Dear members,

On my recent visit to the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus (the Katehomena), i met a Turkish Cypriot family in the village of Kome Kepir, purely by coincidence as they sat on their balcony enjoying the beautiful mid day spring sun.

We asked them if they knew my friends family home in the village, to which the elderly gentleman was very obliging. He walked us to the house we were looking for (now occupied by Turkish settlers). The settlers asked if we wanted to walk inside the house, my friends wanted to retain their childhood memories and politely said "no thank you".

The Turkish Cypriot and his wife invited us back to their home for refreshments, to which we gladly accepted. After a polite chat we asked why the maps of the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, given to us at the Turkish controlled entry point in the occupied area, were all printed in Turkish. All the village names had been changed from Greek into Turkish names. Kyrenia for example has been changed to 'Gerni' and Famagusta to 'Gazimaguza' and so were all the other dozens of Greek names.

The elderly Turkish Cypriot gentleman listened intensely to my valued point thinking and listening, while formulating his answer, an answer he knew need not be superficial but an answer of substance and sincerity. He raised his head and fixed his eyes to mine and said to me with stoic words...

You know, he said, when you steal something, no matter what it is, first thing one will do is to destroy any evidence of its origins, esspecially if for example the item you have stolen has serial numbers on it like a television set, a radio etc. In this case he said, what my Turkish compatriates have stolen he said, was the Greek cultural heritage, the churches and the very existence of its people. A very shameful act and the way to hide the fact that this place was stolen from the Greek Cypriots, was to destroy every sense of origin, so that there is no reference or trace, in this case the change of the town and village names."

In his eyes the shame a guilt his compatriates inflicted on the Greek Cypriots was abundantly evident.

I told him that his answer was clear and concise and he need not say any more.

We all thanked him and his wife for the refreshments and their hospitality, we shook hands and embraced, wished each other health and happiness, and we parted with the promise that we will meet again soon - God willing.

Regards,
Dikeos



Last edited by Dikeos on Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:20 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi Dikeos,

The GC from 1963 till 1974 totally destroyed over 150 mosques and burned hundreds of TC homes aswell as looting them with the intention of wiping out all TC/muslim presence on the island and till this day the ROC is still to accept it's shame and instead gives medals to these murderers.

That's a real tear jerker of a story. The same thievery applies to GCs that killed TC farmers and stole their land.

There you go, proof that the GC properties are at least being put to good use where as may Turkish Villages has been raised to the ground and are now non-existent. Even the trees that bloomed and gave beaitufull fruit were chopped down or burned so that no traces that TC's lived there would be left.

There are many stories where it has been reported that the TC occupants of GC homes found gold jewelery, kept them all those years and gave it back to the GC's when they visited their homes. Now tell me if the same happened where the GC's gave back any of the belongings that the TC's were forced to live behind when they were running for their lives chased by the murdering EOKA?

Even now, TODAY, this very minute, a TURKISH CYPRIOT is not allowed to BUY GC owned LAND either in the KKTC or in the South. AND THAT IS BY GREEK CYPRIOT SOUTH LAW. ANY GC WHO SELLS HIS/HER LAND TO A FELLOW "CYPRIOT" (TURKISH CYPRIOT) FACES UPTO 4 YEARS IN JAIL!

Should the unification become a reality (I hope not) your friend will have his house as it was and more than likely in a better state than it was in 1974 but what about the Turkish Cypriot refugees, they will not have a house to go back to because they have been burned down or blown up. And in most cases the Turkish Cypriots will not even get their lands back because Hotels, bridges, businesses and an Airport has been built on them without the righfull Turkish Cypriot owners' permission.


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I am NOT just a Cypriot, I am a PROUD TURKISH CYPRIOT and my home country is the TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS, KUZEY KIBRIS TURK CUMHURIYETI.

The number of houses and churches that Turkey destroyed in Cyprus were far far far more


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Administrator wrote:

The number of houses and churches that Turkey destroyed in Cyprus were far far far more

Can you prove your allegations with hard facts Admin?


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I am NOT just a Cypriot, I am a PROUD TURKISH CYPRIOT and my home country is the TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS, KUZEY KIBRIS TURK CUMHURIYETI.

Administrator wrote:

The number of houses and churches that Turkey destroyed in Cyprus were far far far more

That is just outright rubbish, looked after....no....but destroyed i repeat absolute rubbish.