İçeriği Yazan: Ata ATUN[1] Zaman: Pzt, 09/07/2012 - 11:15
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Partition Inclination in Cyprus
İçeriği Yazan: Ata ATUN Zaman: Per, 05/07/2012 - 19:34
The results of a public poll survey held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), released recently, revealed astonishing but not completely unexpected results concerning the future formation of the so called “United Cyprus Republic.”
It seems both parties of the island are now willing to live side by side, in two states, rather than under a federal umbrella as was strongly advised by the then UN Secretary-Generals, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki Moon. A confederal formation is even now out of question.
Both the Greeks and Turks of Cyprus are asking for separation, and the partition appears to be winning support on both sides of the green line. The support for the Annan plan among Turkish Cypriots totally faded away and Greek Cypriots did not help the situation, either.
The survey held in the KKTC indicated that 65 per cent of Turkish Cypriots now support a two-state solution, while only 9 per cent are in favor of a federal settlement. This reveals the dramatic change in the opinion of the Turkish Cypriots since the 2004 referendum, where 65 per cent voted in favor of the Annan plan -- leading to the formation of bi-communal, bi-zonal “United Cyprus Republic.”
Academics attributed the swing to the increasingly nationalist rhetoric in both sides and the hardening of the stance of the previously moderate left-wing parties in the north.
Newspapers and visual media contributed much to this dramatic change. In the north, they often presented the Greek Cypriots as always in negative manners towards Turkish Cypriots and invariably focusing on the rhetoric of Greeks on formation of a unilateral Greek state, covering the whole island.
The one-sided annexation of the island on May 1, 2004 by the EU totally destroyed the political balance in the island. When the EU addresses the Greek Cypriots as its official partner and sole representative of the island of Cyprus, this degraded the Turkish Cypriot community to an unrecognized, non-official minority of the island.
The 1960 Treaty of Establishment of Republic of Cyprus, forming a federal government, gave partnership rights to Turkish Cypriots in the ratio of 3 to 7 on the formation of government and in all levels of governmental offices and 4 to 6 in army, police and similar. This 1960 Republic of Cyprus managed to survive a mere 1095 days, from the establishment day of Aug. 16, 1960 to Dec. 21, 1963, till the implementation of AKRITAS plan, targeting ethnic cleansing of Turkish Cypriots on the island.
Now after almost 49 years, partition is winning support among the Greek Cypriots as well. A public poll survey held in the south last year revealed that 65 per cent supported a complete separation of the Greek and Turkish communities.
Stunningly the majority of those surveyed were the youngsters who did not want to live with the Turkish Cypriots. Some 63 per cent of these youngsters, aged between 18 and 24 supported partition, and 59 per cent of those between 25 and 34. These are the patrons of the future.
It is now very clear that Greek politicians and the Greek people alike do not want to share power with the Turkish Cypriots, now that they have established an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot state.
Greek Cyprus managed to become a member of EU through the extortionist demand of their motherland, Greece, during the third phase of expansion era, hugging the small nine countries around Germany.
It seems that time has come for an agreed-upon divorce to be discussed on the negotiating table rather than wasting the UN’s time with trivialities and injecting pseudo-hope into the hearts of Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Yorumlar
Partition Inclination in Cyprus
The results of a public poll survey held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), released recently, revealed astonishing but not completely unexpected results concerning the future formation of the so called “United Cyprus Republic.”
It seems both parties of the island are now willing to live side by side, in two states, rather than under a federal umbrella as was strongly advised by the then UN Secretary-Generals, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki Moon. A confederal formation is even now out of question.
Both the Greeks and Turks of Cyprus are asking for separation, and the partition appears to be winning support on both sides of the green line. The support for the Annan plan among Turkish Cypriots totally faded away and Greek Cypriots did not help the situation, either.
The survey held in the KKTC indicated that 65 per cent of Turkish Cypriots now support a two-state solution, while only 9 per cent are in favor of a federal settlement. This reveals the dramatic change in the opinion of the Turkish Cypriots since the 2004 referendum, where 65 per cent voted in favor of the Annan plan -- leading to the formation of bi-communal, bi-zonal “United Cyprus Republic.”
Academics attributed the swing to the increasingly nationalist rhetoric in both sides and the hardening of the stance of the previously moderate left-wing parties in the north.
Newspapers and visual media contributed much to this dramatic change. In the north, they often presented the Greek Cypriots as always in negative manners towards Turkish Cypriots and invariably focusing on the rhetoric of Greeks on formation of a unilateral Greek state, covering the whole island.
The one-sided annexation of the island on May 1, 2004 by the EU totally destroyed the political balance in the island. When the EU addresses the Greek Cypriots as its official partner and sole representative of the island of Cyprus, this degraded the Turkish Cypriot community to an unrecognized, non-official minority of the island.
The 1960 Treaty of Establishment of Republic of Cyprus, forming a federal government, gave partnership rights to Turkish Cypriots in the ratio of 3 to 7 on the formation of government and in all levels of governmental offices and 4 to 6 in army, police and similar. This 1960 Republic of Cyprus managed to survive a mere 1095 days, from the establishment day of Aug. 16, 1960 to Dec. 21, 1963, till the implementation of AKRITAS plan, targeting ethnic cleansing of Turkish Cypriots on the island.
Now after almost 49 years, partition is winning support among the Greek Cypriots as well. A public poll survey held in the south last year revealed that 65 per cent supported a complete separation of the Greek and Turkish communities.
Stunningly the majority of those surveyed were the youngsters who did not want to live with the Turkish Cypriots. Some 63 per cent of these youngsters, aged between 18 and 24 supported partition, and 59 per cent of those between 25 and 34. These are the patrons of the future.
It is now very clear that Greek politicians and the Greek people alike do not want to share power with the Turkish Cypriots, now that they have established an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot state.
Greek Cyprus managed to become a member of EU through the extortionist demand of their motherland, Greece, during the third phase of expansion era, hugging the small nine countries around Germany.
It seems that time has come for an agreed-upon divorce to be discussed on the negotiating table rather than wasting the UN’s time with trivialities and injecting pseudo-hope into the hearts of Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Ata ATUN
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