[Destro]

In the Turkish sector of Nicosia, the capital, other Greek families milled around what was once the medieval St. Sophia Church, now appointed with a large minaret and converted into a mosque. "I plan to light some candles anyway," a woman said kneeling on the pavement.

This is the legacy of Turkey past and present--future? Why this "secular" Turkish need to desecrate Christian cemeteries and churches?

I hope the Cypriot Turks have had enough of the Ankara imposed regime and shake loose the fascistic legacy of Ataturk (the Turkish version of the Ba'athists).

It is also typical of the New York Times editorial policy that such statements of converted churches and evidence of desecrated Christian cemeteries are only mentioned in passing.

[Destro]

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[Tacis]

"FREE TURKISH OCCUPIED CYPRUS!!!"

"FREE TURKISH OCCUPIED KURDISTAN!!!"Turkey has replaced the Soviet Union as the European country with most other countries in captivity.

[American in Israel]

...what was once the medieval St. Sophia Church, now appointed with a large minaret and converted into a mosque. "I plan to light some candles anyway," a woman said kneeling on the pavement.

No one seemed to mind...

Yeah? Christians get along fine with others, it is the Islamics that go balistic when their feathers are ruffled. Convert one mosque into a Church, or try to light candles kneeling IN that converted Church instead of on the pavement and see if "no one minds"

What Crapola. As if the Media does not know the difference. I MIND. In fact people get slaughtered over here almost every day because once a generation ago Jewish land that was converted to Mosques was returned to the Jews. They blow random people up all the time as a clear indication that "SOME ONE FRICKING SEEMS TO MIND!"

ARUGHHHhhh!

[xm177e2]

Do you think one of our cement-filled Tomahawks could take out the minaret without harming the rest of the church? That would certainly send the right message to Turkey.