he has been, because of his "Cypriotness" (if you will).as the adversary to Erdogan's subjugation) would he find himself with you standing beside him, "being" Cypriot, taking that plunge; because as Cypriots, what is clearer between the two of you is that, Cypriot lives matter?

As such, it is natural, that from the population that sees Cypriots as non-existent, to see outrage; for Cypriots, to expose them, (and to much International esteem,) is that a bad thing? 

There is no denying it, what with Akinci's election win, as I surmise, on Sunday, negotiations between the two of you will become the priority.

The Flag of Cyprus, indeed, by standing under it unifies; making Cypriots equal: like in Turkey no less (and in Greece), as the People, great in their diversity, a State, because as people standing under it they defend the Universal Principles on which it is based, not just the Nation and the distinct identity on which they may identify as Persons, more but that too "being" Individuals.  

   'Just for Cyprus'; under such a Banner: who dares?   

If you stand under the Flag of Cyprus, who can doubt that the People, Cypriots will stand beside you. 

If you stood under the Flag of Cyprus, together, with Akinci in the occupied territories, wouldn't those who gather better define Cypriots, the People? 

...certainly something to think about.

"Turkishness", a scourge beyond our borders, and in Turkey itself, to get rid of it now, is, in effect, our goal; it can be rid of here, in Cyprus: united, as Cypriots. 

Cypriots, and Turkish Cypriots at the vanguard, not the Alevi or the Kurds, not the Greeks or the Armenians, not the EU or USA, remain the greatest threat to this dogma, at its very root, what is Erdogan's dogma, "Turkishness"; despite having been silenced, torn apart now decades, not usurped: for so long a force as voters representing about half the population (and more) any way its counted, Cypriots.

..also something to think about.

Warmly,

Most Respectfully Yours,

RW

 

Disy video publicises Turkey’s illegal actions in Varosha (with video)

 https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/10/07/disy-video-publicises-turkeys-illegal-actions-in-varosha-with-video/

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DISY should be looking to Turkish Cypriots, against this injustice. Just like the "Greek"/Greek divide, Cypriots who are Turkish represent about half the population of the "Cypriot Turk" regime.

...who represents Cypriots, as Cypriots i ask? Who will give Turkish Cypriots their support against this unnatural divide? All "Turks" may support these illegal acts in Varosha, but Turkish Cypriots do not.

I had hopes with AKEL's win, their Turkish Cypriot candidate now Cyprus' MEP, that it would change what is the electoral frontier forever. But then again, i still have hope that those silenced for so many years will represent themselves, by demonstrating under their Flag, rightfully theirs, the Flag of Cyprus, if their leadership will not.

...who remembers "Asiktir Turkiye"? It was not so long ago. (Or, the Occupy Movement which put Cyprus, and Cypriots, first.)

Cypriots (again) could join together, this time around. The People (despite the Leaders) always have this power.

..."Greekness", like "Turkishness" represent the same side of the coin, in Cyprus. Cypriots, Greek and Turkish, represent the other. It is not so hard to understand, yet for decades such a notion has been dismissed because it would mean overcoming the fear within ourselves as Cypriots, in recognising this as fact.

..."right wing", being Conservative, does not mean "being Greek" (or "being Turkish"): Cypriot lives matter.

The world can do nothing in practical terms for Cypriots. Cypriots (collectively) could do more with a Leadership that has a mind that speaks to, and for, all of them. DISY, and AKEL, both fail Cypriots in this regard.

Can an end be found to one of the world's oldest conflicts? | Inside Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-irt5MZWzKM

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Turkey in Syria.

Turkey in Libya.

Turkey in this sad affair.

How did she become involved? 

...one can see a pattern.

Oh yes, Turkey in Cyprus.

Turkey in Lebanon

Turkey in Israel

Turkey in the EU

Turkey in the USA

(Turkey in Greece)

...none where Erdogan's Turkey is trusted as a reliable friend.

It is Turkey i worry about, its People, because they (will) suffer most, for "Turkishness".

This conflict, like so may others is Erdogan's game.

...yet, with a small change in intentions, on his part, he may demonstrate the wisdom needed to solve the Problem; all these problems.

Amid Mediterranean tensions, retired Turkish admiral grabs the spotlight touting supremacy at sea

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-greece-blue-homeland/2020/09/26/15cf7afe-fc3b-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html

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...indeed, it is the Aegean, as it is divided, which make Greece and Turkey, as adversaries, equal.

Turkey does not have the longest coastline; Greece does: while Turkey as a landmass is much bigger.

...this the Treaty of Lausanne (and Sevres), which in Erdogan's Turkey is relegated to the dustbin.

"Turkishness" questions the values of Universal Principals, and "our" conviction as Human Beings.

...having become the Cyprus Problem, then the problem in Cyprus, to a problem among many: this the Problem.

Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet

 

https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/19/09/2020/Lebanese-Christian-party-offers-idea-to-resolve-dispute-over-new-cabinet

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...a great idea, with both sides having to make convincing arguments over what is good for the country.

Indeed, the Lebanese, like so many in their region are, in effect, Bicommunal: they regard themselves' as Individuals, and they identify as Persons; of having distinct identities.This much is clear, at least.

...what is a State; since Nations seem easy enough to identify?

Here, the Lebanese People must decide, certainly no mono-clonal mass. As Lebanese, will their Leadership (for their own good), for the good of the Country, overcome their own fears, (and corruption); "them"/"us"?

Putting aside their differences as Persons, one Hopes that as Individuals they may demonstrate beyond Nationalism (and "blood"), Patriotism (and Principal), above all as one. (And, even as Persons, demonstrating such Goodwill, Goodfaith, by providing as Majorities for the special needs of their Minorities accordingly.)

...where is the Green Line, seemingly, having disappeared, from Beirut and Berlin?

...yet, "this" must stop: (is this, the Problem?)

These aren’t ‘peace deals’, they’re military pacts signed with malicious intent

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200916-these-arent-peace-deals-theyre-military-pacts-signed-with-malicious-intent/ 

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...indeed, Iran, (and Turkey), have made themselves the center of the Arab world's attention.

But, their intentions as claimed are religious, (so too Pakistan).

The Brotherhood supports them, or is it the other way around? For Erdogan at least there is his one desire: "Protector" of a Caliphate he says will return to Istanbul. Such is their alliance for Islam, as "Muslims" (read: "Islamists"), now starkly in contrast to the Jews and Arabs who stand together against their threat, along with the rest of the world. Such is the state of Humanity at the brink of more War.

..what about God? I ask, the malice of bad intentions, who is to blame? One God, who stands (Lovingly) for this?

Re: Greek forces on red alert (Turkish surveying)

 https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47471-320.html#p900671

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...if he has the courage to stand as a Cypriot, making it very clear he is no "Turk", he will not be pushed to the side as you say, he will take center stage; and he may win.

...having won, from the support he has from Cypriots, everything will change. Even in the Presidential election (in two years), the issue, what is a Cypriot may become as an issue that much clearer; not "Greek", not "Turkish", such a constituency as a whole. And "being" Turkey's National Issue, such an act by Cypriots, changing themselves, bettering themselves, for Cyprus, it may be cause for Hope, in Turkey, over that which divides Turkey, now: "Turkishness".

"Turkey", one hopes, will be removed by the People, in Cyprus. But which People? (And how?)

...this is something, Max, i strongly suggest you think about a little more closely.

...in Cyprus it should be Cypriots (and without force). If you are a Cypriot; this should be plain to you.

Not "Greek" and not "Turk", Turkish or Greek should make no difference, as a Cypriot, wouldn't you say it is "our" battle?

Occupied, or not occupied, as "Cyprus" has been defined (by 'them") for the same reason, to a Cypriot, should make no difference either, don't you think?

...are you telling me that you believe that "Cypriot Turks" voted in Akinci, that Turkish Cypriots do not exist, that to "be" a Cypriot one must be "Greek", that all people Turkish are "Turks"?

Please explain how that is any different to the "Turks" who call Greeks, "Greeks", and Turks traitors?

...i suggest "they" (as Dogmas,) are the same, and no different; this, Cypriots silenced as they have become may demonstrate once again awakened: that they are neither.

...and in the context of this topic, critically important, for "this" to change regionally speaking, as well.

Our View: Cyprus can no longer have one foot in the West and one in the East

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/09/06/our-view-cyprus-can-no-longer-have-one-foot-in-the-west-and-one-in-the-east/

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Let's remember, 1960, not so long ago, a Cyprus without a single road in asphalt from one end to the other, no water from pipes, as in Public Works either. This, the Cypriot People, managed, and succeeded in short order to change.

...i ask Mdme. Garber to ask herself, where else do Russians and Americans agree; that: Cyprus should be Free.

...and that Cypriots may live in Liberty.

...and what of "Turkishness"; the Problem, as a problem having grown beyond Cyprus, and as a dogma, (now, tearing Turkey in two,) one which questions, the solidarity of those not "them" who claim their commitment to Universal Principals.

