Turkey warns of freezing ties with Cyprus EU Presidency

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Emma, your response (which seems to be a personal attack)is revealing and reminds me of the anti-Turkish propaganda within the EU parliament. Let's remind that Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt stated last year at the EU parliament that Turkey intervened in Cyprus because the Turkish Cypriots were being killed. But the Greek and Greek Cypriot politicians didn't know what to answer. Why? Because like you they are used to not facing with objective views regarding the Cypriot issue. And you ought to investigate instead of trying to provoke me: a country that wants to be an EU member must not have frontiers disputes. It also must have a positive neighbourhood policy but Greece never implemented the EU spirit. Since 1981 Greece received nearly 100 billion euros of EU funds but at the same time disgracefully vetoed Turkey's EU candidacy until 1999. Now it's the turn of the Greek Cypriots (since 2004). Greek prime minister Yorgo Papandreou was invited in Turkey for the opening of the 25th Winter University games but he destroyed the peaceful atmosphere there because he wanted to make a diversion: in fact Greece is in a serious crisis and owing to the austerity measures that the Greek citizens object to, Mr Papandreou aimed at provoking in Greece an anti-Turkey feeling and nationalism that you successfully conveyed though your ludicrous message here Emma. Please don't make a diversion following your prime minister, last year 110 billions were voted to help Greece, and a few days ago it was announced that it will need a second aid package that is much more important. Please Emma instead of provoking me with your subjective response you should convince the Greek prime minister and the other Greek and Greek Cypriot politicians to free themselves from the powerful religious leaders both in Greece and south Cyprus. Perhaps then the peace will be on the horizon. Cem - PS. As you can see on your left, a Geek politican, Anna Karamanou, denounced the power of the Greek Church. You ought to support her and the people like her if you really support the peace between Greece and Turkey. PPS. An Italian politician said that the Greeks and the Greek Cypriots deal with nothing else but Turkey at the EU parliament and underlined that a sociological study should be done.

Neither of your comments are constructive in any way. In order for peace to be possible both communities muct accept that they are not innocent. Instead of throwing blame perhaps both communities should start integrating together. Teach children from a young age that we can live together. Only when we stop talking about the past as if it were yesterday can the future be possible. Yes the anger will always be there and I do not expect that many will find it easy to forgive but if you really want peace then we must stop provoking each other. My mother went through the war in'74 and she lost family and I have heard the horror stories. I am angry that she had to go through such a thing but being angry will not help anyone. It's up to the younger generation to assist peace. This isn't an idealised or unrealistic view. It's up to the individual to change their thinking and help others to do the same.

Cem I really don't understand why are you bothering to explain facts to people who see their story as ultimate truth. Especially when they are acting as spoiled babies (which is partially true), and cry as loud as they can when they are not aloud to play their games. Greece and Cyprus (one and same) is the only country that has frustrations from their neighbor existence and present that as iredentism and threat to the future of the EU. But they NEVER admit that they are the only one that are making all the problems.

Well said Igor - Best regards, Cem

Anonymous, to begin with the one who is agressive is Arxigos. Secondly, it is crystal clear that neither the Turkish side nor the Greek side can represent internationally the whole island. Thirdly, since you seem not to understand, I repeat it: Turkey, (with Greece and Britain) is a guarantor power in Cyprus therefore its military intervention was legal. And when Turkey intervened in Cyprus it was in 1974 whereas the Greek Cypriots became illegally members of the EU in 2004. Why did they become member illegally? Because according to the EU rules no country can be a member of the EU if that country has frontier disputes. Last but not least, Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat supported the reunification of Cyprus in 2004 and succeeded in convincing the Turkish Cypriot citizens to vote "Yes" to the Annan peace plan which was a plan both of the EU and the UN. But the Greek Cypriot political and religious leaders washed the brain of their Greek Cypriot citizens hence they voted "No" to the Annan peace plan for the reunification of Cyprus. It is crystal clear who wants a solution and who not. Besides, former EU commissioner for enlargement Mr Günter Verheugen stated that the Greek Cypriot leaders betrayed him. Anonymous, naturally, it is hard to dicsuss about EU accession with a Greek Cypriot administration that can not represent the whole Cyprus internationally and whose EU membership is in contradiction with the EU rules. I'm looking forward to seeing how the whole world will notice once more that the EU lost its credibility (because of the EU presidency of the Greek Cypriot administartion on july 2012). This is my last message and I will not answer to any other message. Yours sincerely, Cem

arxigos, anonymous and alex_germany, 1.) Turkey used its legal guarantor right sending troops onto island, and it is its legal right to keep troops until a peaceful solution is found and inernationally accepted. This is quite normal, huh, because we don't want to see again greek militia slaughtering our brothers and friends on the island. Even today, most of greek cypriots do not want to live with the Turkish cypriots. 2.) EU made a legal error accepting Greek Cyprus, while international agreements prohibit Cyprus from becoming member of an international organization which turkey and Greece are not members of. The enlargement commissioner of the time publicly accepted that he was fooled by the greek cypriot side. Then again we can all guess that the Russian missiles allowed by the Greek side at the time were not meant only for Turks but also for EU countries. 3.) Greek Cyprus government also fooled the UN officials, going along with details of Annan plan, and denouncing it by a cry-baby politician before public vote. 4.) How could EU accept Greek Cypros which has conflicts with its neighbors, which are documented in UN and EU documents? Obviously, this was another principle to bend for political reasons. do you guys think that all of the world is really as naive as you wish them to be, and that they will believe that all decisions made within EU&UN against Turkish stand are just and without any political agenda behind? do you really expect all the world to believe that Turkish arguments are produce of our allegedly thick minds but facts are crystal clear and they are as you describe them to the rest of the world? do you guys think that when you yell your arguments louder, they will replace the facts? best regards.