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To: crystalk
Y'now, Turks have been living in Cyprus since 1571. Also, Turks have been in Anatolia since the 11th Century, and Constantinople has been Istanbul since before Columbus came to the New World. Whether or not you like these events is irrelevant, they are facts, and these constant squabbles may be reduced to "Turks Out of the World." This is not a mature attitude. It is mere grist for the propaganda mill to agitate Hellenistic Hegemonists, making them even more upset, insensible, and susceptible to yet more demagoguery and race hatred, if that were possible.

As for Cyprus, some facts may be found here: US State Department Cyprus Country Report on Human Rights 1997

These ancient ancestral resentments only irritate and have zero historical value. Serious students of history don't delight in bombast, they let the facts speak for themselves. Your posts do not do this.

14 posted on 03/03/2002 12:10:57 PM PST by Mortimer Snavely
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To: Mortimer Snavely
Never have I posted that individuals who can prove Cypriot ancestry prior to the Turkey takeover in the north, ought to be forced to leave, though a few might voluntarily go, preferring a Turkish speaking environment to more prosperity...

You are merely assuming I do not know anything and have not thought this through. This illegal little mini-state is a running sore in the world. I am neither Greek nor Turkish, and 75% of my ancestry was in the USA when Washington crossed the Delaware.

15 posted on 03/03/2002 12:23:04 PM PST by crystalk
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To: Mortimer Snavely
This is fairly descent source of info, if you are interested.

The Cyprus Conflict

36 posted on 03/05/2002 6:52:26 AM PST by pkpjamestown
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