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Re: Greece withdraws from World Children's Games

Postby EPSILON » Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:17 pm

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Monday, April 25, 2011
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency
Greece withdrew Monday from the World Children's Games in Ankara due to Turkish Cyprus’ participation to the event, according to local officials.

"It is not possible to accept such an ill-minded and saddening behavior that makes children a tool of politics," Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek said in written statement.

The Greek team withdrew from the games on the first day of the First World Children's Games, which is being organized by the municipality and Directorate General of Youth and Sports to mark April 23, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Turkey.

Gökçek said the organizers had rejected Greece's demand to exclude Turkish Cypriots from the games and defined Greece's behavior as a blow against world peace and friendship.

Children from 90 countries, including the United States, China, Azerbaijan and Armenia, are competing in 13 branches in the games.


You can therefore enjoy the recognision of TRNC by 90 countries.!!!Good for you. Kati leme gia ton Dalara edo alla asto kalytera.
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Re: Greece withdraws from World Children's Games

Postby DT. » Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:54 pm

EPSILON wrote:
Viewpoint wrote:Image

Monday, April 25, 2011
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency
Greece withdrew Monday from the World Children's Games in Ankara due to Turkish Cyprus’ participation to the event, according to local officials.

"It is not possible to accept such an ill-minded and saddening behavior that makes children a tool of politics," Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek said in written statement.

The Greek team withdrew from the games on the first day of the First World Children's Games, which is being organized by the municipality and Directorate General of Youth and Sports to mark April 23, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Turkey.

Gökçek said the organizers had rejected Greece's demand to exclude Turkish Cypriots from the games and defined Greece's behavior as a blow against world peace and friendship.

Children from 90 countries, including the United States, China, Azerbaijan and Armenia, are competing in 13 branches in the games.


You can therefore enjoy the recognision of TRNC by 90 countries.!!!Good for you. Kati leme gia ton Dalara edo alla asto kalytera.
:lol: pe enan anekdoto tou papagalou kalytera.
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Re: Greece withdraws from World Children's Games

Postby Paphitis » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:02 pm

DT. wrote:
EPSILON wrote:
Viewpoint wrote:Image

Monday, April 25, 2011
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency
Greece withdrew Monday from the World Children's Games in Ankara due to Turkish Cyprus’ participation to the event, according to local officials.

"It is not possible to accept such an ill-minded and saddening behavior that makes children a tool of politics," Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek said in written statement.

The Greek team withdrew from the games on the first day of the First World Children's Games, which is being organized by the municipality and Directorate General of Youth and Sports to mark April 23, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Turkey.

Gökçek said the organizers had rejected Greece's demand to exclude Turkish Cypriots from the games and defined Greece's behavior as a blow against world peace and friendship.

Children from 90 countries, including the United States, China, Azerbaijan and Armenia, are competing in 13 branches in the games.


You can therefore enjoy the recognision of TRNC by 90 countries.!!!Good for you. Kati leme gia ton Dalara edo alla asto kalytera.
:lol: pe enan anekdoto tou papagalou kalytera.


What are you wombats on about? :lol:
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Postby B25 » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:05 pm

P. In short, the turks cannot get recognition legally, so they use the excuse of the children to try and get some crumbs of recognition.

Poor children, almost as if they were abused by Turkey.

Greece was totally justified in her actions. Bravo Ellada.
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Postby Viewpoint » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:23 pm

88 countries enjoyed themselves thoroughly good riddens to Greece for her stupid childish actions can you imagine the disappointment of those poor Greek children who were all excited about competing but instead had to go home, shame on you Greece.
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Postby Paphitis » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:29 pm

Viewpoint wrote:88 countries enjoyed themselves thoroughly good riddens to Greece for her stupid childish actions can you imagine the disappointment of those poor Greek children who were all excited about competing but instead had to go home, shame on you Greece.


Still making a fool of yourself! :lol:
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Postby MrH » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:52 pm

The Greeks are obviously still unrealistic about the Cyprus issue like they also are with their state of Economy - What a bunch of fools. How can the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots ever be expected to broker a BBF Confederal/Federal Bi-Partnership on the island of Cyprus if the Greek Mainland is so backward! Typical. It's just our Turkish Cypriot bad luck that we have these idiots as neighbours - and that's how they will always remain; disturbing neighbours.

