The Limnitis Crossing.

newlad



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Message Posted:
09/08/2008 10:57

Yesterday 58 bus loads of turkish Cypriots crossed the Limnitis crossing to pay homage at the Kokkina enclave.Is it true that the Greek Cypriots are not allowed to cross over the same border.And if so why,

Regards,

Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
09/08/2008 14:00

Yes Newlad, it is true that the greek cypriots are not allowed to cross.It all dates back to August 1960 when a bitter battle took place.And to this day the turkish Cypriots still hold on to the village of Kokkina.Although plans are in the offing to allow greek cypriots to cross over.This would significantly reduce the distance to Nicosia.Hope this helps,

Best regards.

jock1



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Message Posted:
09/08/2008 14:55

Your MAD I TELL YOU MAAAAAD...

dusterbruce


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Message Posted:
09/08/2008 16:23

When I read of events like those at Erenkoy (Kokkina) it makes me wonder how on earth Turkish Cypriots can ever think of trusting Greek Cypriots again.

The Turkish Cypriot population was forced to cram into enclaves that covered just 3% of the island!

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/08/2008 12:38

Hi All,

I can only find the greek cyp version of events in which they say that Turk cypriot forces used napalm on Greek cypriots.This is actually on a b.b.c. site called on this day,

Regards,

Paul.

cyprusishome


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Message Posted:
10/08/2008 17:44

The village now called Erenkoy was defended by villagers, students and a group of volounteers from Turkey. In addition to a large number of women and children who were unable to escape before the unprovoked attack.



Against them was a contingent of Greek Army and GC Army armed with heavy artillery. They had over run the local UN camps prior to the attack.



The village held on until the Turkish airforce came and attacked the armies at which point they all ran away.



A Turkish pilot Cenkis Topol was shot down and captured by the GC. He was tortured and beaten to death before his body was dumped and later retrieved. There is now a very good memorial and a hospital named after him.



In respect of this event on August 8th 1964 full honours are given to the day here with a visit to the enclave. In past years the visit was done by sea but dispensation was given for land entry.



The enclave remains in the hands of the Turkish military in honour of all those brave civilians who fought there. I do not think it will ever return to Greek Cypriot hands.



That is the best interpretaion I can give especially in a small space.

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/08/2008 19:39

Cyprusishome,

Thanks for that.The version of events that you give is totally different to the ones that the b.b.c. say happened though.Have a look on "guns fall silent in cyprus".Where suggestions are made that napalm was used by the Turkish army,

Best Regards,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 00:36

Newlad,



You are quite correct that Turkey attacked Cyprus with napalm over this incident. It also intrigues me that in each passing year the number of veterans of Kokkina/Erenkoy not only seems to increase, but the individuals themselves appear to look younger.

wearytravellers



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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 07:01

Have a look at some of the videos on Youtube about the Cyprus split, VERY interesting and informative.........some videos pure propaganda though.

Harold2555



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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 07:09

Its a sad fact of History that Napalm was an accepted weapon at the time. Probably still is for some people. Once the necessity for intervention arose then it was probably an effective weapon.



In my view deplorable but I was not making the decicions at the time.



Sad for those who lost lives on both sides, sadder for the civilians if you can rank feeliings.



Paul

newlad



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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 20:39

Pikey,

Do you have concete evidence that Napalm was actually used in this attack,as i can only find the greek side of the story so would like to keep an open mind until convinced otherwise,

Regards,

Paul.

cyprusishome


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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 21:22

the only image I have is of of the Turkish airman that was brutalised by people that were not TC or Turkish. The photograph of his body bears testiment to this.



I have yet to see bodies of GC similarly damaged and alleged to be attributed to Tc or Turkish military.



If you have not visited the cemetary in the middle of Old Nicosia then do so, I challenge you not to shed a tear.

Alasian


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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 21:25

Turkey did not attack Cyprus.



As Cyprus has TWO EQUAL owners GCs and TCs, an attack of Turkey against the GC and Greek terrorists cannot be considered an attack on Cyprus,



except by GCs, that think that they are the only owners of Cyprus.



I cannot believe the barbarity of the Greek propaganda machine against people that have the same dances, music and food.



The true fact about the Erenkoy Resitance is that Greek Occupation forces numbering up to 15 Thousand, plus Tens of Thousands of Greek Cypriot terrorists, fully equipped with artilerries, Gun Boats and Tanks, were attacking against a few hundred, poorly equipped and trained University Student Turkish Cypriots.



Had Turkey not made a peace intervention in 1964, to Stop the GC and Greek Barbarians from exterminating our whole University Educated Youth, we would have been sent back to middle ages.



