From: han@anadolu.michigan.com (hasan.b.mutlu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: Is Greek Educational System Also In A Shambles, 'Kotinis?'
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:28:00 GMT


<1992Apr14.010051.9769@aeras.uucp>
kotinis@aeras.uucp (John Kotinis)

>And by accident, people in Cyprus, (80 %) speak Greek.
>I think that these people down there love to learn foreign languages.
>Tell us more .......

So, the Greek educational system is also in a shambles, 'Kotinis.'
History shows that within the last 170 years, Greeks played that 
game twice: They used Istanbul Patriarch Grigorios in 1822 to 
instigate the Morea rebellion that resulted in the massacres of 
the Muslim people. Again, the Orthodox Patriarch Constantine V 
invited the Russian Czar Nicholas II to invade the Ottoman Empire 
'in the name of Jesus,' and save his flock from Ottoman rule. 

Source: "The 'Past' in Medieval and Modern Greek Culture," in Speros
         Vryonis, ed., 'Byzantina kai Metabyzantina,' Vol I (Malibu,
         Calif., 1978).

It is the same mentality which allows Greeks to rationalize that 
Cyprus is a Greek Island. No history book shows that it ever was. It 
belonged to the Ottoman Turks 'lock, stock and barrel' for a period of 
well over 300 years. In fact, prior to the Turks' acquisition of it, 
following bloody naval battles with the Venetians in 1570 AD, the
island of Cyprus belonged, invariably, to several nations: The 
Assyrians, the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, the Ottoman 
Turks, of course in that order, owned it as their territory. But, it 
has never been the possession of the government of Greece - not even 
for one day - in the history of the world. Moreover, Cyprus is
located 1500 miles from the Greek mainland, but only 40 miles from 
Turkiye's southern coastline.

>Or even better from a song (Stevie Nicks ?)
>Tell me lies, tell me sweet sweet lies....

Just say so.

Source: "The 'Past' in Medieval and Modern Greek Culture," in Speros
         Vryonis, ed., 'Byzantina kai Metabyzantina,' Vol I (Malibu,
         Calif., 1978).

p. 161.

In the words of Professor Skiotis, "With savage jubilance, [the Greeks]
sang the words 'Let no Turk remain in the Morea, nor in the whole world.'
The Greeks were determined to achieve to 'Romaiko' in the only way they
knew how: through a war of religious extermination."

>>Those involved in this grandiose hallucination should wake up 
>>from their sweet daydreams and confront reality. Wishful 
>>thinking is unproductive, only facts count.

>Right. only facts count. 
>And the facts say that Turkey, illegally occupies the 40% of the island.

Is this the joke of the week? Following the Greek Cypriot attempt
to annex the island to Greece with the aid of the Greek army, Turkiye
intervened by using her legal right given by two international agreements. 
Turkiye did it for the frequently and conveniently forgotten people of the
island, Turkish Cypriots. For those Turkish Cypriots whose grandparents
have been living on the island since 1571. 

Hasan B-) Mutlu

                     'Kill Turks and Kurds wherever you find them 
                      and in whatever circumstances you find them. 
                      Turkish children also should be killed as 
                      they form a danger to the Armenian nation.' 
                                     (Hamparsum Boyadjian - 1914)


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