Well until Turkey ceases it's illegal occupation of Cyprus I don't think any of that matters. And I hardly think Cyprus will be welcoming Turkey with welcome arms after they butchered and mutilated Cypriot soldiers

 

Midnight Express.

 

Yep, whilst I'm not sure it negates the other points, it's certainly an issue.

 

So in the name if Capital we should give away a little democracy?

...ad risk democracy in the long term?

 

From 1571 to 1925 cyprus was turkish. The british anexed it in 1925 and then the arguments started. From the turkish viewpoint they invaded after a coup by greek army officers that wanted to make cyprus greek. With out getting in too involved in the specifics I can understand turkeys reasons for invading. I can also understand why the greek cypriots are still pissed off about it. The turkish were also happy to unite the island as one again it was the Greeks who did not want this to happen.

 

Ah the good old Brits - where would the world be without them?
I much less interesting place for sure

 

Maybe we should give all the former Ottoman territories back to Turkey?

Turkey ignores UN resolutions and committed ethnic cleansing.

When it was Israel doing this the Muslim world is up in arms.

Hypocricy?

 

What ethinic cleansing did turkey commit ? None that I am aware of.
Why should cyprus be Greek ? Go look on a map and see where Cyprus is ie right by turkey and far away from Greece. Turkey was happy for Cyprus to be independant.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish...hnic_cleansing

Why should it be Greek? How about 'cos the vast majority of the population are of Greek origin?

[pic]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ethnographic-1.jpg[/pic]

 

I can hardly accept that the deporting of 170 thousand greeks from northern cyprus is ethnic cleansing any more than the turkish kicked out of southern cyprus was. If one side was guilty of ethinic cleansing ten both were.

 

So what is your definition of ethnic cleansing then, if not the enforced deporting of people based on ethnic origin?

 

Sorry, I would vote against Turkey being allowed in.

I would also vote for britain to leave the EU.

I dont suppose we'll get a vote for either though.

 

I'd say that deporting 170,000 Greeks from northern Cyprus is pretty much as good a definition of ethnic cleansing as you are likely to get.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there is anything right or wrong with ethnic cleansing - that is another matter all together.

 

Some more on this, i am a Turkish Cypriot & my family lived in Cyprus for many generations. My grandad was in the British & Turkish army & was fighting for Britain against the Germans in World war 2. For people to say & think Turks invaded Cyprus is stupid in my eyes as we we're living there already & have land/deeds in our name. Turkish Cypriots have every right to be there as much as a Greek Cypriot! The Turkish troops from Turkey only entered Cyprus to protect the people that was being slaughtered by the mafia Greek group called 'EOKA type-b'. The only solution was to divide the island. This was a success as there has been peace on the island ever since. This only happened to the island as the Greek group EOKA type-b wanted the island to be just Greek as they had a larger population then the Turks & thought they could clear out the Turks (they we're killing of helpless people eg. killed my great grandad that was working in his field!) other eg. a whole bus of Turkish people (my uncle included) went missing! The group was basically slaughtering anyone that was a Turk or Greek that didn't accept what they we're doing! The turkish troops coming over from Turkey was a God send to both Turkish & Greek Cypriots as they stopped the killings that we're happening & there has been peace ever since. This is a very touchy subject to me but i defo am not a racist to any other race or hate Greeks as my best friends are Greek Cypriots & was a best man for one of them at his wedding. What i'm saying here is the truth about one place & another fact is that the World we live in is full of many different beautiful cultures/races etc. Every type of these have their share of ar5eholes/pr1cks/pu55ys etc.

 

Would you like to see Turkey in the EU? What issues, if any, do you forsee?

 

timur 1+

saved me a lot of writing
the majority if kebab shops you see by the way are Kurdish not Turkish a lot of them say there Turkish.

I have been to Cyprus 3 in 5 years beautiful place and the people there as genuine as u will get. in my friends wedding day he needed a haircut no one was home with no keys too. he said Mus don't worry leave the doors open will come back in a few hours and we returned to his hours in two hours noone broke in or stole anything. it's a nice pleasant place by te way that's the Turkish side in yeni bouaz ici it's village near famugosta. you never hear of pedos or murders or rapes as much as you would hear in hear. a lot of them have respect out there which something clearly some ****** lack here. I spoke to people about the war in the 70s and to be honest lot of interesting views.

 

I'm against Turkey joining the EU, mostly as it doesn't meet the entry criteria but also as it will mean more Turks heading here under the free movement banner, to an already overly full UK. It has nothing to do with Islam or Muslims, just the fact that I'm getting sick to death of the constant and unending stream of immigrants who's sole mission seems to be to get to the UK so they can cash in on our welfare support systems...

 

Are you expecting Iran to attack Europe soon?

Les

 

Why do you think we're in Afghanistan? - it was because we couldn't use Turkey as an airbase.

 

I hate the turks so no thanks.

 

If Turkey meets the requirements for membership and the Turks want to join the EU then I can't see why they should be barred membership.

 

Last time I looked they met 1 of 35 and that about sums them up, and this morning the PM is backing them as a worthy country

 

Except for the fact they are not part of Europe.

Who next? Israel? Iraq?

 

what are we doing in Afghanistan anyway????? apart from losing innocent Lifes and money?? what does it benefit u or me?

 

Iran- that's what.

 

You racist keyboard cowboys.
I am Turk!
Do you know the %73 of the population in Turkiye voted not to enter your diseased union EU. So what do you vote for?
Türkiye will keep applying some european norms but will not be a part of EU in the future. We will constitute our union in the eastern and we don't need you there.

 

The other 27% are already here scrounging away at our healthcare and welfare system, partner.

 

PS - Sort your **** poor border security out while you're at it, there's a good chap

 

most Turkish Cypriots have been here since the 70s and the majority have jobs business. If anything they contributed a lot. very rare to any of them come to my office and try and get property on benefits.