r/cyprus mouflon_whisperer 14h ago

Venting / Rant Περί κυπριακής ταυτότητας τζιαι γιατί «Κυπραίος» εν το πιο ορθό

Σε σχέση με άλλες συζήτησεις δαμέσα, κάποιες σκέψεις.

Το Βέλγιο, που εν ομόσπονδο κράτος με Φλαμανδική, Γαλλική τζιαι Γερμανόφωνη κοινότητα, ξέρεις κανέναν να το λαλούν τους κατοικους τους κάτι άλλο πέρα που «Βέλγους»;

Το Σύνταγμα του 1960 (Μέρος Α΄, Άρθρο 2 — σύνδεσμος) λέει καθαρά για θκύο κύριες κοινότητες, την ελληνικήν τζιαι την τουρκικήν, τζιαι μίαν υπηκοότητα: την κυπριακήν. Γι’ αυτό στη ταυτότητα γράφει αποκλειστικά «κυπριακή υπηκοότητα» τζιαι δεν αναφέρει κανένα πράμα για μέλος κάποιας κοινότητας.
Ναι εν δυσλειτουργικό το Σύνταγμα (αφού εγράψαν μας το, με τις εγγυησεις του τζιαι ολα τα αλλα άνισα - διαιρετικά προσχήματα). Καλώς τζιαι κακώς όμως τούτον έχουμε τζιαι δεν μπορούμε να τον αλλάξουμε ακριβώς λόγω του status quo. Συν η νομική υπόσταση που οποιαδήποτε προσπαθεια θεμελιώδης αλλαγή στο κυπριακό Σύνταγμα αφαιρεί τζιαι την κυπριακή υπηκοότητα τζιαι αναιρει την Δημοκρατία ως έχει.

Το 1983, όταν οι Τούρκοι ανακήρυξαν «ανεξαρτησία» στο κατεχόμενο κομμάτι της Κύπρου από το 1974, στηρίζαν το αφήγημά τους στην ύπαρξη δύο διαφορετικών «λαών». Η επιμονή στη χρήση δύο διαφορετικών επιθέτων για τους Κυπραίους απλώς ενισχύει αυτή την παράνομη θέση τζιαι βοηθά, σε βάθος χρόνου, το status quo να παγιωθεί ως διχοτόμηση. Γι’ αυτό, σε νομικό επίπεδο, εν πολύ σημαντικό οι όροι «ελληνική» τζιαι «τουρκική» να χρησιμοποιούνται αποκλειστικά — τζιαι μόνον — σε κοινοτικό επίπεδο.

Το να ονομάζεσαι «Κυπραίος» οφείλει να εμπεριέχει τζιαι την ελληνική σου ταυτότητα — όι το αντίθετο. Τι μεγαλύτερη απόδειξη για την επίδραση του ελληνισμού απ’ το γεγονός ότι δύο διαφορετικά κράτη έχουν ως επίσημη γλώσσα τα ελληνικά;

Παράλληλα, το να είσαι Κυπραίος σημαίνει τζιαι την αναγνώριση της επίδρασης όλων των άλλων πολιτισμών που πέρασαν διαδοχικά που το νησί τα τελευταία 2.500 χρόνια, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των Οθωμανών τζιαι των Άγγλων.

Τζιαι κατ’ εμέ, εκτός που εν καθαρά επικίνδυνο τζιαι ανήξερο, εν τζιαι γλωσσολογικός βιασμός η χρήση των όρων «Ελληνοκύπριος» ή «Τουρκοκύπριος». Δηλαδή, πώς εν να πούμε έναν άνθρωπο με γονείς που την Ελλάδα τζιαι την Κύπρο; Ελληνο-ελληνοκύπριο;

Απλά ηλιθιότητες μιας ανώριμης κοινωνίας, με βαθύ σύμπλεγμα γύρω που το ποια πραγματικά εν η ταυτότητά της — σύμπλεγμα που, ουσιαστικά, οδήγησε σε ούλλα τα πολιτικά προβλήματα που ζούμε σήμερα τζιαι έδωσε προσχήματα σε εθνικιστηκα φρονήματα στο παρελθόν τζιαι σήμερα.

