From: baysan@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Okan Baysan)
Subject: Re: "Palik" tango = Michali Tango
Summary: Enosis, EOKA, "Heroes" 
Keywords: Enosis, Cyprus, Vasiliu, Kleridis, Athens
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 22:06:14 GMT

In article <Bzp0o5.8Dq@news.cso.uiuc.edu> msg7038@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michalis  Syrimis) responding to Mr. Argic's article, writes:
>
>Argic, remember when I posted some Cypriot folk sayings which come to
>mind whenever I start reading your posts:
>
>Kamela klavei sto Pevtakwmo.
>( A Camel farts at Pentakwmo)
>
>Pou sou vefkw pou paeis?
>(Where am I signaling you to go and where are you going?)
 
There is no such stupid "Cypriot folk saying" unless Michali et al
create some with their blurry imaginations. Anyway, let's get back to the 
main issues:
    If we look at the latest resolution of the UN Secretary General, Ghali,
who has been discovered to be a close "business friend" of Vasiliu, we can 
easily observe the Turkish side getting the blame for the regress. This 
was quite expected but our brilliant secretary avoids direct accusations 
to President of Northern Cyprus, Mr. Denktash, contrary to what the Greek
Cypriot leadership has anticipated, fearing that the negotitations in 
March 1993 would be nothing more than a fake scenario. What was the whole
purpose behind this resolution? We observe that there will be new elections
in the Greek Cypriot sector of Cyprus in the near future. Who are the new
candidates or do we have any? In fact, the actors have never changed and 
they all have been tried at one time or another. Kleridis seems to be a
new character for the position in concern but he is a well known anti-Turkish
soul also. Vasiliu is relatively new in politics, and with his business 
mind, he may be expected to "do" something for the future of Cyprus. Hence,
he may be prefered by the "west" more than any other candidate. To ease 
his winning of the upcoming elections, he had to be provided with some 
campaign propaganda, and here we have the latest UN resolution, prepared
by his dear friend Ghali, who even today hesitates to take active steps
to save the innocent lives in Bosnia Hercegovina. 
    Ghali has long lost his crediblity from the first time he dipped his nose
into the Cyprus issue. He proposed a map to President Denktash of Northern
Cyprus which was nothing more than a death warranty for the Turkish Cypriot
people. It would only force the Turkish Cypriots to live like goats on the
Kyrenia mountains. How did Ghali have the right to prepare a map and impose
it on the Turkish Cypriot people to find a solution for the issue? Territorial
adjustments can only be made between the two sides, North and South, with 
mutual discussions and reasonable sacrifices. It is not Ghali who will draw
the line on a map of Cyprus and it simply does not reflect his good offices to
do so. 
    No matter what the results of the elections in Southern Cyprus are, we 
will be up the creek without a paddle, even if we do not hope so. Why? 
Because it will be the same Athens controlled mentality, which claims 
the whole Cyprus as Greek territory and considers the Turkish Cypriot 
people as the enemy of Hellenism. The Turkish Cypriot people have no choice
but to defend themselves against all possible palikaria attacks and 
Greek/Greek Cypriot expansionist desires which is clearly seen in their
Enosis (Union of Cyprus with Greece) dreams. 

Cheers,
Okan Baysan.

-- 
     "Unless this small Turkish Community -forming a part of
      the Turkish race which has been the terrible enemy of
      Hellenism- is expelled from Cyprus, the duty of the
      heroes of EOKA can never be considered as terminated."
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