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[brother]

A long read but well worth it, just make sure you got your cup of tea.

http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/volkan.htm

[turkcyp]

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[cannedmoose]

Extremely interesting. A really interesting paragraph to me was this one:

Makarios died a few days after my arrival, on August 3, 1977. There were headlines about his death in the newspapers on the Turkish side, but they evoked neither joy nor sorrow there. The news was greeted with general indifference, and the few comments about it that I heard were disparaging. Only the politicians wondered what Makarios's disappearance from the scene might mean for the future. It rained on the day of his funeral. Rain being highly unusual in Cyprus during the month of August, an official of the Cypriot Turkish government, believing (correctly) that the Greeks would capitalize on the downpour by calling it the tears of heaven, announced that it was an old Turkish belief that rain attends the burial of a sinner to wash away his sins!

Interesting how both sides took the opportunity for completely opposite perspectives... the Cyprus problem in a microcosm.

[Murtaza]

Realy interesting article.
I didnt ever think there is also a holy war.

[brother]

Moosey i thought you would especially find this interesting, the name of the book is at the bootom of the page. it might be good for your studies mate.

[cannedmoose]

Moosey i thought you would especially find this interesting, the name of the book is at the bootom of the page. it might be good for your studies mate.

Thanks Bro'. My studies have taken a new tangent and I'm avoiding the common path of Cyprus scholars (i.e. going straight for the Cyprus problem) as it's being done to death. Instead I'm concentrating on the impact of European Union accession on the political parties and party system(s) of Cyprus. Got any decent contacts in the TRNC parliament by any chance? I've got one, but could do with a few more...