The Greek Propaganda machine has no shame in defending its terrorist actions even in a case like this where a simple question would suffice to blow their arguments:



What were the 12,000 Greek Occupation Soldiers from Greece, doing unlawfully in Cyprus, attacking Turkish Cypriot Owners of the Island as uninvited barbaric foreigners?



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Newlad, Unfortunately, our side lacks the capability of informing even the foreigners living in North Cyprus about the Turkish Cypriot history.



We are so righteous in the Cyprus problem that most TCs think, even if we do not struggle in getting our side of the story known, The people of the world would yet see that we are the unjustly treated party.



That of course is wrong.



There are tens of books in Turkish as the memoirs of Turkish Cypriot Freedom Fighters, that left their Universities and came to Erenkoy to protect their motherland against Greek invadors and their Greek Cypriot collaborationists.

MUSIN M


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Message Posted:
11/08/2008 21:52

hi guys

a question for you all ,how and who started the events and why,ask yourselves

this and come too your own assumptions.







regards

musin

newlad



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Message Posted:
13/08/2008 21:06

Hi All,

Are there plans to open the crossing for both tukish and greek cypriots to use,

Paul.

cyprusishome


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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 05:33

Strange question, of course it would be open to all to use. I would hazard a guess that the majority who use it will be GC anyway.

frontalman



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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 07:33

"You are quite correct that Turkey attacked Cyprus with napalm over this incident. It also intrigues me that in each passing year the number of veterans of Kokkina/Erenkoy not only seems to increase, but the individuals themselves appear to look younger. "



Quite the cynic aren't we Eric? Have you not heard of the Boots 'wonder cream?'

Wireless


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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 07:55

Author: Gibbons, Harry Scott

Title: The Genocide Files

Bookseller Book No.: DDDD0796

Price: £ 18.00



This book is now out of print but if you can get hold of a copy then do as it covers the whole history of the original cyprus conflict not simply the relatively recent 1974 intervention.



Harry Scott Gibbons is a scottish journalist who lived on the Island to cover the middle east and he got caught up in it all.

dodger



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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 09:28

Susanne,

What about gcs when they need to travel to nicosia.wouldnt the opening considerably cut down on the travelling time,

Regards,

Paul.

cyprusishome


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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 11:32

There are a lot of GC who come across at Bostanci cos that is their "home area". If this one is opened for many it is closer and more readily availble for those form Polis etc.



I certainly cannot see many TC's from that area going south.

newlad



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Message Posted:
14/08/2008 21:02

Wireless,

Thanks for the info on Harry Scott Gibbons,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
15/08/2008 14:31

Paul,



Don't touch the book with a bargepole. No international publisher would for good reason.

dodger



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Message Posted:
15/08/2008 14:36

Pikey,

Please expand,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
15/08/2008 14:41

Paul,



1. The writer only supplies references from one side.

2. It was only published thanks to a Turkish hand-out via Denktas.

3. The writer substitues fact for opinion.



You're unlikely to ever find a better example of blatant propaganda. It's laughably bad, but some people are easily impressed.

newlad



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Message Posted:
15/08/2008 17:45

Pikey,

You havent made that last statement with your gc cap on have you matey,

Regards,

Paul.

Wireless


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Message Posted:
16/08/2008 08:24

You have clearly never read the book, the events in the book are documented and referenced on all sides.



Yes there is opinion however as someone who was born on the Island and lived through the history documented in the book it is also in my memory.



The streets, events, towns are all factual and to my own memory correct.



If it was simply propaganda then the greeks would not have fought tooth and nail to ban it which they did. That fact itself tells you it must contain substance.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
16/08/2008 11:39

Wireless: "...the events in the book are documented and referenced on all sides..."



That is wrong. The references are only Turkish. Hardly balanced is it?

PtePike



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Message Posted:
16/08/2008 11:49

Paul: "Pikey, You havent made that last statement with your gc cap on have you matey."



I don't wear caps for either side. You aked for advice and I gave it. Rea msg 25 again. What I've stated is fact which you could easily find out for yourself. The book is utterly one-sided. If for example you were buying a house, would you believe everything in the seller's estate agent-funded brochure? Or would you commission independent advice and do your own research to get the real picture? You don't have to answer that last question. The number of gullible expat fools in the TRNC is enormous. Those who take this book seriously are equally gullible and foolish.

newlad



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Message Posted:
17/08/2008 20:54

Pikey,

I fully take on board your comments.I will read the book and make up my own mind,

Regards,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
17/08/2008 23:53

No probs

newlad



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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 12:55

Pikey,

My mind stays open on the cyprus issue,as i believe that atrocities were commited by both sides.As are in all wars,so in my opinion the Cyprus problem is no different.One piece that does stick in the throat though is the Akritas plan,which was percieved as a plan to exterminate all Turkish Cypriots.