Unification for Cyprus the way the Greeks/Greek Cypriot want it - Never in a million years. It's been over 40 years of Seperation in Cyprus; since 1963, and since 1983 that the TRNC has been unopposed in its operation as a self-determined state indirectly recognised by many countries. I wonder when the Greek Cypriots will wake up to the reality that Cyprus is an Island of Two States? Perhaps when there are no longer any Greek Cypriots left on the island if the latest consensus figures by the EU is anything to go by.

Good luck!

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Postby Paphitis » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:54 pm

MrH wrote:The Greeks are obviously still unrealistic about the Cyprus issue like they also are with their state of Economy - What a bunch of fools. How can the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots ever be expected to broker a BBF Confederal/Federal Bi-Partnership on the island of Cyprus if the Greek Mainland is so backward! Typical. It's just our Turkish Cypriot bad luck that we have these idiots as neighbours - and that's how the will always remain; disturbing neighbours.

Unification for Cyprus the way the Greeks/Greek Cypriot want it - Never in a million years. It's been over 40 years of Seperation in Cyprus; since 1963, and since 1983 that the TRNC has been unopposed in its operation as a self-determined state indirectly recognised by many countries. I wonder when the Greek Cypriots will wake up to the reality that Cyprus is an Island of Two States? Perhaps when there are no longer any Greek Cypriots left on the island if the latest consensus figures by the EU is anything to go by.

Good luck!

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What does this have to do with the games and Turkey mixing politics with child sport and the illegitimacy of the "trnc"? :lol:

Mate, you are fucking wacked! :shock:
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Postby repulsewarrior » Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:23 am

Kikapu wrote:
ttoli wrote:
Viewpoint wrote:
ttoli wrote:
Viewpoint wrote:Turkey does not recognize the GC south thats why they were not invited but Turkey recognizes Greece and the TRNC so its only natural that their children were invited but to accept the invitation and then not take part because there are TC children is nothing more than first hand discrimination and racism.

Shit VP, with a thought process like that you do make yourself an easy target :oops:

Do you not accept that for Turkey NOT to have invited Children from the RoC "is nothing more than first hand discrimination and racism".


Which is better not to be invited at all or go to the games and say you are not playing due to some of the children being of TC origin?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Now I get it :?: , They weren't invited because they may have thrown their dummies out of the pram when they realised that TC Children would be present, From that perspective Ankara should be thanked for saving them the Airfare :wink:

With that sorted, whose for solving the CyProb :D :D


If this was a genuine "World Children's Day", then Turkey cannot pick and choose who she can invite. It should be open to all children of the world who wishes to come. Country of origin of these children shouldn't even matter, but obviously it did to Turkey by not inviting children from Cyprus which is recognised world over. The 88 other countries who sent their children also do not recognise the "trnc", but they put their politics aside and came anyway, because they were under the impression it was about children and not politics. Turkey should have done the same with the RoC. Turkey was playing politics with these children by acting like a child themselves, and the fact that Greece left may be seen as childish also, but it was important for them to point out to Turkey that, their racist attitude towards RoC children had no place in this event, so as a protest, they left. Personally they did the right thing to protest Turkey's racists discrimination towards refusing to invite the children of the RoC. It just puts Turkey in bad light, and under the circumstances, they deserve it, that's all.

If Turkey were to be smart, they should have invited the RoC with children from all communities to attend, and if Cyprus then refuse to participate, then it would have been the RoC who would have looked like Pricks. But since Turkey did not do that, it is them who ended up looking like Pricks. I wonder how many countries would come in the future if Turkey again does not invite the RoC also.? If the rest of the countries also want to play politics as Turkey did with this even, my guess is, many countries that attended would drop out for the next event.


...of course you are completely correct mr. k. that is the perfect coup, a Cyprus flag flying on Turkish soil, as though there is peace, at least tolerance and understanding, united like during earthquakes and forest fires, but for children.

...forgive me so cynical, i remember the passion "Turks" have for flags, i remember Solomou, so your suggestion is like a dream to me, and probably unthinkable as a danger to this Turkish (deep state) design, giving other countries time to think where their children would be going to.

MrH, this is a tempest in a tea pot brewed for your consumption, it could have gone no other way without a complete loss of Integrity by Greece. you may be happy that this incident reads well in Turkey, but Cypriots and Greeks are your friends where you have very few and where the adversaries are not so easily dismissed (and none of them will forget such behaviour). while the Government plays for your attention the stagnation in their movement forward (as followers of the Principals founded by the peoples' Kemal), you like them are looking east, north and south, but not west for some positive results.

cheers.
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