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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 14:21:44 -0500
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From:         "Varnavas A. Lambrou" <V999SAUM@UBVMS.BITNET>
Subject:      Kupriako suvexeia.. kai teleutaio.
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"Cyprus is valuable as a right arm for a country interested in its own
defence or for its own expansionist aims if it harbours such aims.
...
Many states to a certain extent because it suits their interests, want to
see the Cyprus problem as our desire to protect the Turkish community on the
island, whereas the actual problem is the security of 45 million Turks in the
motherland together with the Turks in the island and the maintenance of the
balance in the Middle East".
                Turan Gunes, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey at the time
                            of the invasion of Cyprus. "Hurriyet", 20 July, 1980


"The Turkish Armed Forces have never been pushed out by pen from the place they
have entered with bayonet... We are not dealing here with a mere duty but with a
mission;our mission is to make Cyprus our motherland."
                Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil, Foreign Minister of Turkey.
                                         "Halkin Sesi", 14 February, 1980.

"The Turkish armed forces will ensure the eternal and happy existence of the
Turkish state, which is the legacy of their lofty leader, and of Cyprus which
is an inseparable part of Turkey."
                General Evren, President of Turkey. "Bayrak" Radio
                                on 3 September, 1980.

"What was won in military operations could not be overturned at a negotiable
table".
                Mr R.Denktash, 222 March, 1977.




WHAT IS TURKEY AFTER?


Turkey had expressed interest in dominating Cyprus long before she could
manufacture a story of "eleven years of oppression" of the Turkish Cypriots.
Since the London Conference of 1955 Turkish political figures have from time
to time forgotten the line of "peace keeping" and "the protection of the Turkish
Cypriots" and talked of partitioning Cyprus in Turkey's strategic interests.

It must not be forgotten that Turkey threatened to invade Cyprus and forcibly
rearrange its population to suit its aims in 1964 and 1967, and finally
succeeded in 1974.

The coup was a conveniently offered opportunity. General Sancar, the Chief of
Staff of the Turkish armed forces was reported in the Turkish newspaper
"Hurriyet" on 6.3.1978 to have said that the military operation carried out
in Cyprus in 1974 had been planned long before and at the last moment slight
changes had been made to it.

Turkey has already taken numerous steps to absorb the occupied part of Cyprus
with the cooperation of the separatist Turkish Cypriot leaders. Members of
successive Turkish Governments and Mr Denktash alike have repeatedly made it
clear that what they wish is to make what was won by the sword their permanent
dominion. They have also emphasized that they have no respect for the Cypriot
identity of the island or its inhabitants. They regard Cyprus as a piece of real
estate at the disposal of the Turkish state.

In all their political actions Turkish Governments and the separatist Turkish
Cypriot leaders have pursued the objective of irreversibly integrating the
occupied area with Turkey, at the same time maintaining the fiction of a
self-governing Turkish Cypriot community. Turkey has demanded that this
community be accepted as an "equal partner" in the government of Cyprus. In
this way Turkey would completely dominate the northern part of Cyprus and
through an "equal partnership federation" also have a considerable say in the
area which is now free.




INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF TURKEY

Since 1974 there has been repeated international condemnation for Turkish
aggression. The United States Congress imposed an embargo on arms deliveries
to Turkey for using  US supplied weapons for aggressive purposes. The Non-
aligned Movement and Commonwealth Heads of Government have strongly condemned
the Turkish Occupation of part of Cyprus and her attempts to alter the
demographic character of the island through the colonization programme.

But the most weighty condemnation has come from repeated resolutions of the
United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. These resolutions call
for respct for the sovereignty, independence and territorial intergrity of
Cyprus, for the withdrawal of all foreign trrops and for the return of the
refugees to their homes in safety. They also have called for negotiations
between representatives of the Greek and Turkish communities on the future
constitutional system of Cyprus.
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