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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:30 am    Post subject: The Cyprus Issue Reply with quote

Finland's proposals on dealing with the Cyprus issue
BAR�IN YİNAN�

ISTANBUL - Referans, TDN


European Union term president Finland has amended a set of proposals that it has been floating in an effort to avert a crisis over Cyprus that could bring Turkey's accession talks with the bloc to a halt, offering temporary measures that would be in force for two years.

The proposal, improved by Finland in light of feedback from the parties involved, foresees that the Turkish troops will withdraw from Varosha and hand over administration of the uninhabited town to the United Nations for two years; that the Turkish Cypriot port of Famagusta will be opened to trade for two years under the supervision of the EU; and that the EU's direct trade regulations for Turkish Cyprus will enter into force again for two years.

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=56956
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bucheon bum



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the greek side should have been "punished" somehow when it rejected the UN resolution a couple years ago. It was a good idea that would have worked.
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Wangja



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What BB said.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can understand the Greek side wants the Greeks there to return to their homes. Yet, the Turkish side has been willing to compromise to a large extent, and the Greek side in Cyprus seems to have an all-or-nothing approach. That is not going to work. Things are tricky since Cyprus was admitted to the E.U., but it has not yet shown flexibility. Some in the EU are making Turkey out to look like the offending party. The government wants to show its people that it does not simply to have to bend for Europe, and that is a party treated with respect and dignity.

There is also the French passing of a genocide bill. The Armenian genocide happened in Turkey. The French committed genocide in North Africa, and it has not tried soldiers who served there. Turkey gets hammered for going against free speech, though the Turkish courts supported it, and you have France going against free speech. Even Ohan Pamuk, a liberal Turkish author, criticized France for passing such a law as being contrary to democracy.

Of course, Turkey needs to make progress in some areas. Many EU countries including Cyprus need to show more good-will and compromise.
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SuperFly



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I was a kid, my parents had (still have) a house on the island of Samos. In the summer of 73 we had to leave in a hurry because of Cyprus, and the close proximity to Turkey (one can see the outline of mainland Turkey from Samos) the next summer we went back and the Greeks had installed tank bunkers along all the mountain cliffs that overlooked the invasion side of the island. I wonder if they're still there...


Edit: not trying to hijack your thread.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Frankly, anything that can derail Turkey's entrance to the EU is fine by me, even if it is "unfair." At any rate, let's not forget that the Greek side's rejection of the deal brokered a couple years back was carried out by means of referendum. You want to "punish" them for deciding democratically issues that affect them, fine. Is it just because Turkey's invasion was so long ago that no speaks of "punishing" them?
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bucheon bum



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

daskalos wrote:
Frankly, anything that can derail Turkey's entrance to the EU is fine by me, even if it is "unfair." At any rate, let's not forget that the Greek side's rejection of the deal brokered a couple years back was carried out by means of referendum. You want to "punish" them for deciding democratically issues that affect them, fine. Is it just because Turkey's invasion was so long ago that no speaks of "punishing" them?


Well they chose to reject a reasonable peace measure, and decided to keep the status quo. Also remember why Turkey invaded Cyprus to begin with. I'm not excusing Turkey, but it wasn't like it did it to kick ass and take names later.
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