Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Turkey assessing what moves could be made in Cyprus
http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/10/24/turkey-assessing-moves-made-cyprus/
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...i am very encouraged to see these two men shaking hands.
It is not to hard to see what is natural; War or Peace. And in the end, Cyprus is Turkey's National issue; what is Turkey is Cyprus: A Cyprus divided is a Turkey divided, A Cyprus united is a Turkey united.
...my best wishes to them.
Friday, June 16, 2017
The Latest: Turkey asks US envoy to oppose arrest warrants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-latest-turkish-president-slams-us-charges-for-guards/2017/06/15/d5997b26-51ff-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html?utm_term=.16394917f3ea#comments
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...i am confused, those who have been charged, his bodyguards, are Canadian, and Americans?
I ask, how big is his personal entourage that these Agents are personnel living as Citizens of other countries?
...given the case with Flynn, a General, how it reached the Executive Branch; where Turkey has paid, allegedly, ten times more than Russia for influence on American Policy,"the swamp", as it's been called, is this the tip of the iceberg floating in it?
...here is a man, Erdogan, who expects, Americans to beat up Americans, Canadians to beat up on Americans too, having these Agents allover the world, for "Turkishness". From this man, it is not hard for me to imagine that his Policy, that which he would want for the money he pays, would include putting American lives, and American Security in harm's way.
While he may challenge the Law, as he has done his whole life, incidences such as these raise the question, if he has any respect for it.
...a small incident perhaps, that this man's influence reaches the Oval Office cannot be ignored.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Anastasiades: EU solidarity needed for success in Cyprus - See more at: http://www.sigmalive.com/en/news/politics/152634/anastasiades-eu-solidarity-needed-for-success-in-cyprus#sthash.6XgwQp8l.dpuf
http://www.sigmalive.com/en/news/politics/152634/anastasiades-eu-solidarity-needed-for-success-in-cyprus
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...while Mr. Akinci expects an equal at the negotiating table, my hope this time he will realise that to be an equal to Mr. Anastasiades, he too must take Cyprus, what counts for Cypriots, first. Whether there are interests as Persons, or not, the population from which he won his Leadership are Cypriot, especially notable because the opposing choice in that election was not.
..."equal co-owners of Cyprus", i read that a lot. What does that mean? Are the Kurdes, and the Alevi, never mind the Christians, or the Jews, co-owners of Turkey? What can it possibly mean to any of "us", those of us who are Turkish or not, but not "Turkish"? And Germany are "they" co-owners there, because there is no doubt, "they" are there among a German population that is Turkish? A Turkey divided is the result of Ignoring the same reasons Cyprus is divided, where the world speaks of "but one", "Turkishness" is the common factor, even in Turkey, in Cyprus, now elsewhere. Turkey is not made up of only "Turks", even with much as an effort toward it becoming that way. Turkey can recognise the Republic of Cyprus, reformed, a BBF, and solve their own Problem, in Turkey as well. One Cyprus means One Turkey can exist, and it is a matter of intentions.
...it is heartening to read the EPP resolution for Cyprus, i like them encourage Mr. Akinci to take the lead, as a Cypriot.
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...while Mr. Akinci expects an equal at the negotiating table, my hope this time he will realise that to be an equal to Mr. Anastasiades, he too must take Cyprus, what counts for Cypriots, first. Whether there are interests as Persons, or not, the population from which he won his Leadership are Cypriot, especially notable because the opposing choice in that election was not.
..."equal co-owners of Cyprus", i read that a lot. What does that mean? Are the Kurdes, and the Alevi, never mind the Christians, or the Jews, co-owners of Turkey? What can it possibly mean to any of "us", those of us who are Turkish or not, but not "Turkish"? And Germany are "they" co-owners there, because there is no doubt, "they" are there among a German population that is Turkish? A Turkey divided is the result of Ignoring the same reasons Cyprus is divided, where the world speaks of "but one", "Turkishness" is the common factor, even in Turkey, in Cyprus, now elsewhere. Turkey is not made up of only "Turks", even with much as an effort toward it becoming that way. Turkey can recognise the Republic of Cyprus, reformed, a BBF, and solve their own Problem, in Turkey as well. One Cyprus means One Turkey can exist, and it is a matter of intentions.
...it is heartening to read the EPP resolution for Cyprus, i like them encourage Mr. Akinci to take the lead, as a Cypriot.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Re: Cyprus viewed by USA Today!
