Why does Cyprus have a 'Cyprus problem'?
I understand it may be a Cyprus problem from the UK's or Turkey's perspective, or even the UN's. But why do we Cypriots accept the humiliation that Cyprus has a Cyprus problem? What is so problematic about us that we need to advertise to the world as such? Where is our national pride?
The problem of course does have a name! I urge you to demand that the UNSG stop referring to the problem as the 'Cyprus problem', and begin referring to it as Cyprus's TURKISH PROBLEM or Cyprus's TURKEY PROBLEM, a problem with both an external as well as an internal aspect! Perhaps doing so would be a small step in regaining control of the agenda back from foreigners.
Sincerely,
Kyriacos Kyriakides
Ps. Another one of those thinly veiled rhetorical questions.
Pps. This is what I wrote back in February 2011: http://antifon.blogspot.com/2011/02/cyprus-turkish-problem-no-quibbling.html