The history of Cyprus

newlad



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Message Posted:
09/11/2011 21:31

http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/chronology.html



May1 2004,"The Republic of Cyprus enters the European union,with the Turkish north declining to join".Now i am confused,why after voting in favour of the annan plan,would the north decline to join,



Paul.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
09/11/2011 21:39

C,mon Paul you know the norths "in"



But suspended

kbasat



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Message Posted:
09/11/2011 21:40

This is a very 'pro-Turkish' text, the sentence you quoted must be a mistranslation of some sort.



Kemal

newlad



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Message Posted:
09/11/2011 21:46

My thoughts exactly kbasat,



Paul.

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
09/11/2011 22:00

Re: Msg1,

They were invited, but politely declined?



Msg:Msg2,

Turkish Cypriot community is 'in', not the North.

newlad



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Message Posted:
09/11/2011 22:01

First signs of enosis 1833,



Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 17:06

I didnt realise that Northern Cyprus were invited to join the E.U.Could anyone confirm this please,



Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 21:21

Anyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 21:36

@ msg 6, Newlad: (...) First signs of enosis 1833, (...)

▶ Correction, Paul. Cyprus was part of the Byzantine ("Greek") empire until about 1180, when the usurper Isaac Comnenus became the self-styled 'emperor' of Cyprus. From about 1191 (conquest of Cyprus by Richard the Lionheart) the local population in Cyprus has always supported 'enosis', as ordered by and told to them by the Greek Orthodox clergy - the old source of many problems in the island.

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 22:01

As ususal Hans,i bow to your superior knowledge.Would i be correct in thinking that Istanbul was formely known as Byzantium,



Paul.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 22:09

Give this a read Paul





http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/integrating-north-cyprus-eu/article-152509

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 22:27

Cheers Tats,i will read it with a hot mug of cocoa,



Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 22:35

My god this is like trying to platt fog.So how could the Turkish Cypriots have declined to join the E.U.When they voted yes to the Annan plan.Please read mess 1,



Paul.

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 22:52

Re: Msg 13,"...So how could the Turkish Cypriots have declined to join the E.U.When they voted yes to the Annan plan."



Don't worry, newlad, you haven't overdosed on cocoa, it was a joke (well, sort of), or a wishful thought (see Msg 3).

newlad



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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 23:00

Hi Clarrie,



Mess 1 was a quote from a piece,that i fail to understand.Wheres Elko when you need him,



Paul.

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 23:17

Re: Msg 15,



As was said in Msg 3, it is either a very bad translation or a piece of propaganda - in both cases the statement is untrue, so don't loose your sleep over it.

Tangerineman


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Message Posted:
10/11/2011 23:30

Paul the application of acquis communautaire is suspended in TRNC



The whole island was however admitted into the EU

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
11/11/2011 00:41

There is a sort of horrible twisted logic to it. The EU considers the whole Island comes under the rule of the autorities of the so called RoC. Therefore they admitted the wole Island on that basis that the North came under the RoC and if part of the population refused to acknowledge rule by the RoC they therefore declined European membership!



Only they just conveniently forget that they had promised "Cyprus" EU membership if the population of the whole Island voted for unification - and even more conveniently that it was the Greek Cypriots who voted against.



So the EU got it wrong! Now what a surprise. Hardly the only thing the EU got wrong was it!

Jonholmes


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Message Posted:
11/11/2011 01:26

But all Cypriots can get an EU passport, or am I wrong? when I worked in Paphos I saw a few in the hospital.

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
11/11/2011 01:45

Message 16



"Lose" Clarissa dear, "lose". Not "loose".

Clarissa2


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Message Posted:
12/11/2011 13:27

Re: Msg 20,

Absolutely, Miss Prism! A brownie point for you for the vigilance.



What have you been doing in a political thread anyway? Were you lost (loosely speaking)?