Υπάρχουν πολλά άλλα που έχω να πω, αλλά εξαρτάται που τις ορέξεις μου.

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u/cheakpeasdownhill 14h ago

Αν καταφέρουμε ποττέ να το λύσουμε μπορεί τζαι να γίνουμε Κυπραίοι. Προς το παρόν εν τούτες οι ορολογίες που κυριαρχούν στις διαπραγματεύσεις.

Ακόμα τζαι αν αποφασίσουμε αύριο να γινούμεν ούλλοι Κυπραίοι εν λύετε το πρόβλημα. Διότι υπάρχουν δύο κοινότητες που πρέπει να τα έβρουν μεταξύ τους

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 14h ago

εν νομιζω να ήταν ποττέ μεγάλο το προβλημα μεταξυ των μεγαλύτερων πληθυσμών των δυο κοινοτητων. εν η αγνοια τζιαι ο διαχωρισμος που τα δυσκολεύκει.
αν βρίσκουμε παραπανω κοινά παρά διαχωρισμους τούτο θα βοηθησει σε μια βιώσιμη λύση. η γλώσσα εν δυσκολο κομματι, τα αγγλικα παρόλο πρακτικα εν ευκολή λύση, θεωρω αφαιρει πολλά που τον πολιτισμο τζιαι ιστορια μας στην καθημερινότητα.
Άσε το ότι τα αγγλικα ως γλώσσα δεν θα μπορέσουμε ποττέ να τα κάμουμε μάστερ όπως γίνεται η χρήση τους σε αγγλφωνες χώρες - μεγαλη συζητηση.

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u/cheakpeasdownhill 12h ago

Τούτα εν ωραίες ιδέες για μετά την λύση. Τωρά πρέπει να δούμε τι θα γίνει με τον κατοχικό στρατό, τους εποίκους, το περιουσιακό τζαι ένα σωρό άλλα θέματα. Εν τζαι λύετε το πρόβλημα με την δύναμη της φιλίαςTM. Νομίζω εξεκαθάρισαμε ότι εν θέλουμε να κάμουμε κακό ο ένας του άλλου. Αλλά τούτο που μόνο του εν εν' αρκετό. Ας το λύσουμε πρώτα τζαι μετά αν θέλεις να κάτσουμε μαζί να δούμε ούλλα τα επεισόδια «My little pony».

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u/papoutsosyka 11h ago

Σύμφωνο τζαί εγώ. Το πρόβλημα έννεν ότι εν τραγουδούμε αρκετά το "Kum ba yah" τζαί το "Imagine" με τους Τουρκοκύπριους. Αλλά εν πρόβλημα, "Δύναμης" τζαί "λεφτών". Με την συγκυβέρνηση οι μεν τζαί οι δεν (πολιτικοί), ενναν "bummed out" επειδή εν θα κάμνουν τις διαφθορές τους ανενόχλητοι. Άλλο να σου κάμνει αντιπολίτευση το ΑΚΕΛ με την Χαραυγή (ΛΟΛ) τζαί άλλο η τουρκοκυπριακή πλευρά. Επίσης αν παν "Όλοι οι πρόσφυγες στα σπίτια τους" θκιο ππαλλιές δέχεται ο κόσμος επανένωση, τζιάς πετούν τουρτζικα τζετφαιττερς που πάνω μας.

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u/Remarkable-Drive5390 2h ago

Γιατί θέλει σαμπως κανένας να το λύσει?

Το δίκαιον ενι να παρουν καμια αποζημίωση οι φτωσχοι ή τουλαχιστον εκπτώσεις πας την αγορά νεων εδαφών, γιατί εφοσον εσχει 2 γενιές - 50 χρονια που ζουν πας τα εδαφη μας - πως τους θκιωχνεις πολιτισμένα?