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus45559-20.html#p856945
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...you "OWN" Cyprus, if you are Cypriot, Not "Greek", not "Turkish", but Cypriot.
Cypriots choose to recognise and respect the diversity of Cyprus' ethnos; they seek to sustain the Cypriot Constituencies, living Bicommunally, as Individuals, and as Persons.
...you forget, MrH, you are a Human first of all, as races go; "Turkishness", being a "Turk" (or a "Greek") does not exclude this responsibility.
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...you "OWN" Cyprus, if you are Cypriot, Not "Greek", not "Turkish", but Cypriot.
Cypriots choose to recognise and respect the diversity of Cyprus' ethnos; they seek to sustain the Cypriot Constituencies, living Bicommunally, as Individuals, and as Persons.
...you forget, MrH, you are a Human first of all, as races go; "Turkishness", being a "Turk" (or a "Greek") does not exclude this responsibility.
Re: Cyprus viewed by USA Today!
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus45559-20.html#p856945
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...as to the reaction to your post, it is natural; even the support you get from Lordo.
...i remind you, that the Turkish Army has failed Turkey, and that the British Army in Cyprus failed, as did the Americans in Iraq. People are stronger, the Truth has a value beyond the cost of War, and it will so long as there is even one individual willing to fight, for it. What is Truth? In Cyprus, it is that Cypriots died at the hands of "Greeks" and "Turks", not while "Greeks" and "Turks" fought each other for the most part; murdered, or made to disappear, being not "Greek", or not "Turk", but for "being" Cypriot. The truth is that "we" the rest of us allowed "them" to live among us, and remained silent as they grew. And as their intentions tore us apart, "they" were a choice, there for those without the strength to follow the way, seeking revenge instead, to act in Hateful ways. Indeed, we are "Greeks" and "Turks", the other half Cypriots.
...so, here i am, too, a Cypriot, in this conversation. Not "Greek", MrH, very much unlike "you", i don't choose to see the world in those terms. And, "Turkishness" is no better, in my opinion.
If you are Turk, and "cannot" be a Cypriot, in Cyprus, you are a "servant-slave" only to Erdogan a "Turk", no friend in affect to those who see a difference, between "them", and the rest of us.
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...as to the reaction to your post, it is natural; even the support you get from Lordo.
...i remind you, that the Turkish Army has failed Turkey, and that the British Army in Cyprus failed, as did the Americans in Iraq. People are stronger, the Truth has a value beyond the cost of War, and it will so long as there is even one individual willing to fight, for it. What is Truth? In Cyprus, it is that Cypriots died at the hands of "Greeks" and "Turks", not while "Greeks" and "Turks" fought each other for the most part; murdered, or made to disappear, being not "Greek", or not "Turk", but for "being" Cypriot. The truth is that "we" the rest of us allowed "them" to live among us, and remained silent as they grew. And as their intentions tore us apart, "they" were a choice, there for those without the strength to follow the way, seeking revenge instead, to act in Hateful ways. Indeed, we are "Greeks" and "Turks", the other half Cypriots.
...so, here i am, too, a Cypriot, in this conversation. Not "Greek", MrH, very much unlike "you", i don't choose to see the world in those terms. And, "Turkishness" is no better, in my opinion.
If you are Turk, and "cannot" be a Cypriot, in Cyprus, you are a "servant-slave" only to Erdogan a "Turk", no friend in affect to those who see a difference, between "them", and the rest of us.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Cultural affinity vs political annexation
http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/02/19/cultural-affinity-vs-political-annexation/
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...there is no shame in "being", Cypriot. And given the state of Greece, and Turkey, in the recent past, neither is a choice that offers better opportunities, than Cyprus. This is something to think about.
...i imagine what Cyprus, as Cypriots can do, an ally in the Eastern Mediterranean, with Greece, and Turkey, as equals. Israel, and Egypt, have joined in such tripartite meetings, already with significant progress. The world has grown much too small to ignore the state of Nations, include States, Nations of Nations; small as it is Cyprus is there, with that choice to make.
...more importantly, in the broader sense of things, i suggest that what is Cyprus, is Turkey, because the Cyprus Problem, is Turkey's National issue. With Turkey divided as "Turks", and those Turkish but not "Turkish", it is very evident, to me at least, that in Cyprus, there is this similarity, where Cypriots have been divided in the same way.
