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[GreekIslandGirl]

The same OXI to Britain ???
"During the course of the First World War Britain offered to cede Cyprus to Greece if they would fulfill treaty obligations to attack Bulgaria, but Greece declined. As a result of this, Britain proclaimed Cyprus a Crown Colony in 1925 under an undemocratic constitution."

We were not worth fighting for, our ....motherland rejected us Cypriot ...donkeys!!

What a lot of nonsense. Oh yeah, your sources are Turkish fora.

That is a FACT !!

Why don't you show us the evidence of such deals? What exactly was offered to whom? 1925 was many years AFTER WWI and a number of Treaties were branded about. The only time Britain was <sincere> about ceding Cyprus to Greece was after WWII but unfortunately by then, the USA had entered our waters and decided they wanted to play OIL games in the middle East so Cyprus was their convenient acquisition from the UK. The USA has called ALL the shots in Cyprus since the 1950s.

[miltiades]

http://kypros.org/Sxetikos/Library/Byza ... prus-9.htm

"When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers, Britain renounced the agreement and all Turkish claims over Cyprus and declared the island a British colony. In 1915, Britain offered Cyprus to Constantine I of Greece on condition that Greece join the war on the side of the British, which he declined."

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH WILL YOU!

[GreekIslandGirl]

http://kypros.org/Sxetikos/Library/ByzantineChurches/AHistoryofCyprus-9.htm

"When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers, Britain renounced the agreement and all Turkish claims over Cyprus and declared the island a British colony. In 1915, Britain offered Cyprus to Constantine I of Greece on condition that Greece join the war on the side of the British, which he declined."

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH WILL YOU!

Excuse me but that quote is not in your link! If you make a claim, you need to back it up when you are asked. This quote has been branded about but without ANY reference to actualities - and you are doing the same. So stop perpetuating lies.

[miltiades]

S, may I suggest you do a search on google " Britain offers Cyprus to Greece 1915 "
You will find many references to this event.

Can you tell us why Greece remained inactive when Turkey bombed Cyprus, Paphos area in 1964 ?

Not much of a bloody "motherland "is she ?

Look mate, Greece never gave Cyprus anything of substance, it was Greece who gave Turkey the green light to invade. Accept it, we can not trust the kalamarades!

[Simon]

The same OXI to Britain ???
"During the course of the First World War Britain offered to cede Cyprus to Greece if they would fulfill treaty obligations to attack Bulgaria, but Greece declined. As a result of this, Britain proclaimed Cyprus a Crown Colony in 1925 under an undemocratic constitution."

We were not worth fighting for, our ....motherland rejected us Cypriot ...donkeys!!

What a lot of nonsense. Oh yeah, your sources are Turkish fora.

That is a FACT !!
Remove you Greek blinkers and do a search, while you are at it do see if you can name a tangible benefit that Cyprus ever had from Greece, don't tell me the language !!!

Simon, whether the USA supported or not the Turkish invasion it still does not explain Greece's reluctance to protect Cyprus.They started the coup that led to the Turkish invasion and once Turkey invaded they shit themselves and begun chasing their balls!

A bunch of untrustworthy un-influential and thoroughly corrupt Neo Greeks !!

Miltiades, of course it does! If you are tiny Greece, and you do not have the support of the US in war, you do not have anything. The British found this out to their cost during the Suez crisis.

I agree with you to an extent, Greece probably could have done more. But this is realpolitik and there is a lot we do not know about. There are even sources which state that Greece were preparing to stop of Turkish invasion by moving their navy into position, and the Americans threatened to sink it! Why do you think Greece withdrew from NATO following the invasion?

Remember what that US Ambassador said (his name escapes me)...it was something along the lines of "Greece is a flea, Cyprus is a flea. America is an elephant. If those flees keep bugging that elephant, they are going to get whacked, and get whacked good". The whacking came in 1974.

[Simon]

The fact that the US backed and encouraged the junta in 1974 is almost beyond any doubt, as is the fact that the US knew about the coup (probably even encouraged it) and invasion and did absolutely nothing to stop either. Have you read any books regarding the Cyprus invasion?

I can supply you with a gun and encourage you to rob a bank and you’d still be liable for bank robbery if you do go ahead. So let's be mature about this...

GR, you do not make any valid point because you completely ignore the historical context of the Cyprus dispute in your analogy, which renders your implied conclusion very misleading.

[Simon]

http://kypros.org/Sxetikos/Library/ByzantineChurches/AHistoryofCyprus-9.htm

"When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers, Britain renounced the agreement and all Turkish claims over Cyprus and declared the island a British colony. In 1915, Britain offered Cyprus to Constantine I of Greece on condition that Greece join the war on the side of the British, which he declined."

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH WILL YOU!

Miltiades, Britain made these kinds of promises all the time. They practically promised the Middle East to all and sundry, hence the problems we have today.

[kurupetos]

S, may I suggest you do a search on google " Britain offers Cyprus to Greece 1915 "
You will find many references to this event.

Can you tell us why Greece remained inactive when Turkey bombed Cyprus, Paphos area in 1964 ?

Not much of a bloody "motherland "is she ?

Look mate, Greece never gave Cyprus anything of substance, it was Greece who gave Turkey the green light to invade. Accept it, we can not trust the kalamarades!

What you cannot trust are the US-backed Greek governments who have been ruling Greece since the end of WWII.

The nationalist ideals of 4th August 1936 have been revived by GD and soon all Hellenic territories, including Cyprus, will be liberated.

[Oceanside50]

S, may I suggest you do a search on google " Britain offers Cyprus to Greece 1915 "
You will find many references to this event.

Can you tell us why Greece remained inactive when Turkey bombed Cyprus, Paphos area in 1964 ?

Not much of a bloody "motherland "is she ?

Look mate, Greece never gave Cyprus anything of substance, it was Greece who gave Turkey the green light to invade. Accept it, we can not trust the kalamarades!

i think you forgot about the heroic battles waged by ELDYK or the planes that left Crete and saved the Nicosia airport or the dogfights over the Aegean that the Greek Air Force waged on the Turks, which knocked out of the sky the Turkish Air Force.....Or how about the daily demonstrations by the Greek population in Athens calling for a war against Turkey, which eventually knocked the Junta out of power....

[Get Real!]