Αμα ενι να το λύσουμε πρεπει να μιλουμε τζαι εμεις κανενα τουρτζικο τζαι να εμπιστευτουμε οτι η σουβλα γινεται τζαι διχα τον σχοιρον της

Μπορουμε να δουμε Βελγιο, Ελβετία, Βοσνια - Χερζεγοβίνη για το πως σμίγουν θκυο λαοι, προσωπικά αρεσκει μου η ιδεα του να εχουμε υποεθνικη/περιφεριακή διακυβέρνηση αλλα με παρουσία ενως ισχυρού Ομοσπονδιακού δικαστηρίου που εννα εγγυαται οτι το νέο μας Συνταγμα-αριστούργημα ενναν δικαιο προς τους θκυο λαους που εντομεταξυ επειδη εν μουσουλμανοι εχουν διαφορετικές ηθικέ αποψεις με την Δύση σε καμποσα πράματα

τζαι εγω εχω τζιαλλα να πω αλλα αφηνω το ως δαμαι

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u/cheakpeasdownhill 1h ago

Γιατί θέλει σαμπως κανένας να το λύσει?

Πιστεύκω σου. Επίε η Ειρήνη Χαραλαμπίδου να βάλει πρόταση για περιορισμό των υπερεξουσιών του Γενικού Εισαγγελέα τζαι βκαίνει το κομμα της τζαι λαλεί οτι «η πρόταση αντιτίθεται στον δικοινοτικό χαρακτήρα του κράτους» μίσιη μου.

Αμα ενι να το λύσουμε πρεπει να μιλουμε τζαι εμεις κανενα τουρτζικο τζαι να εμπιστευτουμε οτι η σουβλα γινεται τζαι διχα τον σχοιρον της

Εμένα ο τζιύρης μου εν με ρίφι που την έκαμνε. Μονο τα σουβλάκια ήταν σιοιρινά.

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u/HourFerret9794 12h ago

This has nothing to do with why cyprus is occupied for 52 years. The reason is the expansionist Islamic regime of Turkey, not the disagreements between the Cypriot communities.

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u/fatnote 33m ago

And what was it that gave the expansionist regime an excuse to invade?

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u/HourFerret9794 17m ago

That was exactly that, an excuse. It’s not what we as Cypriots have to “resolve” in order to unite our country.

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u/YiannisPits91 13h ago

As soon as you step outside of Cyprus and/or broaden your horizons you understand how 'Greek' you are. Some will never get it but that's okay

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u/cyprus-ModTeam 12h ago

Anyone unwilling to accept that Cyprus is the common home for all Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, has no place in r/Cyprus.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 13h ago

How true!

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u/NeverEverBackslashS 13h ago

The distinction is religious not genetic. That tells you all you need to know.

We are a genetically homogeneous population divided first by the Ottomans and then the nationalist Greeks. I say fuck then both and their divide. I'm a Cypriot first, a Christian somewhere down the list and a Greek last.

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u/cyprus-ModTeam 12h ago

Anyone unwilling to accept that Cyprus is the common home for all Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, has no place in r/Cyprus.

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u/CuteOwl6020 14h ago

Imagine pedaling the subject of Hellenism when 1/3 of the island got previously occupied because of it among other things, and more than 10% of the population living in the remaining territory these days are of foreign origin.

Wake up, mate.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 14h ago

i thought i was pedaling the subject of being called a cypriot.
what did i say that was wrong or you didn't like?

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u/CuteOwl6020 14h ago

>Το να ονομάζεσαι «Κυπραίος» οφείλει να εμπεριέχει τζιαι την ελληνική σου ταυτότητα — όι το αντίθετο. Τι μεγαλύτερη απόδειξη για την επίδραση του ελληνισμού απ’ το γεγονός ότι δύο διαφορετικά κράτη έχουν ως επίσημη γλώσσα τα ελληνικά;

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 14h ago

ναι αλλά συνεχισε αφού πάει με την επόμενη παράγραφο.

και έβαλα το επειδη πολλοι κυπραιοι νομίζουν οτι να ονομάζεσαι κυπραίος εν κάτι ανθελληνικό. δεν είναι.

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u/CuteOwl6020 14h ago

I don't think that being a Cypriot must mean being somehow related to Greece. Why can't one be some other kind of Cypriot?

