What kind of Justice is this?

Below is an article (05.03.06) by columnist Sener Levent from the Turkish Cypriot daily AFRIKA. The translated English version was found on the Cyprus PIO website. An exceptional article worth reproducing it here in its entirety. The following is the full text of the translated English version with original spelling, grammar and punctuation:

In fact the tragedy of the Greek Cypriot community is graver than the tragedy of the Turkish Cypriots.

Just think about it

This country is under occupation for the last 32 years and unfortunately they (Greek Cypriots) were unable to explain this occupation to the world. They were unable to force neither the UN, nor the EU and nor the other International organizations to take strong and effective sanctions against the occupier.

On top of it after so many years of occupation the Greek Cypriot side was put on the accused and guilty chair.

The occupier was declared innocent and those who were under occupation guilty.

For this an Annan Plan and a referendum was enough

All of a sudden the occupier was declared favoring peace and settlement and those who are under occupation against peace and solution

What kind of Justice is this?

Do you know the biggest opponents of the settlement in Cyprus?

The biggest opponents of the settlement in Cyprus are those who say that the obstacle for the solution is Tassos Papadopoulos.

This is an understanding that totally denies the political will of the Greek Cypriot community and it is a propaganda that for a long time now is being systematically injected to everybody. And unfortunately some Greek Cypriot intellectuals are being knowingly or unintentionally became an instrument to this propaganda. The peoples will expressed during the referendum totally are ignored and huge 76% no is attributed to Papadopoulos. It means that Papadopoulos `no´ had no effect. In fact it had harmed the Greek Cypriots. I wish he would have said `yes´ during the referendum. Because at that time peoples `no´ would have been better understood.

He then comments on a recent poll that 48% of the Greek Cypriots said no to living with the Turkish Cypriots. Sener Levent justifies the Geek Cypriot no and says that if he was a Greek Cypriot his answer was not going to be different when the Turkish Cypriots brand the 20 July invasion as liberation and keep silent when return of Varosha is in question or when they usurp immovable property that belong to the Greek Cypriots and sell them with illegal title deeds to foreigners in the north.

Survey Conducted by CyBC

The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Dora Bakoyannis, on Tuesday said the Annan plan is history and any new initiative would have to be within the European Union framework.

Ms. Bakoyannis, who is currently on a 3-day official visit to Cyprus, said "The Annan Plan, as it was submitted for approval by the Cypriot people, was rejected. From the moment it was rejected, it was history." She went on to say "(The Cypriots) desire a fair and viable solution within the EU framework and we should work toward this direction."

The foreign Minister’s visit coincided with the publication of a poll that was conducted by the CyBC showing most Greek Cypriots have doubts that reunification will occur any time soon. The poll showed that an even greater majority reject the Annan plan. Some 50 percent want a completely new plan while 34 percent favor drastic changes to the Annan plan. The foreign press, however, will be focusing on this part of the poll ... given the chance, 48 percent of Greek Cypriots would rather live separately from the Turkish Cypriots compared to 45 percent who back coexistence. Beware, the pro-Turkish foreign media will not miss a chance to castigate the Greek Cypriots. Allow me to give you a preview ... Shame! The Greek Cypriots do not want to live with the Turkish Cypriots. This is Tassos doing with all his rhetoric; the Greek Cypriots don’t want peace. Some reading this post may say where is your proof of this so called biased foreign media? When was the last time you read an article on Cyprus that mentioned the previous rejections of UN plans by Turkey and the occupied North? When was the last time you read an article on Cyprus that mentioned Turkey’s violation of UN and Security Council resolutions regarding its occupation and colonization of Cypriot territory? There is your proof. If this survey was done in a period where Cypriots believed the UN plan was actually workable with a strong central government ... then the poll results would have been completely different. Now, take a look at this snippet from a recent report by the BBC:

Some wonder quietly if the threat of formal recognition of the north could push the Greek Cypriot side back to the (Annan Plan) negotiating table.

No need to wonder anymore, the CyBC poll results tell us it would have quite the opposite effect. Are the polling results good news for the Turks? Hardly. Cyprus support for Turkey’s EU accession is based on reversing the crimes committed by Turkey and allowing refugees the right to return home. Turkish columnists love to point this out ... those wily Greek Cypriots are using the EU to corner us! Notice how the Turks do not mind how they use their troops to force their own compromise on us but complain when the government of RoC seeks EU help for a compromise to reunite the war divided island nation. If Turkey’s stance leads to separation of the two communities then there is no reason for the Cypriots to support Turkey’s EU accession. The reaction to this by some Turks may be ... If EU talks are suspended over Cyprus, then so be it. I think it is fair to say that Turkey’s EU membership bid means a lot more to a Turkish Kurd than it does to a Turk. Recent reforms were granted to the Kurds in order to appease the EU. I would like to ask Mr. Semih İdiz what the current riots in Turkey’s south-east would look like if Kurds knew that Turkey was not going to be a part of the EU?

The Gladio

Here is an interesting article from the Turkish Daily News which talks about a special war department that may or may not be linked to Turkey’s shadowy Deep State. This is a significant read because, to my knowledge, the existence of such a department has never been acknowledged before by the Turkish Government. The article mentions Turkey's Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul stating this special department "shouldered important responsibilities" in the lead-up to the Cyprus invasion.

Τιμή στην εξέγερση της ΕΟΚΑ

Είδηση απο Phileleftheros:

Δοξολογίες και κατάθεση στεφάνων Με ευλάβεια η Κύπρος τιμά την μεγαλειώδη εξέγερση της ΕΟΚΑ

Λευκωσία: Ο κυπριακός λαός τιμά σήμερα την 51η επέτειο της έναρξης του αγώνα της ΕΟΚΑ και με πανηγυρικές δοξολογίες και εκδηλώσεις μνήμης, αποτείει ελάχιστο φόρο τιμής σε όσους αγωνίστηκαν και έπεσαν για την απελευθέρωση της Κύπρου από τον βρετανικό ζυγό. Στον καθεδρικό ναό Αγίου Ιωάννου Λευκωσίας εψάλη στις 10 το πρωί πανηγυρική δοξολογία, χωροστατούντος του Χωρεπισκόπου Τριμυθούντος Βασιλείου. Στις 11 τελέσθηκε στα Φυλακισμένα Μνήματα τρισάγιο για τους ήρωες του απελευθερωτικού αγώνα της ΕΟΚΑ και ακολούθησε κατάθεση στεφάνων.

Στη δοξολογία στον καθεδρικό ναό Αγίου Ιωάννου παρίστατω ο Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας, Τάσσος Παπαδόπουλος, ο οποίος στη συνέχεια κατάθεσε στεφάνι στα Φυλακισμένα Μνήματα.

Πανηγυρικές δοξολογίες ψάληκαν και στις υπόλοιπες ελεύθερες πόλεις της Κύπρου. Δοξολογία για την εθνική επέτειο της 1ης Απριλίου ψάληκε το πρωί και στον Μητροπολιτικό ναό Αθηνών. Τον πανηγυρικό της ημέρας είπε ο υφυπουργός παρά τω προέδρω, Χριστόδουλος Πασιαρδής.