Posted on 08/14/2014 7:02:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
LIMASSOL, Cyprus -- Cyprus is a beautiful island. But it has never recovered from the Turkish invasion of 1974. Turkish troops still control nearly 40 percent of the island -- the most fertile and formerly the richest portion.
Some 200,000 Greek refugees never returned home after being expelled from their homes and farms in Northern Cyprus.
The capital of Nicosia remains divided. A 112-mile demilitarized "green line" runs right through the city across the entire island.
Thousands of settlers from Anatolia were shipped in by the Turkish government to occupy former Greek villages and to change Cypriot demography -- in the same manner the occupying Ottoman Empire once did in the 16th century. Not a single nation recognizes the legitimacy of the Turkish Cypriot state. In contrast, Greek Cyprus is a member of the European Union.
Why, then, is the world not outraged at an occupied Cyprus the way it is at, say, Israel?
Nicosia is certainly more divided than is Jerusalem. Thousands of Greek refugees lost their homes more recently, in 1974, than did the Palestinians in 1947.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
An excellent article.
It should be noted that VDH does not cover the long history of misbehavior by Greek and Turkish politicians that led up to the 1974 invasion and occupation. The Turks were not entirely unjustified in what they did.
Because, the Turks aren't Jews.
I believe Turkey is behind this push towards a Caliphate.
We should have kicked Turkey out of NATO in 74.
Forty years later, Obama does the same here
It is too bad that Greece is such a basket case. The march of Islamism in Turkey needs to be given a large headache. Why couldn’t Greece go to the world court or other international bodies to seize Turkish assets around the world for their depredations, for instance? Turks who travel internationally need to fear that they will be arrested and questioned for their role in war crimes, etc.
That is what I heard too
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
Back when I was in the Birch Society, the Turks were considered the good guys and the Greeks a bunch of Commies.
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