This was something that was hatched in 1963 and involved the stripping of weapons from the Turkish police.eoka terrorists formed an alliance with the greek cypriot police and systematically attacked and killed innocent Turkish Cypriot people.



Im sure that there will have been instances were similar things will have happened involving turk cyps attacking greeks in a similar way but dont you think that its time to say enough is enough.These atrocities happened over forty years ago.By all means remember them in prayer and dont sweep it under the carpet.But i do feel that now is the time to move on,starting within the schools.Educate the kids in the correct manner and not through propaganda whether it be greek or turkish,

Enjoy your day,

Paul.

pilgrim



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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 12:59

nicely put ,Paul

Lambousa Gordon


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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 13:08

"You are quite correct that Turkey attacked Cyprus with napalm over this incident. It also intrigues me that in each passing year the number of veterans of Kokkina/Erenkoy not only seems to increase, but the individuals themselves appear to look younger. "



Ermmm - probably the relatives and offspring of the inhabitants; numbers tend to swell with each generation as per Malthus.



Given that our clan ("diliyoro" - currently highest concentration of whom are at Yeni Erenkoy) is growing perhaps that would explain the increase in persons commemorating the resistance there. After all, we're interested in where our forbears defended themselves on our ancestral lands.

bradus


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Message Posted:
24/08/2008 13:59

Well said Newlad.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 10:49

Msg 34,



Fair enough, but I thought the whole point of meaningful commemoration was having veterans only there and not turning it into a family outing.

newlad



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 11:11

Pikey,

I see remembering the dead as a very moving moment especially if you have lost your own loved ones in a particular conflict.In Britain on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we still (and believe we always should)remember our dead.Wether you are 8 or 80 i strongly believe that people who were killed in action should be remembered.But after the rememberence you then move on and try and put the conflicts to the back of your mind,

Regards,

Paul.

Lambousa Gordon


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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 11:22

Msg 36,



Bit of an odd comment from you Pikey. You normally show some thought and sensitivity on these matters.



Why shouldn't the offspring and relatives, indeed anyone who just cares, attend the ceremony? What makes it any less meaningful by having non-veterans there? People are commemorating an heroic resistance to a brutal onslaught



How many would attend poppyday if that kind of limitation was enforced?

ilovecyprus



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Message Posted:
25/08/2008 12:43

you write very well Lambousa Gordon.



good point Paul

wynyardman



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Message Posted:
30/08/2008 19:10

Some excellent contributions to the debate. Very thought provoking.



Rememberance services are about one thing......Lest we forget.



Would that not be a good basis to move forward to The September 3rd. negotiations?



wyn

Troodo


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Message Posted:
31/08/2008 06:59

I think the TC’s got the knock when they asked again for a small piece of land to relieve certain pressures on the TC’s in Pile – hope I spelt that right.



Troodo

Happy to live in the safe area.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
31/08/2008 11:51

Newlad: "But after the rememberence you then move on and try and put the conflicts to the back of your mind."



Sounds like you're saying they should stop going to Kokkina evey year. I'm not saying I don't disagree with you.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
31/08/2008 11:53

Gordon: "How many would attend poppyday if that kind of limitation was enforced?"



That's my whole point. Poppy Day commemorates all our conflicts since the Great War.

newlad



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Message Posted:
12/10/2008 18:57

Is this border still closed,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
12/10/2008 23:02

You can swim it for a day trip if you want. I know someone who did. ;-)

newlad



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Message Posted:
13/10/2008 18:39

Pikey,

Is that a yes then,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
13/10/2008 21:46

Paul,



Believe me you would have heard if this checkpoint had been opened. It hasn't. But it can be bypassed easily.

newlad



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Message Posted:
14/10/2008 18:43

Pikey,

Has it been closed since 74.Did your mate really swim around bet that was both knackering as well as a buzz,

Paul.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
14/10/2008 20:57

Paul,



Yes, closed since 1974 and I think a couple of people killed by landmines in the area since then. OK, the swimmer was me. It's not a bad way to go if there isn't much swell. Just round the rock and a little further gets you onto the beach at Pyrgos which is a pleasant sort of resort town with a pebbly beach. I just waded ashore among the other bathers and went for a souvlaki kebab (I was mega starving) then a lie in the sun before heading back. I won't be flippant though and would add that only strong swimmers with a disregard for authority should try this.