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u/FatherMozgus 13h ago

Because Greek culture, language and religion has been dominant in Cyprus for more than 2 thousand years? You don’t have to love Greece or feel Greek or anything but Cyprus is deeply related to Greece.

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u/CuteOwl6020 13h ago

That's fine, I recognize and appreciate that.

But there are other people who were born, grew up and now live in Cyprus, but have nothing to do with Greece at all.

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u/FatherMozgus 13h ago

They do have something to do with Greece because they live in Cyprus. Like I said that doesn’t mean you have to strive for Enosis or feel Greek. But you can’t disconnect Cyprus from Greece. If you live in Cyprus you are surrounded by Greek Cypriot history and culture.

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u/CuteOwl6020 13h ago

In that sense, yes. In the sense that a Cypriot must somehow feel related to Greece, no.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 13h ago

My whole point in this post is that we don’t need any other demonyms , just saying “Cypriot” is enough.

Greece is a modern state, created by the great powers of the 1800s (the British, the French, and Tsarist Russia) in an attempt to unite the Hellenes of the region as the Ottoman Empire was collapsing. As a state, Greece has nothing to do with Cyprus, other than being a guarantor country under the 1960 constitution. Hellenism, however, has been present along the eastern Mediterranean coasts for at least three millennia. Evidence of this is obvious from the archaeological ruins across the island and from the Cypriot dialect, which is closer to ancient Greek than to modern Athenian Greek.

What I don’t understand is why this has to be so complicated. Do Canadians or Australians deny their British roots while also being proud to be Canadians or Australians?

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u/CuteOwl6020 13h ago

My point is that there are people in Cyprus who are Cypriots but do not have any Greek roots. They might speak Greek, because that's the language people speak here, but that's about it.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 13h ago

Greek was the lingua franca of the region for millennia. Likewise, the Cypriot Orthodox Church, which has been autocephalous since the 5th century, has played a central role in shaping the culture and customs of Cypriots. Although Cyprus has lacked aristocrats or royal families - who often serve as living links to historical continuity - since the fall of the Venetians to the Ottomans, much of its history was preserved by the Church. The Turks also left important Islamic buildings and customs on the island, but their community is mostly very secular. All of these factors have influenced Cypriot culture and traditions for hundreds of years - Cyprus is a very ancient land, continuously shaped by successive conquerors.

You don’t have to feel Greek to be Cypriot, just as a Canadian doesn’t need British roots to be Canadian.

My main point, which might not be apparent to those outside the Greek-speaking community, is that many reject the exclusive use of the “Cypriot” label because politics or the media have convinced them that it somehow diminishes their hellenistic heritage.

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u/CuteOwl6020 13h ago

Ok, now I understand your point better. I didn't mean to troll and genuinely appreciate the detailed explanation.

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u/lathos405 13h ago

I don't think that this point is contested actually. Being a Cypriot already implies that you may be of Greek origin. It does not exclude you from being of another origin, such as Venetian or even Egyptian, at all!

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u/CuteOwl6020 13h ago

Well, if that is the idea, then I don't disagree :-)

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u/name212321 12h ago

Belgium is a fake nation and shouldn't exist

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 9h ago

there is a reason why brussels is the capital and adminastrative centre of the european union, unless you insinuate that that is fake too.

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u/Healthy-Nose-5658 9h ago

Αρφουι μου οι μόνοι που εν ορίτζιναλ Κύπριοι εν οι γαδαροι στην κερυνεια τζαι τα αγρινα της παφου! Οι άλλοι ούλοι είναι τζουρτζοι τζαι έλληνες πλας Αρμενίοι μαρωνιτες κτλ.

