Greek Cypriots are slowly coming to a sense after 37 years. Finally, someone in charge of Greek only Cyprus starts to admit what really happened in the island 37 years ago.
Looks like Greek Cypriot president Demetris Christofias said that Greek junta invaded Cyprus in 1974 and this leaded to the intervention of Turkey. He calls both of these events as invasions.
Quotes from Greek Cypriot media;
It looks like the president`s comments caused usual Greek reactions since thats what they always do when someone speaks the truth.
There are some facts in PM Christofias`s comments which needs to be checked tough;
There is a missing truth in his words. Democracy didn't return to the Cyprus and Greece all by itself magically or because of Greek people. It was the Turkey`s intervention which caused Greek junta`s downfall. Firstly, we forced Greek fascists to leave Cyprus in 36h hours, so peace and democracy returned to the Cyprus. Then Turkish authorities forced USA to pull back their support from fascist junta in Greece otherwise we told them that Turkish soldiers will go to Athens to overthrow Junta leaders in the Greek parliament. In the end, it was the CIA who bring fascist junta to the leadership in Greece and it was the CIA again who let them fall but this happened because of Turkey otherwise US wasn't that fancy to end the leadership of their puppets in Greece during the cold war.
Maybe this can sound absurd to you right now but i always said that it was Turkey who bring back democracy to the Cyprus and Greece in 1974, after 7 years of fascist junta regime. I believe Greece should thank us for that instead of cursing us but ofc this is out of reality atm since Greeks usually cant handle with facing the truth. Greece got so much dirt under their carpet anymore. I hope they can reach enough maturity to face with the bitter truth in the future.
Former US president Bill Clinton already apologized from Greece for their support of Greek junta regime;
Actually Greek and Turkish Cypriots deserves this apology, much more than the mainland Greeks, because it was them who suffered most from the fascist junta.
Looks like Greek Cypriot president Demetris Christofias said that Greek junta invaded Cyprus in 1974 and this leaded to the intervention of Turkey. He calls both of these events as invasions.
Quotes from Greek Cypriot media;
Christofias returns to a firestorm over ‘invasions’ comment
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias brushed off the media when he returned to the island last night amid a firestorm over comments he made in the US that appeared to equate the 1974 Athens-instigated coup to the Turkish invasion five days later.
Following a successful tour in the US where he addressed the UN General Assembly, met Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and several world leaders, and inaugurated the Cyprus exhibition at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, Christofias declined to make any comment, particularly relating to his statement which had left all of the political parties other than AKEL furious yesterday.
It was a comment the president made during an address to the prestigious Brookings Institution that caused opposition parties to slam him yesterday for “insulting” Greeks and Greek Cypriots.
Some called on him to apologise for trying to justify the Turkish invasion using Ankara’s own arguments. The Palace also came under fire because the comment had been ignored by state-run media outlets reporting on his Brookings speech.
During his talk on the Cyprus problem at the Washington DC-based think tank, Christofias said Cypriots should take their bitter past into account and draw lessons from it. “But we have to look forward. We have to solve the problem,” he said.
The president said there was no alternative other than peaceful negotiations between the two communities “and of course the involvement, at the end of the day, of the three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey, UK) which all played a negative role unfortunately towards the developments in Cyprus.”
“The two so-called main lands, in fact, invaded, both [of them],” the transcript of his comments reads.
Christofias added that fortunately for the people of Greece, the criminal action of the junta (ruling Greece at the time) led to its downfall and “the restoration of democracy in the country in which democracy was born. But Cyprus paid a very high price for this restoration of democracy."
The ‘invasion’ comment however sparked outrage among the opposition parties.
Main opposition DISY said Christofias had provoked the feelings of Greeks and Greek Cypriots and insulted the Greeks who died defending Cyprus.
“What we heard yesterday (Tuesday) leaves us speechless,” DISY spokesman Haris Georgiades said. “We heard the president of the Republic of Cyprus adopt the Turkish arguments of 1974, equating Greece with the invader and occupier of Cyprus.”
Georgiades urged the president to apologise and withdraw his unfortunate comment .
He also accused the state-controlled media – the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) and broadcaster CyBC of a news blackout on the comment.
“In a four-page (CNA) report of the president’s speech there was no mention of this unfortunate and historically inaccurate statement,’ he said.
Asked if maybe it was just the judgment of the reporter, Georgiades said it was an “amazing assessment.”
“This comment, which has upset the Cypriot people from the moment it was reported, apparently went unnoticed by some at CNA and CyBC news bulletins. Strange,” Georgiades said.
Government partners DIKO said the president’s comment was “unfortunate and wrong.”