Cyprus, tiny as it is, is the cross-road to three continents, let's remember.

Cypriots, as they are, have been this island's dwellers, millennia; no small feat now torn apart.

Cyprus and Cypriots should not have to choose, the West or the East, it is, (they are) a fulcrum perhaps, or a bridge; having demonstrated, having survived, for so long this (read: their) capacity as facilitators of exchange.

Greek forces on red alert (Turkish surveying)

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47471-280.html#p900353

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...indeed, some of us wanted the end to our subjugation in Cyprus, the war stopped there with our Freedom.

...i recall the story of Grivas from his brother, how ''it'' began; retired, having returned home, shot at while in a radio shack by unruly British troops, dismissed by their commanding officer and ignored as a trivial complaint.

...imagine his disappointment, so much he admired the British, and their discipline. But this was not it in Cyprus, he felt humiliated, and so the big idea started, the guerrilla war, open season anywhere on British uniforms.

...i remember that family well, how EOKAB tore that family apart, how they stick together, and beyond '74 how that worked out; "being" Cypriot in a "Greek" world is not easy, ("being" a Cypriot in a "Turkish" world is that much harder).

What's done is done.

Cypriots must identify that "this" must stop. Cypriots must identify themselves as Cypriot (first), Turkish or Greek; no "Greek", no "Turk". Cypriots are the vanguard, as they have always been, facilitators of exchange, socialised, and great cooperators; we are an ethnos, we are Greek speaking, and Turkish, Arabic and Latin, (and yes, English) as roots, too: the crossroad to three continents, (and all the world's religions); it is no wonder that it is the interest of so many interlocutors, tiny as it is. To win, we may even have to fight those not Cypriot, for what is Cypriot.

"(h)Asiktir Turkiye" does anyone remember? Today would you join these Cypriots, the very vanguard, there in the occupied territories, as Cypriots, standing together under the Cypriot Flag, the Flag of Cyprus?

(i have asked this question before.)

What message does that send to Erdogan, if we stand united; if there ever was a single person for all Cypriots to focus upon as the Problem?

The People, people as People, as Cypriots, by making this clear, we are a People; Erdogan has what he wants, Cyprus an ally, Cypriots respected, recognised worthily, something he can emulate in Turkey, having, itself, Constituencies.

Who are the vilifiers of solidarity?

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/08/30/who-are-the-vilifiers-of-solidarity/

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Well said, Mr. Koumoullis.

While the "Greeks" and "Turks" may hold the Agenda, it does not mean that those silenced, as Cypriots, don't exist.

...indeed, it will be an existential question, Cyprus, or Cyprus no more, in the coming elections October. If a man like Akinci stood under the Flag of Cyprus to say, I am Cypriot, I am no "Turk" but Turkish, if he spoke as a Cypriot, plainly, under it, for Cyprus, to Cypriots, who would be against such an act? And in such daring, If thousands joined his rallying call, Cypriots, Greek and Turkish, who would he expose? In simple terms, if it was impossible to escape its view, in Cyprus, the Flag of Cyprus, anywhere on the island for these elections, that too in uniting Cypriots will be the People's doing.

Cypriots themselves must solve this Problem, since it seems the Leadership alone, cannot.

Reply to Arry

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/08/12/insisting-on-being-cypriot/#comment-5028333232

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...indeed, if we ask the families who have missing and murdered you will find, those Cypriot, Turkish or Greek, hope for a Memorial, somewhere in Cyprus where these people, those whose lives were stolen from them, can be remembered for who they are.

...indeed if we remember, it is true, "Greeks" and "Turks" did the killing, but who, for the most part?

...to honour the dead let's remember, not being "them", made them victims.

Turkish Cypriot caught between two sides

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/08/12/insisting-on-being-cypriot/#comment-5028247485
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Freedom for Cyprus.

...i hope in the coming elections October, that i will be standing with this man under the Flag of Cyprus in the occupied territories expressing my solidarity as a Cypriot with other Cypriots, perhaps thousands, for a candidate who has the courage to declare they are no "Turk", but Turkish, and Cypriot.

How would that look on the front page, Cypriots as Cypriots gathered, for this Identity around their Flag?

Indeed, the power is the People. Cyprus' MEP proves this. AKEL may have acted boldly, fielding a Turkish Cypriot candidate, and winning, yet it is not enough. Given the existential question being asked in these elections, every Citizen who believes in a Cypriot identity should be standing in that crowd. AKEL and DISY have a lot to think about when it comes to Constituencies, who in Principal do they represent? Truly, what are they for?

i ask...

...who treats the Flag of Cyprus as a rag?

Are we "Greeks" are we "Turks"; who are we if we are not Cypriots?

Facing Turkey’s provocative actions on Cyprus

http://www.parikiaki.com/2020/08/facing-turkeys-provocative-actions-on-cyprus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-turkeys-provocative-actions-on-cyprus

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AKEL's only hope in saving Cyprus, and Cypriots, from "Turkish" and/or Turkey's subjugation is only possible if its Leadership has the support of all Cypriots. What can be more clear after having elected an MEP as such?

There are Cypriots in the occupied territories no doubt.

...who has the courage to stand up to "Turkishness"? Cypriots?

If there were a candidate who had the foresight to stand under the Flag of Cyprus, in the next elections coming in  October, its significance would not be lost. (What is a BBF?) And if such a Leader won, having rallied Cypriots together as Cypriots, having spoken to them as Cypriots, having exposed those more "Greek" and "Turkish", such a Leader as a negotiator for Cypriots far more credible, when across from another Cypriot (perhaps) speaking for Constituencies as Persons, but also as an Individual, and a State.

...Turkey will not negotiate with "Greeks". Greek Cypriots will not negotiate with "Cypriot Turks", which Turkey  supports against them. Turkey will not negotiate with Cyprus; under these conditions. But, if Erdogan is true to his word, he will negotiate with Cypriots; he will in fact have no choice, with Cypriots as Cypriots representing themselves.

...Cypriots, not Cyprus, are the power against Turkey's provocative actions, and it is Turkish Cypriots at the vanguard who need this help, (in the coming referendum\election) from Cypriots, this time around.

Who but the People can solve the Problem?

Our View: Greece chooses dialogue, Cyprus will have to do the same

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/07/31/our-view-greece-chooses-dialogue-cyprus-will-have-to-do-the-same/#comment-5013858390

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...first the Treaty of Sevres, which ended the Ottoman Empire by tearing it up. Then the Treaty of Lausanne, (which was more generous) which founded the Modern Turkey of today.

...while Ataturk was Turkish, he fought with Kurds and Armenians beside him. It was the Kurds, with their loyalty to his dream, a Turkey where all its Citizens are equal as Individuals, that saved the Republic from doom. And yet, Kemalists, for "Turkishness" cannot recognise this diversity; as "Turks" somehow more Turkish, than those, not "Turkish". Here is the (Turkish) Problem, in a nutshell.

...indeed, Greece and Turkey may find that, their give and take will bear results that have the desired effect across the region, for Hope. Timing is everything.

(beyond the Aegean, if there is a comprehensive Agreement)
It is not hard for me to imagine, Erdogan, recognising that Cyprus is Cypriot just like Turkey is Turkish. ...and that Turkey is not "Turkish" for the same reason that Cyprus cannot be "Greek".

Cyprus will change Turkey, and not the other way around, if the negotiations internally, are between two people who have the demonstrated support of Cypriots generally, not just their respective Constituency. In effect, a solution found by Cypriots ending their Problem, is a solution Turkey may emulate as their own.

It is not hard for me to imagine a Cypriot win (again) in the occupied territories either. And if that Leader wins because Cypriots demonstrate their unity as Cypriots, it is a harbinger of what Mr. Erdogan can expect against "Turkishness" itself, in Turkey, if he goes too far with that ambition.

Re: Greek Cyprus. South Cyprus?

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47452-30.html#p899189

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...thanks Paphitis; i am glad that you can at least express yourself openly and with reason. It is all i can expect. And while we disagree about this issue, it is the dialog that is important.

Cypriots need to find each other, they need to express their solidarity for Cyprus. If you believe that Cyprus exists then Cyprus is the ground under your feet, even in the occupied territories. That's the way i look at it.

Only Cypriots can return their country to order, not their Leadership it seems, after decades. And yes, since flags have taken a very important place in this debate, it will take the People to demonstrate, with this Flag, their Flag, the Flag of Cyprus, to these very Leaders, their desire.

...i would like to speak for myself, and i want to end the division that is based on "Turkishness" and "Greekness". I don't need anyone to tell me how to be Greek because a Greek knows better than to describe himself, but as a Citizen of the World; is it different for Turks, not "Turkish"?

