rousias wrote:

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rousias wrote:
true, this is why Turkey (nor Greece) should not have been involved with Cyprus and should not be occyping the north still today



Or the south waving Greek flags and singing the Greek national anthem.

The shocking thing is that when i went to cyprus this year i went over to the south and to Larnaka, to be precise Makenzie beach and to my SHOCK there was not even one ROC flag on the beach yet every 20 meters or so there was a GREEK flag flying all along the beach and i felt as though i was on one of the Greek islands and not my home country CYPRUS where the cypriots live.

I took a photo of this with my wife and children standing on the beach and the Greek flag behind them on makenzie beach and for those with any doubt can either venture up there to see for themselves or wait a while until i get the photo's developed.

true brother, there are flags of Greece everywhere in the south. This does not mean though that Cyprus and GC's still want enosis. Most of the Greek Cypriots I know are extremely proud of being Cypriot and identify themselves as Cypriot. Yet, I know what you are saying because I see it everywhere. .the flag of Greece has dominance of the flag of Cyprus. . it is being used at memorial spots, tourist spots, old school cafes, soccer clubs, soccer games, etc, etc its everywhere. I gues this is something of that has not changed given the history of Cyprus . .The flag of Cyprus should be used more in the South and with greater pride. . I reiterate that using the flag of Greece doesnt resemble people favouring ENOSIS with Greece.. Nor does it signify that Greece has threatening political or military power and influence in Cyprus, whereas Turkey has had and still continues to have illegal and unethical control, power and influence of Cyprus and the people of Cyprus, all Cypriots

In my mind the first step to remove the Greek and Turkish influence would be to ban all Greek and Turkish flags and only allow the cypriot and EU flags fly to stop the mis-identification with the mainland flags.

The way forward imo is for the GC run and internationally recognised EU member ROC to lead by example and show they are cypriots which i believe would result in the TC following their lead.

Did you know that the TRNC has had its history books on cyprus re-written to not demonise the GC etc and give a more balanced view on the cypriot history but the ROC has refused to do the same and carries on with its old and racist ways of teaching and demonising TC etc.