“It is wrong to equate Greece with Turkey in the responsibility for the Cypriot tragedy,” spokesman Fotis Fotiou said. “No one disputes that the treacherous coup by the Athens junta on July 15 and the Turkish invasion on July 20, 1974 constitute two acts of the same crime against Cyprus and it is now historically and politically substantiated.”
EDEK said the comment was a “tragic blunder”. “We are truly sorry, because President Christofias once more voices comments which falsify the historic truth … creating wrong and misleading impressions,” EDEK spokesman Demetris Papadakis said.
September 30, 2010
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/christofi...mment/20100930
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias brushed off the media when he returned to the island last night amid a firestorm over comments he made in the US that appeared to equate the 1974 Athens-instigated coup to the Turkish invasion five days later.
Following a successful tour in the US where he addressed the UN General Assembly, met Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and several world leaders, and inaugurated the Cyprus exhibition at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, Christofias declined to make any comment, particularly relating to his statement which had left all of the political parties other than AKEL furious yesterday.
It was a comment the president made during an address to the prestigious Brookings Institution that caused opposition parties to slam him yesterday for “insulting” Greeks and Greek Cypriots.
Some called on him to apologise for trying to justify the Turkish invasion using Ankara’s own arguments. The Palace also came under fire because the comment had been ignored by state-run media outlets reporting on his Brookings speech.
During his talk on the Cyprus problem at the Washington DC-based think tank, Christofias said Cypriots should take their bitter past into account and draw lessons from it. “But we have to look forward. We have to solve the problem,” he said.
The president said there was no alternative other than peaceful negotiations between the two communities “and of course the involvement, at the end of the day, of the three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey, UK) which all played a negative role unfortunately towards the developments in Cyprus.”
“The two so-called main lands, in fact, invaded, both [of them],” the transcript of his comments reads.
Christofias added that fortunately for the people of Greece, the criminal action of the junta (ruling Greece at the time) led to its downfall and “the restoration of democracy in the country in which democracy was born. But Cyprus paid a very high price for this restoration of democracy."
The ‘invasion’ comment however sparked outrage among the opposition parties.
Main opposition DISY said Christofias had provoked the feelings of Greeks and Greek Cypriots and insulted the Greeks who died defending Cyprus.
“What we heard yesterday (Tuesday) leaves us speechless,” DISY spokesman Haris Georgiades said. “We heard the president of the Republic of Cyprus adopt the Turkish arguments of 1974, equating Greece with the invader and occupier of Cyprus.”
Georgiades urged the president to apologise and withdraw his unfortunate comment .
He also accused the state-controlled media – the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) and broadcaster CyBC of a news blackout on the comment.
“In a four-page (CNA) report of the president’s speech there was no mention of this unfortunate and historically inaccurate statement,’ he said.
Asked if maybe it was just the judgment of the reporter, Georgiades said it was an “amazing assessment.”
“This comment, which has upset the Cypriot people from the moment it was reported, apparently went unnoticed by some at CNA and CyBC news bulletins. Strange,” Georgiades said.
Government partners DIKO said the president’s comment was “unfortunate and wrong.”
“It is wrong to equate Greece with Turkey in the responsibility for the Cypriot tragedy,” spokesman Fotis Fotiou said. “No one disputes that the treacherous coup by the Athens junta on July 15 and the Turkish invasion on July 20, 1974 constitute two acts of the same crime against Cyprus and it is now historically and politically substantiated.”
EDEK said the comment was a “tragic blunder”. “We are truly sorry, because President Christofias once more voices comments which falsify the historic truth … creating wrong and misleading impressions,” EDEK spokesman Demetris Papadakis said.
September 30, 2010
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/christofi...mment/20100930
It looks like the president`s comments caused usual Greek reactions since thats what they always do when someone speaks the truth.
There are some facts in PM Christofias`s comments which needs to be checked tough;
Christofias added that fortunately for the people of Greece, the criminal action of the junta (ruling Greece at the time) led to its downfall and “the restoration of democracy in the country in which democracy was born. But Cyprus paid a very high price for this restoration of democracy."
Maybe this can sound absurd to you right now but i always said that it was Turkey who bring back democracy to the Cyprus and Greece in 1974, after 7 years of fascist junta regime. I believe Greece should thank us for that instead of cursing us but ofc this is out of reality atm since Greeks usually cant handle with facing the truth. Greece got so much dirt under their carpet anymore. I hope they can reach enough maturity to face with the bitter truth in the future.
Former US president Bill Clinton already apologized from Greece for their support of Greek junta regime;
Clinton Says U.S. Regrets Aid to Junta in Cold War
November 21, 1999
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/nov/21/news/mn-35991
November 21, 1999
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/nov/21/news/mn-35991
Actually Greek and Turkish Cypriots deserves this apology, much more than the mainland Greeks, because it was them who suffered most from the fascist junta.
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