...and who is the enemy we face, all of us, is it not Erdogan? He fears the Turkish Cypriots the most, because they (still can) define themselves not as "Turks"; and in doing so provide Hope to those in Turkey who suffer the same Problem. Would you not support a man, if he had the courage to address all Cypriots, who says it clearly, under the Flag of Cyprus, I am not "Turkish", but Cypriot? Certainly not those "Greek" and "Turkish", but the rest of us, why wouldn't we?

...all i am saying is, Akinci has been isolated by "them" because he is, it seems their antithesis; playing the fence is no longer his option. He could lead Turkish Cypriots to a peaceful resolution with Greek Cypriots, by "being" Cypriot.

...anyway, such a proposition is completely radical, likely not to happen; if it did, i would hope that you would change your mind.

i dare say, this issue is important to me.

A Truth Commission for Cyprus?

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/07/15/a-truth-commission-for-cyprus/

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How many will be freed from a Truth Commission? To rest, as one never rested before, having said, "I saw this, something horrible; it is wrong and I remain silent no longer."

...this is good.

How many silently wait for such a moment?

But who with this exposure will feel its shame, Cypriots?

...certainly the victims of "Greeks" and "Turks" who for the most part were not "them", their families destroyed, murdered and made to disappear for this reason, "being" Cypriot, want Justice.

On this day of infamy my wish is that, like the families of the murdered and the missing, a Memorial at least is built to them, these Cypriots whose lives were stolen (by "others"). Indeed, their blood is on our hands if in denying this Truth, we deny the Universal Principals which demonstrate, as Individuals, and as Human beings, our Unity.

...thanks, Mr. Demetriades; interesting proposal, reasoned and easy to read.

Akinci agrees with Borrell on need for dialogue

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/07/10/akinci-agrees-with-borrell-on-need-for-dialogue/

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I wonder if Mr. Akinci realises what incredible power he has in his hands.

...that he has the power to define, not just for Cypriots, but all Turkish speaking people, who, by Erdogan's definition of "Turkishness" are something less, Hope; about half the Turkish population of Cyprus, and about half of Turkey.

...that he more than Ocalan represents the biggest threat to Turkey, as it is seen through the eyes of those who see the threat to "Turkishness" coming from all "others"; that he may be Turkish but no "Turk".

...indeed, if he were to stand under his Flag, by right, as a Cypriot, the Flag of Cyprus, what a stir that would be: who would join him, who would he expose ("Greek" and "Turkish")?

...and if he, as such, having the support of all Cypriots sat with a contemporary, a Greek Cypriot having the same support, who would they bicker (read: dialog) with but those against such a notion? (That would be change at least.)

And with the fate of Cyprus, hanging in the balance, why not, this election?

Who dares wins.

The mission of our country’s armed forces is to defend our homeland and the people of Cyprus, not the interests of any foreign power

http://www.parikiaki.com/2020/07/the-mission-of-our-countrys-armed-forces-is-to-defend-our-homeland-and-the-people-of-cyprus-not-the-interests-of-any-foreign-power/

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America like Russia have a goal, one hopes, to see the Cypriot identity overcome the dysfunction it suffers from its "Greeks" and "Turks"; what with their position in the world as a Family of Man.

AKEL has demonstrated, with the election of a Turkish Cypriot MEP, that Cypriots exist. Despite the unnatural divide between them, for decades, such an identity, "being" Cypriot has not been usurped from them yet.

Reflecting on the undue influence of interlocutors in Cyprus' affairs, i ask, who is blameless? Yet, i am hopeful because, in Cyprus, it is possible for these same governments (i.e. the Guarantors, and allies) to demonstrate that despite their differences, they are also accountable to the People, (their People, the world) and their expectations for a Rule of Law that revolves around a single Human condition, where as Individuals they have the same Freedom, without further discrimination or distinction: being equal.

AKEL can do more. As a vanguard they have already joined Cypriots, much to their credit in the Cypriot cause.

But, elections are coming soon (in the occupied north), and i wonder whether such a referendum on Cyprus, and its existence, will be done without a single attempt, from any Party, to demonstrate the unity electors may have, standing under their Flag, the Flag of Cyprus, together, for this notion, "being" Cypriot, as One. And in the coming elections for President, in the Republic itself, who as Cypriots, would they (the Parties) rally in the same cause (and how); for unity?

...of course such an exposition has its risks; in doing so, who does it expose, and what as a result is the consequence?

I imagine that such courage will not go unrewarded though; those silenced for so long will see that their intentions can be realised through their own efforts. That with the simple act of standing together with the Flag, they may identify those not "them" clearly. The notions of "Greekness", and "Turkishness" will find themselves on the same side of the table, (and at a disadvantage no longer holding the Agenda) facing their opposite, those not like "them", as such, Cypriots.

While we are divided, Cypriots will continue to live with severe doubts about the rest of the world (why this Problem has dragged on for so long); what they stand for. We leave ourselves dependent on their good values, and exposed to those that are bad. Cypriots, in any case are facilitators of exchange at the cross road to three continents. It demands from us a great deal of integrity, to be credible in such social-exchange. Cypriots are not credible if they cannot demonstrate their own existence, as a People; they will continue to be subjugated in this weakened position, existentially.

What homeland, i ask, before i ask what mission for our armed forces. In any case, nothing prevents these same soldiers learning more from other allies as well. America, like Russia, are good friends. Cyprus in fact has many friends, but one; if we unite ourselves, could we help to unite them? The Problem, let's not forget is bigger than the problems in Cyprus, although a solution, to the Cyprus Problem would offer the region (and the world) Hope.

...while America is under the Trump regime, nothing is clear as to Principal, and reason. Elections in the near future will leave it to the American People, their own fate. It is not a good time for them either.

EU and UN are losing patience

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/06/28/eu-and-un-are-losing-patience/

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...chirping on about the Cyprus Problem, as though it is about "Greeks" and "Turks", is a false debate. The Problem has grown to be much bigger than that.

While the EU and the UN have good reasons to feel some sense of frustration, it goes beyond finding a solution for the displaced, and the land that is being illegally occupied, in Cyprus.

It is Turkey's acts, which from the advent, that have spiraled this problem into an expansionist policy designed to create a "new" Turkey, out of the demise of the Treaty of Lausanne, (and Cyprus). What else can one conclude from the disruptions, and hostilities she(he) actively takes with all her neighbours, or from the rhetoric Erdogan has made to define his claims?

Cyprus is not the Problem, but in Cyprus the Problem may be solved.

...the Problem is "Turkishness", and the Problem is "Greekness", because in Cyprus they have been demonstrated to be the same. While "Greekness" became a spent force with the coup's success ending in failure just two days later because "Cypriot Greeks" do not exist (in any significant number), in fact, Turkish Cypriots, have been silenced, by the "Cypriot Turks" since being divided.

No need to be impatient with Cypriots, those not "them"; they too have demonstrated their commitment to the Universal Principals, august institutions such as the UN and the EU are founded upon. They are not the Problem.

Elections are coming, soon. Again, it will be a referendum between Turks and "Turks", (like it is on the other side of the Green Line, "Greeks" and Greeks). And again like Greeks, Turks, will show themselves to be in significant numbers, that they do exist, as Cypriots. This, after decades of their assimilation and being unnaturally separated is something to think about.

...indeed, patience is running thin, for some let's not forget a whole lifetime, thus in these elections i would expect the worst will happen to those who treat the Flag of Cyprus as a rag. Cypriots may take the words back from "them" (Enosis and Taksim) with the simple gesture of standing in unity for Cyprus, under its Flag; exposing those who cannot do the same. Who but the "Greeks" and the "Turks" would be offended?

Turkish Cypriots can choose to lead the way for the end of the divisions in Turkey herself, in this election campaign, what with how "Turkishness" is now tearing even Turkey apart. But it will take Greek Cypriots in great numbers to join them in this fight to demonstrate this political notion: as in Turkey, there is one Cyprus.

Militarisation as a response to Turkey ‘not the solution’

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/06/26/militarisation-as-a-response-to-turkey-not-the-solution/

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...a Professional Army in Cyprus, can succeed in developing the skills the Government requires of it, beyond its own defense, if it can appreciate the History it has at Commando Warfare.

Cyprus is small. Despite its size, it in effect brought Britain's military might to its knees; to Che, and to Castro, this was inspiring, Grivas a Hero against Imperialism, against cruel subjugation: as such where Modern Guerrilla Warfare began.

Discipline would be key, developing small highly effective groups which have the capacity to work independently, each specialised to deliver, or to defend from many forms of hostile intrusion. Indeed, it is possible for Cyprus to train its soldiers to be among the best in the world; and given its geographic position as a crossroad to three continents, it should. Frankly, nothing assures Peace, more; if Cyprus is to become a 'Diplomatic Tiger', with teeth.

Of course, Cyprus cannot expect to win in any expansionist war it may have as an intention, and such an intention is hardly believable in any case, from Cyprus. (Cyprus is an island after-all.) But, with the threat of war there are many cases in the past where small forces, win; like the famous "300", the Greeks in WWII, and yes, Grivas, who fought against what he saw as an undisciplined British Army, (ask the Irish), in Cyprus.

