From: bse@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Besime Erin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek
Subject: Re: one more comment
Date: 22 Jul 92 16:33:34 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.greek
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Jul22.045403.27666@en.ecn.purdue.edu> dominop@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Philippos A. Peleties) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.011849.20875@en.ecn.purdue.edu> bse@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Besime Erin) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul20.230021.19692@en.ecn.purdue.edu> dominop@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Philippos A. Peleties) writes:
>>>In article <1992Jul20.222951.18105@en.ecn.purdue.edu> bse@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Besime Erin) writes:
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>>You cannot change a whole system ALL AT ONCE. 
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>>The Turkish and Greek Cypriots have lived apart for 18 years now.
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>>Talking specifically about the Turkish Cypriots.....
>>The old set-up (i.e. the one before the intervention in 1974) has been 
>>partially forgotten and most people have gotten used to the "new way". 
>>i.e. living with their own kind, making their own decisions,self-determination. 
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>>There is also a new generation of people who have not interacted with
>>the Greek Cypriots WHATSOEVER. They don't know what it feels to be a minority.
>>They have lived among and were governed by their own kind, the Turkish Cypriots,
>>all their lives.
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>That goes both ways. Perhaps the number should be increased to 29 years.
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>>Noone has any right to put these your Turkish Cypriot kids in a vulnerable
>>position. This is very true for myself and my 16 year-old brother. 
>>I was only 4 years old in 1974. My brother wasn't even born.
>>We didn't live with the Greek Cypriots. Adjusting to a new situation ( if it
>>happens that is) as members of a minority community and facing who-knows-what
>>all at the same time would be nothing but DISASTROUS for us.
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>>It seems you are also not aware of the current frame or you choose to ignore it.
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>>The current platform: BIZONAL, BIFEDERATIONAL.
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>How do you regulate relocation?

If there is a solution, that would be up to the officials of the
two federations. If you are going to buy a house or rent a house
on the other side or you wish to return to the property you owned 
before 1974, you might need to get permission from the officials
of the side you are going to move to and thus make sure you 
are within the number of people who can move and that your movement
is legal. 


You have to take things slow. IF there is a solution, we all have 
a lot to get used to.


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>>This has ALREADY been agreed by BOTH SIDES. 
>>Such a platform is BEST FOR THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS at this time. 
>>I don't care how the Greek Cypriots feel about that. That is the 
>>bottom line platform and in any solution anything other that a 
>>BIZONAL, BIFEDERATIONAL solution is SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE to us. 
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>My question is this: how do you regulate relocation? Once this is
>answered, then perhaps we can go to questions of trust.
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Ok. I tried to give a flavor as to what my idea is above.

About the sufferings, may be it is time to look to the future and 
finally soothe the pain of the sufferings.

BUT I still wish to retain the lesson from the past experiences 
in order to avoid such occurances in the future.

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>Philippos Peleties
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>-- 
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>I speak for myself, I think for myself, I work for myself ... but I don't want
>to play by myself ... so bring your toys and let's share ...


Besime Erin
Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.turkish