Kikapu wrote:skipper wrote:[
Kikapu, I can confidently say there are probably more right wing Denktas supporters in London then there are in the whole of cyprus. I was in London when Annan Plan version 1 came out and TC's there were up in arms as it was giving away to many concessions, infact members of the right wing UBP party who were in power where going to London trying and get their message against the AP for families to influence relatives back in Cyprus.
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Huge difference between AP1 and AP5 don't you think.
Not really, the philosophy of them are same in fact from what I've read here GC's regard version 1 to be much more acceptable then version 5.
While we are on the subject of Dektash, let me tell you what I think was the reason why he was kicked out, way before the AP referendum.
Dektash was the "negative face" towards the GC's, so Turkey knew, that if Dektash was not replaced by Talat, a supposed Unification leader, the AP referendum would have failed by larger margin than it actually did by the GC's. It was all show, to get the GC's to believe, that a "hardliner" was gone, and replaced with a "dove". It seems, in the end, it really did not matter, who was the leader, because Turkey was still there.
It's a nice conspiracy theory but people got fed up with Denktas as it became clearer and clearer that he was only after power to line his own pockets and that a non solution suited him. For example, it's said that 30,000 donums of land has been given to him! no one believes he his family had that much land.. Second example, for years he said anyone caught obtaining a RoC passport would be put in prison and then what happens after the gates open? he tells his grandchildren that it's their "right" to get one just so that they could save a few thousand pounds in university fees, that one was a big shock to alot of people. I could go on, but trust me alot of people here would love to see him tried and even hanged.
Talat atleast cares about the TC's he never went around saying it does n't matter if a TC leaves the island it's not a problem as another one comes from Turkey. I personally cant understand why people honestly think that Talat would act the same once he gained power, no one acts the same once the attain power even in a normal country let alone with the situation here.. Even AKEL when the got in power changed their tune, I think it was simply the equation where the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
People moan about the influence of Turkey, of course they have an influence and I can tell you is not due to the army but due to the fact that alot of peoples paychecks come from money sent by Turkey and until it comes to the point where the TC's dont need millions of dollars in aid ever year it will always the be the case as money always buys influence but it seems that the GC's in general would rather keep the TC's dependant on Turkey and try and fight them directly then let the TC's stand up on their own two feet.