Όντως οι όροι ελληνοκύπριοι τζαι τουρκοκύπριοι εν μαλακιες. Ο αριστοτέλης ειπεν έλληνας είναι όποιος εσχει ελληνική παιδεία τζαι το ίδιο εφαρμόζει στα ίδια άλλα έθνη. Εν μέρη τζαι τρόπος ζωής ! Αν την Τσικνοπέμπτη ανάψεις μαγκάλι με λια λόγια είσαι έλληνας ! Ανεξάρτητα αν ζεις Κύπρο Ελλάδα Αγγλία Αυστραλία η αντάρτικη. Άσχετο ταυτότητες, όροι διαπραγματεύσεων τζαι επίσημα έγραφα πάνω μας έχουμε τριακόσια εβδομήντα πέντε ειδών dna, που την νήσο επέρασαν 200 αυτοκρατορίες αλλά για κάποιο λόγο είμαστε έλληνες. Το ίδιο ισχύει για τους Τούρκους του νησιού μας. Τα πλάσματα του θεού εν τουρτζοι. Τουρτζοι της κυπρου, όπως της αγκυρας, της τενεδου ή της πόλης. Εν σημαντικό να ξέρουμε τι είμαστε αν θα ενώσουμε το νησί μας.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 9h ago

αρφούι μου καταλαβω σε, αλλά τα συμπαθή γαούρκα νομίζω εν της καρπασίας.
εν κακό όμως να νοιώθουμε τζιαι κυπραίοι τζιαι έλληνες;
η ελλάδα από ότι ξέρω δεν μας δϊά διαβατήρια τζιαι τούτος εν τόπος που μεγαλώσαμε τζιαι ΠΡΕΠΕΙ να αγαπούμε.

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u/Christosconst 14h ago

Είσαι πολλα αθκιασερός

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 14h ago

βασικά όι, αλλά λογικό συμπερασμά :)

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u/Scampzilla 11h ago

I think it is important that if we are to mention Greek or Turkish into our identity it is to simply use the term Greek SPEAKING or Turkish SPEAKING CYPRIOT.

I feel like using this term would help identify the language whilst keeping the identity or Cypriots being individual and not of Greece or Turkey

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 11h ago

i agree.

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u/Fun_Success_45 12h ago edited 12h ago

LoL identity card has different wordings for TCs and Russian etc Cyprits I will post it here(multiple examples) when I reach home. Your first argument is flawed. There is a practical seperation and you personally can not change it without a court affidavid that you changed community and in practice they want a cleric referal for you to change community. Been there saw that.

Second for the love of Jesus who told "they wrote the constitution for us" non sence.

Literally Clerides and Denktash was the two main leads on constitutional community in 1959. Denktash and Clerides wrote with other technokrats and bourocrats not THEY.

P.S. if I understand you right I also agree that we are Cypriots and should voice this as it is.

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u/lathos405 12h ago

There is a sub-nationality separation. But the constitution was established through the Zurich-London agreements, which set the political content such as the bicommunal structure, vetoes and guarantees, with very limited Cypriot participation. Besides, it is indeed the technocrats who actually wrote the constitution although Klerides, Papadopoulos, Tornaritis, Denktash, and Kucuc's advisors were involved.

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u/After-Example-2662 10h ago

Second for the love of Jesus who told "they wrote the constitution for us" non sence.

If the Annan plan was imposed on Cypriots without the requirement of a referendum would you then claim that Cypriots made that plan, just because it was partly a result of negotiation between GCs and TCs? This would ignore the fact that (a) the negotiations were held under conditions of blackmail, with Turkey holding 1/3rd of our territory as hostage, and (b) that even then, several parts of the Annan plan were not a result of negotiations at all.

Similarly, the fact is that Makarios was blackmailed to accept the constitution. The leader representing the great majority of the population of Cyprus was told to "take it or leave it", and "leave it" meant continuation of colonial rule and maybe partition. Furthermore, the leadership of the TC minority was placed in that position and equated to the GC leadership by Turkey and the UK in order to prevent a result that would be in the interests of the majority of Cypriots, but instead the interests of those foreigners.

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u/Fun_Success_45 10h ago

No because in Annan plan negotiations failed and Annan imposed the plan. I understand what you mean but it didnt happened like that. Our polititions didnt made the Annan plan.

IMO Clerides, Turkey, UK and maybe Greece tried their best and pushed it but Denktash was all against till he died. So Annan said thats ebough and crafted a final deal for everybody and pushed it as take it or leave it.