One hopes that Cyprus may demonstrate a capacity toward humanitarian affairs; that if their Foreign Affairs expand as such that they may be the first to enter hostilities anywhere in the world toward that end, against hunger, thirst, disease, and ignorance: real enemies.

...a reply to MMMMamouth

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/05/26/negotiator-says-covid-19-holding-unsg-back-from-cyprus-involvement/

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...indeed, Mustafa Akinci may win, again; how will the "Cypriot Turk'' feel?

All Cypriots know that this time of impasse is coming to an end. Silenced in this debate of "Greeks" and "Turks", they have nothing to loose if at that moment of their choosing, they stand together, and united, under the Flag of Cyprus, expose those who treat it as a rag: "them".

Indeed, it is not Akinci that can betray a "Cypriot Turk", if he does not become one, if he wins; he is Turkish Cypriot. Erdogan may betray them though. What are they to him in any case, parasites, servant-slaves, as he said, in the past, and often presently, that they have failed to demonstrate the capacity to be self-sustaining.

The Cyprus Problem is much bigger than Cyprus, it is Turkey's Problem. As such the Problem extends as far as Libya linked to oil and gas exploration, "safe zones" linked to Syria, Island Rights linked to the Aegean Sea, (never mind his ambitions in the Black Sea for the moment). The problem is that the Problem in Cyprus has been reduced to a problem in a bigger problem, no one dares to call, The Problem because it is confusing.

And it is the Treaty of Lausanne, his gripe, not Cyprus per se, but around which all his ambitions, beyond it, revolve. What would he give to be heard, to be listened to, by the rest of the world, but the "Cypriot Turk", who in fact are more illusion anyway.

It is not hard to imagine him giving the water from the "Peace Pipe" to Cyprus, so too, the electricity, if it were to be linked to the infrastructure that Cyprus is building with her neighbours, European, and toward Africa, and the Middle East. (That could pay a lot of reparations). I can see him returning Famagusta, to great International esteem.

It is not hard for me to imagine Erdogan saying, one Cyprus, like Turkey, one Country, because in Turkey itself the country torn as it is over the same dogma, "Turkishness", (what tears Turks and "Turks" apart), also needs the same Hope.

I can imagine a Cyprus, a Republic, and i can imagine Cypriot Constituencies where distinct Cypriot identities are promoted at a second level of Government, of Persons, where they demonstrate as a Majority their conscious recognition and respect as a self representing body, toward their Minorities' special needs, as well; this is a BBF.

Not Akinci, but Cypriots may provide, as Cypriots the way, in Turkey.

...not the other way around.

He has only to demonstrate his conviction to his Flag, if he is a Cypriot, for crowds.

...and if he dares to win.

No crossings from the north yet, situation still unclear

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/06/08/north-keeps-crossings-closed-turkish-cypriot-workers-exasperated/#comment-4946160366

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...well said.

Cypriots know better, the difference between "Greeks" and Greeks, they know that "Greeks" and "Turks" are the same, no different. And they know that Turks are not "Turks" as well.

...it is not so hard to understand, if you are Cypriot.

Cyprus Welcomes Egypt’s New Initiative for Ceasefire in Libya

https://see.news/cyprus-welcomes-egypts-initiative-for-ceasefire-in-libya/

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...while Libya has found support from Turkey, in the end, Peace will be found by the Agreements Libyans will make with all their neighbours; Egypt especially.

And while the Leadership is UN backed, let's remember its credibility was lost when the Legislature removed itself, in opposition; at odds with each other without a common political ground.

...indeed, it is the Muslim Brotherhood, Haftar and his supporters fight against, this Leadership; oh the irony.

While Turkey and Russia may come to blows, with Syrian proxies, in (read: for) Libya, i have to ask myself why; how this issue has gone to an International crisis from a Civil War, with Mr. Erdogan's decision to link it through oil and gas exploration, to his hostility toward Cyprus, and Greece.

...it is not "equity" that Mr. Erdogan is seeking, for the Muslim Brotherhood in effect, but Supremacy for himself.

Indeed, it goes both ways, UN recognition. Libya cannot dismiss such recognition in Cyprus. Nor can it, by extension, ignore, the Principals at least on which UNCLOS was formed, (none of it's neighbours do in any case, but Turkey), without the withdrawal of such support.

...i shutter to think of the "spin" involved if this escalates further, who Americans will be fighting with; the Brotherhood, or the Russians?

...and if America joined with Russia, against the Brotherhood and Turkey, to Free Libya: i have to ask what of the other fights Turkey brews; he may get what he wishes for but not what he wants, with a "new" Turkey, beyond the Treaty of Lausanne.

I remain Hopeful, cooler heads will prevail. Erdogan has a Legacy to build, to "be" infamous or famous; to who?

...interesting times.

Akinci calls for clarity over checkpoint openings

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/06/06/akinci-calls-for-clarity-over-checkpoint-openings/

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...sorry, just to be more accurate tuoskrut; Tengri may be Turkish, and a Turk, but, being for "Turkishness", the dogma that has torn Cyprus apart for decades, and is now tearing Turkey itself apart, he is more accurately described, to be clear, as a "Turk". Turks are not like him.

...as a matter of fact, from a Cypriot point of view it is easy to say that "Greeks" and "Turks" are not different, they are the same, given how different they are to "us", those of us, Greek and Turkish.

Indeed, with the coming election in the occupied territories, who will win?

...so far, in Cyprus, it is not "them".

Our View: Parties show childish level of political analysis

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/05/03/our-view-parties-show-childish-level-of-political-analysis/

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...indeed, it boils down to "Greeks" and Greeks, the fact that "Greeks" are no different to "Turks", when it comes to comparing Greeks and Turks, or "Turks" and Turks, in Cyprus. Who's opinion we talking about here?

...is this the Cyprus Problem? Those that recognise that Cypriots already exist, those that deny it, choosing to believe that "they" will define it and establish its existence.

...i suggest that the coming elections will be even more telling, because those who dare to fly the Flag of Cyprus, as opposed to those who treat it like a rag, despite the dysfunction that has torn them apart for decades, still represent about half the voting population on either side of the Green Line. And that they, Cypriots, may stand united and together in exposing "those", who would never stand with them.

Erdogan turns to oil in a bid to salvage Syria policy

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/turkey-syria-russia-kurds-sdg-erdogan-putin-deal-syrian-oil.html

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...and what surprises me is that you talk from a superior position; who is the "no one" you speak of: me? And who is the "I" you like to imagine is this person that is "your" identity, different to who else, that you may speak this way?

Speaking as you do, i ask, have you learned any lessons yourself: Lest we Forget? Indeed these men sacrificed themselves in a horrible war so that War would end; that Hatred would be better placed against real enemies, such as Hunger, Ignorance, and Disease.

I hope Erdogan leaves a better world behind, too. And I believe the Cyprus Problem, a solution to it, holds the key to the Problem in general, which has been so intricately linked to it, by Erdogan; that we are not enemies to each other any longer.

These, (e.g. Syria, East Med. Gas Forum, Libya, NATO, EU, Greece) disruptions he makes to the given order are opportunistic to say the least; he has cornered the Treaty of Sevres, in his mind, and he has tossed out the Treaty of Lausanne: but to what end? Having chosen what is past, to defend, the present becomes an inconvenient truth, in his efforts, for "Turkishness", struggling to define it, as the Turkish People.

Thus, this capacity building, as a military-industrial complex, the grand schemes he has realised, becomes a question of who they are built for, (and who will pay), "Turks" or the Turkish People? His legacy survives, in Infamy and in Fame, either way: but he too most pick a side.

Cyprus, with a solution that can be held in high esteem because it can be emulated, as a BBF, opens many opportunities for Constitutional reform in Turkey, what with its Turkish Constituencies, and their state. With a small change in intentions he may move the world to establish an order beyond these Treaties, and the History they represent, to say, One Turkey, one Country, One Cyprus. He may sit as an equal to establish these new frontiers, respecting the Principals established in UNCLOS, which leaves the world, not just Turkey more secure.

...who would he (read: will he) betray? Not the people, the rest of us, those of us not "Turkish"; but "them" and their servant-slaves, in such a case.

...indeed, Erdogan is a religious man; he may yet unite us all as believers in the same God.

Cyprus, the Achilles heel of Hellenism

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/03/01/cyprus-the-achilles-heel-of-hellenism/#comment-4829295770



...indeed, such a disaster as the COVID virus, tears the Leadership apart in fear; witness the gates closing. It will also demonstrate our resolve as Cypriots: as "Greeks", as "Turks", as Turks, as Greeks, as any Person, as Individuals defending ourselves; together.

...the Flag, i repeat myself is a powerful tool; stop and think who dies, (and who lives,) under it.