Cyprus is a template; for Turkey. And with the failure of the Annan Plan, fifty years of Turkish Foreign Policy failed accordingly. Only unity as Cypriots, one Cyprus, suits now, where there is a solution that from it, Turkey gains; hope, in Turkey, for the Turkish people, (as well in Syria, Iraq, and Iran) is i imagine, a solution which demonstrates something worthy to emulate, a BBF, where the People can sustain by their own choice, the identities of their Persons in Liberty, and as Individuals their Freedom.
...so it goes, as Cyprus is not "Greek", Turkey is not "Turkish".
Such a state may not be what Mr. Erdogan is looking for at the moment, he is the "but one" that resists this change, he is the "but one" who with a change of intention can settle the fate, literally of millions, he, more than anyone knows this choice brings Peace to a Turkey of Turks, not just to "Turks".
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...there is no shame in "being", Cypriot. And given the state of Greece, and Turkey, in the recent past, neither is a choice that offers better opportunities, than Cyprus. This is something to think about.
...i imagine what Cyprus, as Cypriots can do, an ally in the Eastern Mediterranean, with Greece, and Turkey, as equals. Israel, and Egypt, have joined in such tripartite meetings, already with significant progress. The world has grown much too small to ignore the state of Nations, include States, Nations of Nations; small as it is Cyprus is there, with that choice to make.
...more importantly, in the broader sense of things, i suggest that what is Cyprus, is Turkey, because the Cyprus Problem, is Turkey's National issue. With Turkey divided as "Turks", and those Turkish but not "Turkish", it is very evident, to me at least, that in Cyprus, there is this similarity, where Cypriots have been divided in the same way.
Cyprus is a template; for Turkey. And with the failure of the Annan Plan, fifty years of Turkish Foreign Policy failed accordingly. Only unity as Cypriots, one Cyprus, suits now, where there is a solution that from it, Turkey gains; hope, in Turkey, for the Turkish people, (as well in Syria, Iraq, and Iran) is i imagine, a solution which demonstrates something worthy to emulate, a BBF, where the People can sustain by their own choice, the identities of their Persons in Liberty, and as Individuals their Freedom.
...so it goes, as Cyprus is not "Greek", Turkey is not "Turkish".
Such a state may not be what Mr. Erdogan is looking for at the moment, he is the "but one" that resists this change, he is the "but one" who with a change of intention can settle the fate, literally of millions, he, more than anyone knows this choice brings Peace to a Turkey of Turks, not just to "Turks".
Friday, February 17, 2017
Ahmet Şık’s historic defence: Gulenist lackeys and a junta regime that would court the envy of coupists...
http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/english/678159/Ahmet_Sik_s_historic_defence__Gulenist_lackeys_and_a_junta_regime_that_would_court_the_envy_of_coupists....html
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...thank-you, Ahmet Şık; brave man, kind man, for Truth.
...there is a big difference which you describe, between, "Turks" and Turks.
Yet, I have hope. Erdogan will change his intentions, his Legacy is more important to him. Choked, tarnished, by the brothers he has chosen to keep, he may find greatness in History another way. It is there (for him), in the Problem, Turkey's National Problem for so long, in Cyprus the template for Freedom, and, Liberty, a BBF (Bicommunal Bizonal Federation) for Turkey with Constitutional Reform: for Individuals, and as Persons, where within one Turkey there may be Turkish Constituencies.
...a Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided. Erdogan will come to realise that the world is not divided between "Turks", and those not "Turk". He will come to realise that at home, the same is true. That there is One Turkey, who can imagine differently? And yet it is divided, now, more than ever.
One Cyprus, his recognition that in Cyprus, the Republic of Cyprus exists, that beside those "Greek" (read: not "Turk"), and "Turk", the other half as I like to call them, that Cypriots exist, is a welcomed act Internationally. "One Cyprus, One Turkey", as a rallying call he may make, seems a logical extension for him, to end the violence in Turkey; it is so hopeful.
Peace in Cyprus, Cypriots as Cypriots choosing a solution Cypriots can prosper from, is not anathema to the goals he has, in Turkey (as: a People, and, as Peoples). In any case, it is his to decide, both our fates, and the fates of millions of lives, by overcoming his own fears and changing course; failing which, failing himself.
...in your heart, i believe you are happy, there is no despair; but the firm resolve to be loving, to remember, the way, that Providence is change.
...again, thank-you.
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...thank-you, Ahmet Şık; brave man, kind man, for Truth.
...there is a big difference which you describe, between, "Turks" and Turks.