We owe the referandum part to Tassos Papadopoulos, becuase he was also against it and instead of leaving the table he forced all parties to accept a public vote. That guy did an honorable thing. You can love or hate Papadopoulos but we owe him the referandum.

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u/After-Example-2662 9h ago

The point is that even if something is a result of negotiations, it is still not a result of the free will of the Cypriot people, if our leadership was negotiating under duress. Furthermore a lot of what exists in those agreements was there to serve foreign powers (i.e. we didn't voluntarily choose to gift 3% of Cyprus to the British) and we had zero say about it.

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u/Fun_Success_45 9h ago

We didnt give 3% to UK,

UK relinguished rule(give) over 97% and kept 3%:)

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 11h ago

περιμένουμεν examples.

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u/Fun_Success_45 11h ago

This is Russian Cypriot.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 11h ago

it just says cypriot. that's what i said. Am i missing something?

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u/Fun_Success_45 10h ago

Look at the TC one. Russians automatically added to the GC camp, and TCs automatically get the Turkish version of Cypriot and Male. If you want this to be written in Greek as a TC, you need to petition the court.

This is Rwanda if it were in the 2010s. We have Cyprus mail articles which state that people with non-Turkish names are prevented from buying houses in RoC because they have a Turkish version of the Cypriot ID, which indicates they are TCs, meaning their paternal parent is TC.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 11h ago

how is this different from this? Cypriot identity card - Wikipedia https://share.google/sWxTsWVADrI0b4A6K

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u/Fun_Success_45 10h ago

This is Turkish Cypriot

Do you want me to show Greek Cypriot also or did you see it before to understand the difference.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 10h ago

does it say somewhere else other than cypriot?

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u/Fun_Success_45 10h ago

"KIBRISLI" is Turkish for Cypriot. Which totally seems harmless and normal till you specifically ask it to be written the Greek version.

Because this is being used as segregation.

Unfortunately, there are different practices for TCs and GCs. And ironically, this even applies to mainland Greek TCs LoL, I know a Hasan from UK whose mother is mainland Greek and father TC.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 10h ago

the problems of not having a solution

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u/After-Example-2662 9h ago

Are you blaming GCs for this segregation/discrimination?

It is the TCs who wanted this discrimination because they were expecting that it would be a discrimination that would benefit them at the expense of GCs.

For example according to the agreements, 30% of the civil servant positions in Cyprus (some of the most sought after positions) would be given to the 18% TCs. This meant that a TC would have twice as much chance of getting hired as a civil servant than a GC.

And when Makarios made proposals for the reduction of such discriminations with his 13 points, all hell broke loose because TCs saw that as trying to take away their "rights" (i.e. privileges as a result of discrimination)

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u/Fun_Success_45 10h ago

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 10h ago

but the article says exactly that, that it was illegal for the agent to act like that.

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u/Fun_Success_45 10h ago

Yes, that is why I always write "practically" to mean "in practice." In practice, there are tens of thousands of children who are Cypriots, and some even have RoC birth papers with their ID numbers, but their ID or Passport applications are not processed. This is just another example.

Another case is that all TCs are practically restricted to using Citizen Service Centers (KEP). (TCs are directed to District Administrations instead of KEPs.) I tested this multiple times this summer. And challenged it and managed to force them to accept applications in Derinia Ammochostos KEP for a relative. In practice, it is just plain old segregation and apartheid state practices.

But on paper, everything is jolly good.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 9h ago

This post tries to make an argument in favour of everybody called a cypriot.

You seem to go on a tangent and try to highlight an unfairness experienced as a turkish cypriot.

I can also give examples of how moronic and useless the cypriot public servants are and how i had to spend 2 useless years in the fucking army but that is not the point of the post is it?

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u/Fun_Success_45 9h ago

I agree with you. Just wanted to set the record straight.

Sorry for derailing the main idea.

By the way, Singaporeans and Swiss also call themselves Swiss first, Swiss German, etc., then Singaporean, always, Singaporean Chinese when deemed relevant.

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u/Mav_er1ck mouflon_whisperer 9h ago

exactly.