...so it is with 'us', in the real world, so it is in Cyprus: what Flag are we are willing to stand under; who is against the idea that in the end we are Human beings?

...i ask. who treats the Flag of Cyprus as a rag, but those who must accept forgiveness as well?

Here is the Problem with "ourselves", the real enemy staring right at our faces.

The real dilemma tormenting Greek Cypriots

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/03/08/the-real-dilemma-tormenting-greek-cypriots/

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Indeed, what is becoming apparent is that Cypriots, silenced for over fifty years, still have the same desire despite the efforts of "Greeks" and "Turks", holding the Agenda to define what a "Cypriot" will be, who deny that such an identity already exists.

...who treats the Flag of Cyprus as a rag, i ask?

And in affect it is those for "Greekness" or "Turkishness" who see their problem as being mutually exclusive. One in the same, no different, leaving those who see beyond the Person, as Individuals, ignored; Greek or Turkish.

...is this the Problem?

People, the People, may choose to act, unlike this political elite, for Cyprus. It would not be hard to demonstrate their solidarity, since Flags are so important to "them", in Cyprus. It would be very clear, unignorable, if "they" could not look out their windows, or while in their cars, without seeing the Flag of Cyprus in numbers.

If we, as Cypriots, want to encourage more people like Koray Basogrultmacı and Cinel Senem Husseyin, we must join them in solidarity; we must find each other, overcome our own fear, and support their simple act: Greek or Turkish, by flying our Flag highest, the Flag of Cyprus.

Foreign Minister has got it all wrong

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/03/02/foreign-minister-has-got-it-all-wrong/

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...in such endeavors, first to market plays an important role. Cyprus was not wrong to appreciate UNLOS, and along with her neighbours settle these questions of territory based on its Principals and guidelines.

...indeed, Turkey was far behind at the time. Yet you may recall that Turkey's efforts at meddling and threats ended with the only choice left to her, to buy ships such as these and man them herself.

...and in this narrative do not forget the Treaty of Lausanne, "tossed out the window", and now the Treaty of Sevres "cornered", so says Erdogan.

Is it supremacy of the sea that he is after? Never mind Cyprus, the Aegean, and the "border" with Libya, there are lots of other problems from his disruptions, too.

It seems to me that in this region of acrimony and mistrust, the East Med. Gas Forum is a ray of sunshine. Who would imagine Palestinians, Israelis, Egyptians, Jordanians, Cypriots, and Greeks, only a few years ago, sitting as equals, on any venture?

"Turkishess" divides Cyprus. "Turkishness" is dividing Turkey. Unity in Cyprus is the biggest threat to this notion, if Turkish Cypriots exist as a Constituency, as Cypriots; mindful of their own responsibilities as a majority toward the minorities that live among them: not "Cypriot Turks", they provide Hope to the Turks not "Turks" in Turkey.

A moratorium, linking oil/gas exploration to the Problem, only reinforces Erdogan's position in defining "us"; that which is not "Turkish".

Why is Turkish Cypriot leader declared ‘enemy’ in Turkey?

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/02/turkey-mediterranean-turkish-cypriot-leader-declared-enemy.html#comment-4817619546

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I am sorry you deny the Cypriot identity, it was not how I was raised in my village.

I may be Greek but no "Greek". You may be "Turk" but no Turk.

I would suggest to you to consider that there are as many "Greeks" and "Turks" on the island as Greeks and Turks.

Re: I'm fucking angry...... (2)

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47285-120.html#p893222

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...very interesting and educational thoughts from the both of you; harder to read than my stuff but that's another story.

in a nutshell; Cyprus, its constitution needs reform.

Cypriots exist. The "Greeks" and "Turks" that live among them exist too. The future for Cypriots, one hopes is neither their assimilation or subjugation by either. And yet, it seems that in the negotiation of the Problem, it is as though such a notion as Cypriot will be created; with no chair for a Cypriot between "them", and no chance for a Cypriot (but at an election box) to even have their say.

...indeed, it is an issue of identity, and as "Greeks" and "Turks" agitate for their Agenda with more finality, i surmise, under the circumstances, so too those Cypriot (about half the population) will be compelled no longer to remain silent. In acts and demonstrations, they will signal their unity against "them" with a simple choice, under the Flag of Cyprus, because it is a powerful symbol which as yet has not been used specifically to expose those not Cypriot. (i shutter thinking, in Cyprus, how that could turn out; talking about Flags, and extremists' feelings about their own: but violence is not the only outcome.)

...what do Cypriots want, i ask; never mind the "Greeks"and the "Turks".

And if in a BBF Cypriots, as Individuals, (also an identity) represent themselves as Cypriots, what is wrong with Cypriot Constituencies representing them as Persons?

...intentions count; what as persons they do to demonstrate in a majority their Goodwill toward the minorities among them.

(how lucky i feel living in a BBF like Canada, how much i enjoy the same hope for Cypriots)

Our View: No surprise politicians ignore positive economic benefits of a solution

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/02/19/our-view-no-surprise-politicians-ignore-positive-economic-benefits-of-a-solution/

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...interesting.

What power Akinci has, standing under the Flag of Cyprus, if he dares, if this, is his conviction (it's election time). It is, in affect, the biggest threat to "Turkishness", (not just in Cyprus, but, in Turkey), his position, so says the "Turkish" Press. This election is to be a kind of referendum, it is also said in the "Turkish" Press. I ask, how far will Erdogan go to put Akinci, "in his place"? How far will Akinci go, to demonstrate he may be Turkish, but no "Turk"? That Turkish Cypriots are not "Cypriot Turks", they are Cypriot first.

Who will he betray? Because it seems that he must decide (no longer silent) and speak clearly; if it is that he is Cypriot. He cannot be a "Turk" as well as Turkish any longer it seems. (The "Turks" call him unreliable, to say the least.)

Thus, standing under the Flag of Cyprus he may be for Turkish Cypriots, (and not "Turkishness",) yet, he speaks to Cypriots, "being" Cypriot in doing so; then, if he wins he has Cypriots' support, the People, not just that of a single community within it.

...how is that for negotiating from a position of strength? Does he have vision? What Legacy will he leave if he does not stand up for Cypriots, Turkish, and Greek? How can Anastasiades, as a Cypriot, a Greek, and as the Republic's President refuse this bold enterprise, for Cyprus, as well, "changing mentality" for better intentions?

This is a (read: the) good beginning step. Cypriots are Cypriots. That Cyprus is Free. It is a State representing its Citizens, on Universal Principals, based on Equality, and having without further distinction or discrimination Individual Rights.

Who can deny that this is the issue, for Cypriots?

If there are Cypriot Constituencies, at another level of Government, so that as Persons, Cypriots have Liberty in representing themselves in National Assemblies as such, one hopes that as majorities holding their own Agendas within their respective territorial jurisdictions, that they may demonstrate the capacity to respect and recognise the minorities that live among them, by providing for them, accordingly, as well their special needs. Is it possible that any one of these Constituencies is incapable of this Goodwill?

...in my mind, it starts with Akinci, with a bang, after all this whimpering, with this election, to focus minds, something simple, like standing under the Flag, his Flag, no more denying it, the Flag of Cyprus.

...but i speak too much, Akinci a voice, at least to Cypriots, as strong as Erdogan's; who can imagine that?.

I'm fucking angry......

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47285-20.html#p892968

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...the Problem is that Greeks allow "Greeks" to represent them, because they are against "Turks". The Problem is that Turks do the same thing to Greeks, with "Turks". The Problem is that Greeks and Turks must recognise that their adversary in this Problem are not each other, but the hateful enterprise as it exists of those "others".

...just ''be'' Cypriot, and realise that ''Greeks'' and ''Turks'' are the same; and that "they" are not Cypriot.

...we must stop labeling each other; "This" must stop.

...it has nothing to do with schools, it is a cheap excuse, or priests; it is up to you (and every one of us, accordingly).

...i have good things to say about my neighbours because i recognise that these neighbours deserve this esteem. There are neighbours, "Greek" and "Turkish" too, but why dwell on them? Who "wins" if i do that?

...and yes, a President that refuses to stand beside the Flag of Cyprus is just plain wrong to me, (especially if they are calling for Constitutional reform as well,) just like the flags on the mountain; it is from ignorance such as it is.

Our View: Crystal clear Turkey wants Akinci out

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/02/11/our-view-crystal-clear-turkey-wants-akinci-out/#comment-4793742937

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...thus, i ask, where is the Communal Chamber?

(...and as you say,)

Isn't it included in the Constitution, along with a Legislature?

Indeed, Turkish Cypriots should be asking for Greek Cypriots to join them in such a Chamber, just as Greeks are asking Turks to join them in the Legislature. How is this not Bicommunal, if as Greeks and Turks, as Persons, we recognise that this Liberty is based on respect and recognition, and accordingly, that such Constituencies demonstrate a willingness to provide for their minorities' special needs; that together they may demonstrate such a willingness to each other, and where numbers warrant the needs of other Cypriot Constituencies as well.