Yet, I have hope. Erdogan will change his intentions, his Legacy is more important to him. Choked, tarnished, by the brothers he has chosen to keep, he may find greatness in History another way. It is there (for him), in the Problem, Turkey's National Problem for so long, in Cyprus the template for Freedom, and, Liberty, a BBF (Bicommunal Bizonal Federation) for Turkey with Constitutional Reform: for Individuals, and as Persons, where within one Turkey there may be Turkish Constituencies.
...a Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided. Erdogan will come to realise that the world is not divided between "Turks", and those not "Turk". He will come to realise that at home, the same is true. That there is One Turkey, who can imagine differently? And yet it is divided, now, more than ever.
One Cyprus, his recognition that in Cyprus, the Republic of Cyprus exists, that beside those "Greek" (read: not "Turk"), and "Turk", the other half as I like to call them, that Cypriots exist, is a welcomed act Internationally. "One Cyprus, One Turkey", as a rallying call he may make, seems a logical extension for him, to end the violence in Turkey; it is so hopeful.
Peace in Cyprus, Cypriots as Cypriots choosing a solution Cypriots can prosper from, is not anathema to the goals he has, in Turkey (as: a People, and, as Peoples). In any case, it is his to decide, both our fates, and the fates of millions of lives, by overcoming his own fears and changing course; failing which, failing himself.
...in your heart, i believe you are happy, there is no despair; but the firm resolve to be loving, to remember, the way, that Providence is change.
...again, thank-you.
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Turkey squeezed between Russia, US in Syria
http://al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-squeezed-between-russia-and-united-states-in-syria.html
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...how interesting. What with the Constitutional changes happening in Turkey, what with the changes in Cyprus on the brink, what with a need for Unity, in all the Nations of Nations, of the Eastern Med; room for a change of intentions.
The Problem, is not a "Greek"/"Turk" singularity, exclusive to Cyprus. I will add, Cyprus exists, and like it or not, such an adversary for so many years, is Turkey's best friend, because only in Cyprus, Turkey's National cause, is there a solution that serves Turkey (one way or the other), if not "Turkish", like Turkey; One Turkey, One Cyprus. And only in Cyprus, i may add, is there a chance for Erdogan to score big points with recognition, Internationally speaking.
...a Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided.
Erdogan is still on the train called Democracy. Though he may decide to destroy the very system in choosing what's natural it seems, to get off. For a Legacy he may take these rails further if he chooses, he is such a man. I am still rooting for him, he is wily; while for his "Brotherhood", he knows that the bread and the butter he gets, is for them, not from them.
...indeed, if acceptable to all Cypriots as Cypriots, a Cyprus Solution offers hope, everywhere. I think Erdogan knows this better than anybody, while he has not arrived at the point yet of overcoming his own fears, as a Turk, or, as a "Turk".
...Syria, Iraq, (and) Iran may find in Turkey, leadership; it is in the end how Turkey will treat its own Citizenship, now.
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...how interesting. What with the Constitutional changes happening in Turkey, what with the changes in Cyprus on the brink, what with a need for Unity, in all the Nations of Nations, of the Eastern Med; room for a change of intentions.
The Problem, is not a "Greek"/"Turk" singularity, exclusive to Cyprus. I will add, Cyprus exists, and like it or not, such an adversary for so many years, is Turkey's best friend, because only in Cyprus, Turkey's National cause, is there a solution that serves Turkey (one way or the other), if not "Turkish", like Turkey; One Turkey, One Cyprus. And only in Cyprus, i may add, is there a chance for Erdogan to score big points with recognition, Internationally speaking.
...a Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided.
Erdogan is still on the train called Democracy. Though he may decide to destroy the very system in choosing what's natural it seems, to get off. For a Legacy he may take these rails further if he chooses, he is such a man. I am still rooting for him, he is wily; while for his "Brotherhood", he knows that the bread and the butter he gets, is for them, not from them.
...indeed, if acceptable to all Cypriots as Cypriots, a Cyprus Solution offers hope, everywhere. I think Erdogan knows this better than anybody, while he has not arrived at the point yet of overcoming his own fears, as a Turk, or, as a "Turk".
...Syria, Iraq, (and) Iran may find in Turkey, leadership; it is in the end how Turkey will treat its own Citizenship, now.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Cyprus can be reunified, if Turkey’s president allows it
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21715722-after-43-years-division-greek-and-turkish-cypriots-are-verge-deal-cyprus-can-be
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Erdogan cannot afford to see Cyprus divided, I think. A divided Cyprus means a divided Turkey.
