From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish,talk.politics.mideast,talk.politics.soviet,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.europe,soc.history
Subject: Re: Remember Cyprus
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:37:26 GMT





<1992Sep4.002522.11201@eecs.nwu.edu>
efstse@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu (Serafim Efstratiadis)

>Why? Because you are too blind to see reality. You Turkish Cypriots

Take a look. In your own.

                    CYPRUS - TREATY of GUARANTEE
  
                      Nicosia, 16 August 1960  
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Republic of Cyprus of the one part, and Greece, Turkey, and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the other part,

     I. Considering that the recognition and maintenance of the independence
        territorial integrity, and security of the Republic of Cyprus, as 
        established and regulated by the Basic Articles of its Constitution,
        are in their common interest,

    II. Desiring to co-operate to ensure respect for the state of affairs
	created by that Constitution,

        Have agreed as follows:

    Article I

        The Republic of Cyprus undertakes to ensure the maintenance of its
    independence, territorial integrity, and security, as well as respect for
    its Constitution. 
        It undertakes not to participate, in whole or in part, in any 
    political or economic union with any state whatsoever. It accordingly
    declares prohibited any activity likely to promote, directly or indirectly,
    either union with any other State or partition of the Island. 

    Article II
        
        Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, taking note of the undertakings
    of the Republic of Cyprus set out in Article I of the present Treaty,
    recognize and guarantee the independence, territorial integrity, and 
    security of the Republic of Cyprus, and also the state of affairs 
    established by the Basic Articles of its Constitution. 
        Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom likewise undertake to prohibit,
    so far as concerns them, any activity aimed at promoting, directly or 
    indirectly, either union of Cyprus with any other state or partition of 
    the Island. 

    Article III

        The Republic of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey undertake to respect the
    integrity of the areas retained under United Kingdom sovereignty at the 
    time of establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, and guarantee the use 
    and enjoyment by the United Kingdom of the rights to be secured to it
    by the Republic of Cyprus in accordance with the Treaty concerning the
    Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus signed on today's date.

        In witness whereof, the undersigned have signed the present Treaty.

        Done at Nicosia this sixteenth day of August, 1960, in English and 
    French, both texts being equally authoritative.

    For the Republic of Cyprus:
        O KYPROU MAKARIOS       F. KUCUK
    
    For Greece:
        C. CHRISTOPOULOS

    For Turkey:
        VECDI TUREL

    For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
        HUGH FOOT

>       M A C E D O N I A   I S   T H E   H E A R T   O F   H E L L A S

No kidding.

Serdar Argic

                     'This war quickly developed into one of extermination. 
                      We closed the roads and mountain passes that might 
                      serve as ways of escape for the Tartars [Turks] and 
                      then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
                                                       (Ohanus Appressian)

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