Indeed, it is as Cypriots, in Freedom, as Cypriots that we can realise these aspirations; to be loving, to respect and trust one another. The Individual, not as a "Greek", not as a "Turk", but as a Human being, also exists: a society based on merit without further distinction or discrimination. This voice needs its expression too. The problem in Cyprus, identified as the Problem, in effect is not about "Greeks" and "Turks", or Greeks and Turks, but "Greeks"/"Turks" against Greek/Turks.

But, to get back to the question. I think Anastasiades understands this issue, to "be" an Individual and a Person; it is not clear yet if Akinci represents Turkish Cypriots, as Cypriots, also. More importantly, Akinci, in doing as i've suggested before, stand beside the Flag of Cyprus, will cause a furor; and yet who will be exposed, who then is the traitor: those who treat it like a rag.

Re: elections in the illegally occupied territories

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47211.html#p892824

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...interestingly, it is hurriyet, that has published news (again) of Akinci's position with some substance.

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/incumbent-turkish-cypriot-president-to-seek-re-election-151790

“The establishment of equal, not a hierarchical, relationship between Turkey and Cyprus, is a factor that will strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood,” Akıncı said.

“It is clear that it will not be possible to ensure the recognition of Turkish Cyprus in the visible future. Two separate independent sovereign states within the EU discourse also cannot be described as a possible formula in this respect,” he said.

Stating that the federal settlement is the most realistic solution model under the current conditions, Akıncı emphasized that “this [federal settlement] has become a necessity for the region.”

...if he is clear, will he stand with the Flag of Cyprus behind him? Despite "being" Turkish, or Maronite, Armenian, Latin, or Greek, is it possible to be a Cypriot too?

...and what if there are Cypriot Constituencies? Why not a Federal Government as well, where, instead of Persons, Citizens have representation as Individuals? Is this not a BBF in its purest and most ideal form? Indeed, is it not the model Turkey needs with its own Problem, never mind the Problem in Iraq, Iran, and Syria, (as well as Israel), speaking of Constituencies and Constitutional reform?

A road map to peace in the East Med

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/02/02/a-road-map-to-peace-in-the-east-med/#comment-4781700400

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Indeed, if there is a road map, all roads lead to Cyprus.

The Cyprus problem is not the problem, but the Problem is.

While we are divided as "Greeks" and "Turks", it is easy for Cypriots to be forgotten in their midst. "Greekness" against "Turkishness" and/or vice versa is the Agenda. Thus, Cypriots are not the Problem, nor the problem, they are a People which remain, as people, under the subjugation of a mythic reality that "Turkishness", or "Greekness", matters more, than anything else.

Yet, how does this relate to oil and gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, I ask? How is it oil and gas exploration, in Cyprus, has been linked to hostilities in the Aegean with Greece, and most recently, Libya.

Witness the Treaty of Sevres, "cornered" with the installation of a Sovereign base in Cyprus for his drones, so says Mr. Erdogan. Witness the Treaty of Lausanne, "tossed out a window'', his disruptive behaviour toward all his neighours, and now on the seas. His supremacy, militarily speaking, over any one of these adversaries (read: neighbours), is only a few years away, given the military-industrial complex he is growing.

Prepared to War, as such, will put him in a better negotiating position, if instead it comes to that.

But what does Turkey gain, from Cyprus, if it is divided for "Turkishness", the rest for others (read: "Greek")? It is not just Cyprus which is torn apart, but the very fabric that has made the notion of Humanity, above it. This is the Problem. And a Cyprus divided, means Turkey divided, for the same reason; Erdogan must know this.

What of Turkish Constituencies? What of the Kurds and the Alevi, are they not Turks, and Turkish? One Flag in Turkey, like one Flag in Cyprus makes perfect sense to me. Perhaps it is Cyprus that will change Turkey, and not the other way around. Perhaps a BBF in Turkey, with its own Constitutional reform is something to think about.

Guaranteeing human rights and viability of Cyprus solution an ‘absolute principle’

http://www.parikiaki.com/2020/01/guaranteeing-human-rights-and-viability-of-cyprus-solution-an-absolute-principle/

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…well said Mr.. President; Cypriots are neither “Greeks” or “Turks”

I ask, were “Greeks” and “Turks”, ever, busy killing each other? I suggest we should never forget that it was Cypriots, for the most part, for “being” Cypriots, who were murdered and made to disappear, because they were (and are,) not one of “them”.

…let us remember that when the “Greeks” had their coup, despite succeeding in removing Makarios from the Palace, they failed because Greeks who are Cypriot did not join in their efforts.

…and let us remember that there is a big difference between a Turk and a “Turk”, as well, because while Cyprus is Greek because its population is overwhelmingly Greek, Cyprus is an ethnos

Turkey announces new drilling, dismisses East Med Gas Forum initiative (Updated)

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/01/17/turkey-announces-new-drilling-dismisses-east-med-gas-forum-initiative-updated/

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...imagine, a tiny country like Cyprus exists as an equal, to Israel, Egypt, Italy, France, Greece, and all the others, except Turkey; is this the Problem?

...indeed, to a "Turk", Sevres has been "cornered", or, "neutralised", with the establishment, in Cyprus, of a Sovereign Base on its soil, for their drones, as it has been said by Mr. Erdogan himself. The Treaty of Lausanne was "tossed out a window" a long time ago, let's not forget. I ask, what of the "Russian pond", therefore; after Libya, it's what's left for a "Blue Turkey", supremacy on the sea(s).

...indeed, Cypriots may come together as Cypriots, because as Greeks and Turks, they have this choice against the "Turkishness" (and the "Greekness" which is no different) that has usurped their identity as this islands dwellers, causing them so much harm, in affect leaving them unnaturally divided and under its subjugation.

Cypriots, indeed Turkish Cypriots, pose the greatest threat to "Turkishness", because with this choice, "being" Turks not "Turkish", it may give Hope to Turks not unlike them in Turkey, also divided by the same dogma. It is not hard to imagine a People as a State, and, as a People, Individuals, and Persons. (What is wrong with a BBF, in Turkey?) Indeed, they, Cypriots, may end this Problem themselves for themselves; in doing so, ending the link Turkey has placed on them (for "Turkishness") as far as Libya, beyond even Greece, and with all of Cyprus' neighbours, for what is ''theirs'' (in terms of gas and oil), open to hostility, even war.

...who drills with Turkey, who drills with Cyprus; there is a reason Turkey drills alone.

Turkish public believes Turkey has no friends - but Turks

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-public-believes-turkey-has-no-friends-but-turks%20poll-says

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While he is isolated from his neighbours, and the world for that matter, it is Erdogan who has chosen to isolate himself. There is no credibility in picking and choosing which laws, and agreements, one will respect. What of the paradox; a Libyan Government is recognised by Turkey because it is recognised by the UN, and Cyprus? (Even more Ironic, since Turkey is a Guarantor of the very Government it ignores, in Cyprus)

In affect Turkey is divided, those for "Turkishness", and those who recognise and respect the value of Universal Principals and a Rule, of Law.

The motive as yet does not seem to be entirely clear, although one hopes as a Statesman, by causing all these disruptions he intends to negotiate from a position of strength, this time, a treaty beyond Sevres, or Lausanne. In any case, those "not Turkish" should be preparing quite seriously for War, and for the same reasons.

The 10 critical issues for resolving the Cyprus problem

https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/01/12/the-10-critical-issues-for-resolving-the-cyprus-problem/

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..whatever it is, the solution needs to be something Turkey herself may emulate.

Just as there are Cypriot Constituencies, so too in Turkey, Turkish Constituencies.

...let us consider what "Turkishness" has done to Cyprus over the decades, let us consider what it is doing in Turkey, now. One Cyprus like one Turkey, should not be hard to understand. All Turks, like all Cypriots seek Equality, Justice seen; Freedom, their equality as Individuals, and Liberty, their equality as Persons.

"Turkishness" is tearing them apart.

...therefore, it is not what Turkey does to change Cyprus; the issue is the other way around: what can Cypriots do to change Turkey?

A divided Cyprus only means a Turkey even more divided. Unity in Cyprus will certainly help to define the differences in Turkey between Turks as a People, or, an ethnic group; an inclusive common language with other ethnic groups, or, opposed to it a dogma of "Turkishness", (which excludes all those not "Turkish").

It is Turkey's National cause, Cyprus. Though Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots specifically, may offer Hope to Turks (not "Turkish") in Turkey by "being" Cypriot. Small as they may be as a population, they, are the biggest threat to "Turkishness" itself, in Turkey. Their intentions will define for "minorities" what they may ask from a State; in that regard, a BBF, and for the same reasons, actually suits both of them well.