Peace in Cyprus, as a BBF, where there are choices for Citizens, both as Persons, and as Individuals, is a template for the Constitutional reform, I suggest, Turkey needs. If there is one Flag in Turkey, the Flag of Turkey, then it is the same in Cyprus.
It is not a question of "Greeks" vs "Turks", though, the Problem, is framed that way. It is an issue of Sovereignty. Cyprus exists, its People, Cypriots, exist, despite much effort over decades to deny them this Justice. Let us not forget them, those who, for the most part, were murdered, or who were made to disappear; although they were killed by "Greeks" and "Turks", they were, not "Greeks", or, not "Turks", they died for "being" Cypriot.
The USA comes to mind, and Canada, as two successful BBFs (Bizonal Bicommunal Federations) with one Flag under which there is no distinction or discrimination by its Citizenship, of its Citizenship, (except on merit), while diverse as Citizens, one in defending each other as Citizens.
...imagine, in the USA, it divided as is suggested by the wants of its minorities, so that they gain exclusivity to Democracy in a territory defined by force and occupation. Imagine a USA where, forces like the USA, other countries, may act without prejudice, in the USA. Imagine that Cypriots do not want to live this way.
Erdogan in an instant can solve the Cyprus Problem. The same Problem in a “new Turkey” can be solved, with Cyprus, an agreeable solution in Cyprus, as its template.
...dividing Cyprus is like asking Solomon to divide a living child; nothing good can come of it.
There are no "deals" on Universal Principals. Lest we Forget.
...if we (read: the rest of the world) betray Cyprus, if we ignore that Cypriots exist, if we allow "Turkishness" to gain this superiority above what is not "Turkish", we betray ourselves; it will not end there.
Turkey is "but one"; this can be true on many levels: also something to think about.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Cyprus matters: An open letter to the new U.N. secretary-general
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2017/Jan-16/389464-cyprus-matters-an-open-letter-to-the-new-un-secretary-general.ashx
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...very much enjoyed reading this letter.
...i will add, that a Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided.
Mr. Erdogan cannot escape the facts. If Cyprus is not "Greek", for the same reasons, Turkey is not "Turk", both represent an ethnos, a Citizenship which is Bicommunal, living as Individuals, and a life as Persons. One Turkey, One Cyprus, makes sense, it is not hard to understand, if within Turkey exist Turkish Constituencies.
Indeed the Problem, is Turkey's problem, her National issue, a BBF, Cyprus as its template is not anathema to Erdogan's goals in Turkey for Constitutional reform, though, looking at the USA and Canada, both BBFs, it is intentions that count.
...i ask all the readers to remember, that while in Cyprus "Greeks" and "Turks" exist, their victims for the most part, were not each other. Those who were murdered, or who were made to disappear, the other half as i like to call them, died as Cypriots, for "being" Cypriot. We should not forget, them; now especially would be a betrayal.
Greek Cypriots, have made their compromise, reform, from a Unitary state to that of a Federation: for Cyprus, as Cypriots. Turkish Cypriots may acknowledge such a step to join them; except for "but one", everyone agrees; yet...
There can be no "deal" on Universal Principals; Cyprus matters.
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...very much enjoyed reading this letter.
...i will add, that a Cyprus divided, is a Turkey divided.
Mr. Erdogan cannot escape the facts. If Cyprus is not "Greek", for the same reasons, Turkey is not "Turk", both represent an ethnos, a Citizenship which is Bicommunal, living as Individuals, and a life as Persons. One Turkey, One Cyprus, makes sense, it is not hard to understand, if within Turkey exist Turkish Constituencies.
Indeed the Problem, is Turkey's problem, her National issue, a BBF, Cyprus as its template is not anathema to Erdogan's goals in Turkey for Constitutional reform, though, looking at the USA and Canada, both BBFs, it is intentions that count.
...i ask all the readers to remember, that while in Cyprus "Greeks" and "Turks" exist, their victims for the most part, were not each other. Those who were murdered, or who were made to disappear, the other half as i like to call them, died as Cypriots, for "being" Cypriot. We should not forget, them; now especially would be a betrayal.
Greek Cypriots, have made their compromise, reform, from a Unitary state to that of a Federation: for Cyprus, as Cypriots. Turkish Cypriots may acknowledge such a step to join them; except for "but one", everyone agrees; yet...
There can be no "deal" on Universal Principals; Cyprus matters.
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