Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel: Part 3 (completes the trilogy) | Israel Hayom

UZAY BULUT

Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel: Part 3
Thursday August 7, 2014

For part 1, see "Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel."
For part 2, see "Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel: Part 2."

Ever since Israel's military operation in Gaza started, Turkish officials and institutions ‎have been in a constant competition to condemn or even curse Israel.‎

On July 18, the Foreign Relations Commission of the Turkish Parliament issued a joint ‎declaration in which all political parties in the parliament condemned Israel:‎ "We vehemently condemn the attacks of Israel against the Palestinian people, which do not ‎comply with the concept of a legitimate state and which trample on international law and ‎the most basic human rights and [we also condemn] its ongoing massacre in which civilians including children and women are indiscriminately killed."‎

What about Turkey and Cyprus? Part 2 | Uzay Bulut

Uzay Bulut, Sunday August 3, 2014 | What about Turkey and Cyprus? Part 2


For part 1, see "For What about Turkey and Cyprus?"

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his presidential election rally in the southern ‎province of Mersin that Israel will be tried by an international court if it continues to act with its ‎current mentality. "We will see that. As Turkey, we will struggle for that," he added.‎

Ironically, when the European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey in May of this ‎year for its crimes during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet ‎Davutoglu said that Turkey would ignore the ECHR ruling to pay compensation to the ‎Republic of Cyprus.‎

What about Turkey and Cyprus?‎ | Uzay Bulut

What about Turkey and Cyprus?‎ - 28 July 2014, Israel Hayom

Uzay Bulut is a freelance journalist based in Ankara.

On July 20, two important incidents were reported by the Turkish Radio and Television ‎Corporation, the country's national public broadcaster.‎

The first report covered how Turkish officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were bashing Israel, the ‎‎"oppressor," for initiating a military operation in Gaza. Of course, there was no mention of this being a response to hundreds of rockets fired into Israel by Hamas.‎ It also did not come as a shock that the broadcast did not utter a single word about Hamas aiming at civilian areas in Israel, rejecting a cease-fire offer that had been accepted by Israel, and using its own people, including children, as ‎human shields. ‎

Bizonal Apartheid

If we exclude Bizonal Apartheid, aka Bizonal Bicommunal Federation, simply because there is no precedent in the world where in a federation the minority rules over the majority, we have two options, one of which federalists will love: either a Hexazonal Federation based on Cyprus's six historic provinces or going back to fix 1960, by removing the apartheid clauses which led to the December 1963 ethno-communal fighting and the foreign meddling clauses which allowed for the 1974 catastrophic invasion by "Turkey" and the subsequent division, ethnic cleansing, cultural destruction and illegal colonization that continues unabated to this day.

Do Londoners make London or London Londoners?

Would London without Londoners, but 100% Arab populated instead, still be London? Would Washington without Americans, but 100% Russian populated instead, still be Washington? Would Munich without Germans, but 100% Turk populated instead, still be Munich? Would Moscow without Muscovites, but 100% Chechen populated instead, still be Moscow? Would Paris without Parisiens, but 100% Arab populated instead, still be Paris? Would Beijing without Chinese, but 100% Japanese populated instead, still be Beijing? We demand KERYNEIA, LAPITHOS and all other ancient Hellenic-Christian towns of Cyprus to be returned to their historical and legal citizens. Doing our duty to protect your dignity.

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An Israeli NGO has assisted Cypriots in filing a war crimes complaint with the International Criminal Court prosecutor against Turkey over its occupation of Northern Cyprus. The complaint, filed on Tuesday and referred to as a communication, was made on the 40th anniversary of Turkey’s occupation of the northern part of Cyprus.