Unity in Cyprus is not hard to imagine, despite the dysfunctions of '63, or '74; let's not forget the economic facts, let's not forget that however voters are counted, despite the decades, something like half are (read: remain) Cypriot, the other half being "Greeks" and "Turks" who have their own candidates in any case.

The issue is for Cypriots to decide (and to demonstrate) that they are: Cypriot first, not "Greek", not "Turk", at another level of Government as constituencies sustaining their distinct identities, respecting and recognising the special needs of minorities living among them accordingly by providing as well for their needs.

...i do not despair, frankly. Not unlike the fact that a Turkish Cypriot represents Cyprus as its MEP in the EU, there will be Leadership candidates in the next elections who will seek the support of all Cypriots, to win.

Why do Turkish people call Cyprus as "Greek Cyprus" when the whole world calls them as just "Cyprus"?

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Turkish-people-call-Cyprus-as-Greek-Cyprus-when-the-whole-world-calls-them-as-just-Cyprus/answer/Repulsewarrior-X?prompt_topic_bio=1

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However “Greeks” and “Turks” define themselves in Cyprus, the rest of us not “Greek” and not “Turkish” should never forget that of the thousands disappeared and those murdered outright, for the most part while Greek or Turkish, they were (and continue to be,) “their” victims, for “being” Cypriot.

Let’s also not forget that a Bicommunal Bizonal Federation (BBF) may be best defined by countries like Canada, and the USA where this notion: Freedom, is expressed as Individual Rights without further distinction or discrimination under a Rule of Law; and Liberty, as Persons, having as such, self-representation at another level of government, as constituencies.

In Cyprus, despite the decades of having been physically torn apart, as voters, whether Turkish or Greek, about half are not “Greek” or “Turkish” (having their own candidates), voting as Cypriots instead, for Cypriots representing this identity.

Oh, Woe Is Poor Turkey…

https://armenianweekly.com/2019/12/26/oh-woe-is-poor-turkey/

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…if i may add to a most interesting opinion piece, that, Cyprus, is the key to all these issues; i ask:

why must Cypriots be denied their identity as Cypriots, how is it that Turkey as a “National cause” denies their existence; are the Alevi not Turkish, or the Kurds? (never mind the Greeks and the Armenians they hardy exist in Turkey anymore)
…i ask, if Cyprus cannot be “Greek”, how is Turkey “Turkish”?

why has “Turkishness” taken the view that Turks, not “Turkish”, are their adversary, for decades in Cyprus, and now in Turkey, “it” tearing it apart? Is the world, that which is not “Turkish”, what willfully they are hostile toward, what “Turks” are against?

with the Aegean, and now Libya, linked to oil and gas, having been linked to Cyprus, will he negotiate a settlement of equals that is as comprehensive as UNCLOS, and a suitable improvement to the Treaty of Lausanne, having disrupted the balance of power, thus having brought the protagonists together?

…by recognising Cyprus, as Cypriot, he may have all these things; Fame, the esteem of all Humankind, Peace among all his neighbours, even Peace at home. He may find in such a notion, recognising Cypriots as a People whether Turkish or Greek, one country, that Cyprus may be made up of Cypriot constituencies, as Persons quite diverse as well, but that they support equally the Universal Principals on which, as Individuals they are prepared to defend each other.

…by tearing Cyprus in half, isn’t infamy his Legacy?

…is it in Cyprus that he is looking for the “perfect” BBF, something he can emulate?

Turkey Racks Up Tension In The Eastern Mediterranean

https://www.eurasiareview.com/21122019-turkey-racks-up-tension-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-oped/#comment-815869

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...except for the first paragraph, "an area largely inhabited by ethnic Turks", the article is factually correct. The late President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Papadopoulos, as a young man, once said that Turkish Cypriots are a part of the Cypriot fabric, that by taking a map of the island and scattering sand over it, one can accurately describe where you would find them.

...indeed, "Turkishness" has divided the island, as it is dividing Turkey now.  And yet, lets not forget that those "Turkish" and "Greek" in Cyprus were never busy for the most part killing each other. Those Cypriot, not "Greek" or not "Turkish", those who stayed in their homes and on their farms, those believing that a notion such as Humankind, a Rule of Law, and Universal Principals exists, were their victims, now disappeared, or murdered. This is the Cyprus, "Problem".

...consider, how gas exploration, the Aegean, and now Libya have been linked to the Cyprus Problem.
Consider Erdogan's declared ambitions for a "Blue Turkey", (is the "Russian pond" next?), and that he has declared the Treaty of Lausanne, "tossed out a window"; most recently, "the Treaty of Serves (placed) into the corner", describing as this important, the drones being deployed to the illegally occupied territories in Cyprus. Consider, after the Americans, and the Chinese, what deal did he strike for the Russian S-400s? It is not "equity" Erdogan seeks through his actions, but total supremacy.

Yet, it would not be hard for Erdogan to change his intentions, with the recognition that Cypriots exist. It requires a comprehensive solution involving all of Turkey's neighbours.

One hopes that Erdogan's vision is greater than defining Turkey exclusively as a religious empire centered around a Caliphate in Istanbul, the "protector" of such a State/state; that to the rest of us not "Turkish" he lives, not in infamy, but as a Statesman who deserves much esteem, who by bringing the protagonists together, bettering the world for all.

the war against Libya

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47200.html

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...for the record, i will include the moments i feel define the historical progress of events.

Libya has already been linked to the Cyprus Problem, like the Gas and Oil in the Eastern Med. (and the Aegean), by Turkey, and the so-called ''TRNC''.

...beyond this, there is the conflict as it is, in Libya, the UN with Turkey and Qatar, against the Russians, French, the Arabs, the US not involved, to sum it up, by the player's allies; (let's not forget Italy's involvement with Libya, France, Greece and Cyprus), Spain too has a Navy, and security interests. It is possible that this issue, Libya, may become a major topic soon.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/14/c_138631548.htm

...while it is possible for America, to take the position against Russia, it may be that, in Libya like in Cyprus, Americans and Russians find themselves holding the same position. As allies in these circumstances, a dialog may open that did not exist before, and that can be supported in a manner where Turkey's ambition may also find in it, reward, something beyond the Treaty of Lausanne, with the recognition that Cypriots exist, (so too the Alevi and Kurds in Turkey).

...it is clearer, what "Blue Turkey" means to Turkey's Erdogan, the Black Sea it seems is the final piece of the puzzle, (and the Bosporus). Russia is surely wary, what is their "pond" under threat; it is a fine balance Turkey is playing. Libya, like Syria, depends on Russia's (and American,) non aggression.

Re: TRNC doesn't belong to TC's.

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47191-20.html#p891438

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...well said, Sotos.

...who am i?

Certainly not "Greek". And for certain, not "Turk". Yet when i speak it is as though what i propose never existed, and doesn't exist, or can never exist; who i am is dismissed from the conversation, effectively ignored by a debate which affectively makes Greeks, "Greeks", and all Turks, "Turks".

...the myth is easy to understand, "Greek" bad/"Turk" good, or, the other way around, but reality includes people like me, Cypriots who remain, Cypriot.

(and 'we' represent, despite the decades of being unnaturally torn apart, about half the population, any way you count it)

Indeed, something as simple as a flag divides us, and it is as simple to unite under a flag.

...indeed i ask, who treats the Flag of Cyprus as a rag; ask yourselves.

Cyprus, Greece and Egypt condemn Turkey-Libya deal

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/11/29/cyprus-greece-and-egypt-condemn-turkey-libya-deal/

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...indeed the last sentence does have a deeper message. One Hopes that with a small change in intentions, a Legacy he'd leave for Turkey, instead of for "Turkishness". It is what the world hopes for too, Peace in Cyprus for Cypriots, Peace in Turkey too, for (all) Turks.

...i believe that without Grace, Erdogan cannot succeed. He does not have support from the poor actually, but those who Hate; for a pious man, this saddens me, it is a poor reflection on him. And yet, if all these efforts are to place himself at a negotiating table in a position of strength, to say, Cypriots exist, Cyprus exists like Turkey exists, (what is good for Cyprus, is good for Turkey,) he may find that in a Cypriot solution his own; a Turkey, having willing partners, both internationally and at home, who seek the same willingness toward helping each other: the tarnish that is on Turkey gone.

Leaders should remember their allegiance to the constitution

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/11/24/leaders-should-remember-their-allegiance-to-the-constitution/

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...well said, Mr. Riza; thank-you.

Thus, let the Greek Community find themselves seated and waiting in the Communal Chamber, this time, for the Turkish Community, both there to take their places, to represent their needs, as communities. Let the Turkish Cypriots fill their, empty, seats in the Legislature so that as Cypriots they too can demonstrate and defend their respect for Universal Principals and a Cypriot way.

Intentions count: this time for Cyprus.

Constitutional reform, bettering ourselves, is entirely possible to view as a matter of the two Communities, not as an issue of Sovereignty, but as an internal matter within their Chamber. If they presented unanimously to the Legislature, their consideration, as to the social needs of Persons: their powers in representing Cypriots as distinct identities, a recognition respect and accommodation of minorities that live among them, and territorial jurisdictions, this is a strong basis from which Cypriots as Cypriots may sit to reform their State.

Who can deny a Cyprus, made in Cyprus, by Cypriots?

...it is not hard to imagine Cypriots, "being" Cypriots. It is, for me frankly, hard to imagine why not.

Bicommunal rally calls for resumption of Cyprus talks

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/11/22/bicommunal-rally-calls-for-resumption-of-cyprus-talks/

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...finally, people with the political maturity to stand together above their so-called "Greekness" or "Turkishness"; the other half, as i like to call them, Cypriots as Cypriots.

One hopes that the Leaders understand that beyond the Agenda such as it is, beyond the interlocutors that have their influence, in the end it is these People, Cypriots the world recognises as the victims of "their" intransigence. The Problem may be complex, yet it is very simple; it is a question of Justice, seen.

The solution will be, if "perfect", the template that serves to change the face of politics in Turkey, and more widely in the region itself. Cyprus is small, but it is ignored at "our" peril, those of us not "them".

What is a BBF? It is the recognition that as Individuals, whoever we are as Persons there is an obligation to respect, trust, and defend each other as equals, (because in effect (and affect) we are one race, as Humans,) where there are Rules of Law, and Universal Principals. While there may be many Cypriot Constituencies, even in a geographic sense, self-representation is not anathema to ''them'', being beyond this identity as "Nations", as Cypriots, a State, where they are Cypriot. Thus, two levels of government, even with many governmental bodies is not complicated, or so hard to understand. Canada, the USA, and Australia, come to mind, as BBFs, being successful, (with their Peoples as a People,) each in their own way.

...what is clear is that Cyprus is not "Greek", it is not "Turkish" either, as these few will have you believe. It is an ethnosphere. This is something to think about because, even at a faster rate, compared to our ecosphere, our diversity, ethnically as people, globally, not just in Cyprus, is headed toward its complete destruction, without attention, or stewardship, also headed for extinction.

"Tomorrow" has been for most of my life, and for these people who demonstrate, a sorrow. And it has been not easy, as a Cypriot, at times to face such seemingly hopeless efforts, every day, with the joy that a loving heart contains toward a world that has so much to offer. Millennia Cypriots have remained, let's not forget.

Bicommunal demo on Friday to call for reunification

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/11/19/bicommunal-demo-on-friday-to-call-for-reunification/

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Indeed, beside the "Greeks" and the "Turks" there is the other half who call themselves, Cypriot.

Deny this as they will, this fact remains, while "they" may have there own candidates, after decades there remains enough of the Cypriot electorate to produce results that do not reflect "their" needs.

I recall the Occupy Movement, where in the Buffer Zone, thousands of Flags, the Flag of Cyprus, were hung, from children across the island, so that they too could demonstrate their solidarity: Cyprus is Cyprus; "We" are Human.

...more than the last election, this one if Akinci wins, will not be a referendum on Cyprus, but a clear demonstration that there exists a Cypriot voice not just Turkish but against "Turkishness".

I wish the demonstrators luck. Flags in Cyprus seem to draw so many extremes; i remember Solomou. And i remember Koray Basogrultmacı and Cinel Senem Husseyin, too. My Hopes are with them.

Black Sea, Turkey's ambitions, and Russia

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47165.html#p890431

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...i have thought up many scenarios where Turkey would close the Bosporus; yet in all of them they resulted with a Russian advantage over the West, (and in some cases Russia an ally), always as a result of (caused by) his actions in the Eastern Med. ((and Syria) and with all the rest of his neighbours), having isolated himself in these arenas quite explicitly to "defend" Turkey's Sovereignty.

Here it is, spelled out in this article: another "friend" (Russia) and neighbour who can easily become an adversary over something ''new'' as an issue.

https://www.mei.edu/publications/balance-black-sea-complex-dynamic-between-turkey-russia-and-nato

...now, in my mind, the picture of "Blue Turkey" is complete; it includes, not just supremacy of the Eastern Med. and the Aegean, but the Black Sea as well.

...it is notable i guess, i found it odd at least, that Erdogan made it a point to be very clear, that he completely supports the Ukraine against Russia on the issue of the Crimea, to the Press, when answering questions at the White House last week. And that having purchased Russian military hardware recently, (the reason for him having shot down just such hardware not so recently remaining unclear,) it does not prevent him for his incursions, in his mind to continue to buy from the West such hardware as well. It reminds me of de Gaulle, as the Leader of France, who, at the time, pointed his (French made) nuclear weapons at everyone. While in this case, it was strictly a question of non-alignment, and not Imperialistic in its nature.

Indeed, out goes the Treaty of Lausanne, should he prevail (because "we" remain disunited) not a pretty picture (for those of us not "Turkish") i'm guessing .

Graffiti in the south speaks volumes

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/11/10/graffiti-in-the-south-speaks-volumes/

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...i don't suppose that "Turks" glorify their pursuits with the same efforts?

In any case it is Cypriots that are ignored in this melee, they are the ones left uncomfortable and challenged, not "Greeks" and not "Turks".

Indeed, let's not forget who did the killing, who were their victims, who are left with the Problem.

...i ask who treats the Flag of Cyprus as a rag? It is not Greeks and Turks, it is "Greeks" and "Turks".

This is something to think about.

If Cypriots want Peace, they may come to realise that "They" are no different to each other, not Cypriot; anathema to the will of these People they can, very powerfully, standing under what is their Flag, the Flag of Cyprus, by representing themselves as Cypriots,Turkish and Greek, expose "Them".

Our View: President recreating toxic climate he once fell victim to

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/11/05/our-view-president-recreating-toxic-climate-he-once-fell-victim-to/

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..indeed, the debate has moved beyond the "Greeks", and the "Turks", what they think.

Cypriots are coming to realise that ''they'' are both the same, when it comes to their intentions for Cypriots. AKEL now leads in this change, having elected a Turkish Cypriot as a MEP. We will see in the next Presidential elections if they can field a candidate that appeals to all Cypriots, whether they are Greek or Turkish.

Disy would be wise to consider what potential there is toward such a unity, of all Cypriots, too. What with the elections in the occupied territories for their Leader coming sooner than that, Akinci and his party (based on Principals) may, for them, also, make a good fit.

...Akinci ahead at the polls.

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47134-40.html#p889491

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Lordo, this regime is not capable of collecting electricity bills, it can't stop shit from flowing into Kyrenia harbour, it can't maintain let alone supply drinking water to its citizens; both regimes, in Cyprus, can be accused of corruption, but with the "help" of so much more powerful Turkey, the most that can be said about the regime in the occupied north is, it makes "Turks" rich.

...for the rest of you (read: us), those not "Turkish", there is the same subjugation as other Cypriots; think about it. Akinci is not a good "Turk" according to "Turks", because of his ambiguous position. If he is to to have a Legacy having any credibility, this necessarily must change. If there is someone in a position to speak of a Cyprus for Cypriots, Greek and Turkish, an open and inclusive society which can offer to all its Persons the same recognition and respect, it is him. He will do more than expose himself to the criticism of those who will call him a traitor, he will have the support of all Cypriots representing them, not ''them''.

Top Re: ...Akinci ahead at the polls.

https://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus47134-10.html#p889179

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...can he wear two hats, he ridicules Anastasiades for doing so? And what is a Cypriot, a Cypriot of Turkish origins, when they are divided as well?

One thing is clear, it is the people, the silent majority if you will, who continue to support representation for Cypriots (re)united through their votes. These people, which constitute a People, are neither "Greek", or for "Turkishness", they are what has survived the subjugation of such imperialism over millennia. And they continue to represent themselves as a loving and inclusive people despite the unnatural dysfunctions imposed on them by "others", now.

...if Akinci can demonstrate his ''Cypriotness'', he will have the winning support of his electorate (again), especially if all the candidates that run against him are "Turkish". More importantly, if in doing so he gains the support of Greek speaking Cypriots, he will have the confidence he needs to drive reform favourably, from an allophone's perspective (read: not Greek), in Cyprus.

The allusion of Statehood is false; as it is Cypriots, and the Republic exists. The so called "TRNC" is a regime that is more of a civilian arm of the Turkish Army, than the representative of Cypriots Turcophone in origin, a distinct society, a Cypriot Nation within a Cypriot State. All of that can be made clear by Akinci, if he dares, (with or without Anastasiades by his side,) it is as simple as marching under his Flag, which is and should be the Flag of Cyprus.

Cyprus does not need a ''new'' Cyprus, it needs Constitutional reform. I see no reason why the Greek Constituency cannot fill their seats in the Communal Chamber, or that the Turkish Constituency cannot fill their seats in the Legislature, but fear. Indeed it is intentions that count, and it is an Agenda being held for decades by "Greeks" and "Turks", which must be wrested from them.