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I said what I did, because for decades GCs say that they want reunion, but in many ways, they seem to have united with Greece. When Greece wins something, GCs take to the streets celebrating. The RoC has the same national anthem with Greece. Many, if not most, GCs identify more with the Greek flag then with their own. Maybe it is time to change the anthem and stop celebrating Greek victories as if they are your own?

1. Under the Constitution the Greek or Turkish Cypriot can have their national anthem. But look at the flag, it was and IS accepted by many Greek Cypriots and tht was created by a Turkish Cypriot.

2. What Cypriots have in terms of culture which are uniquely Cypriot can co-exist with the 'Greekness'. Choosing the first does not mean that this should erode their 'Greekness'. We should not expect the Turkish Cypriots to choose to be more Cypriot.... this is just as bad as just being only Greek or Turkish.

To undo over 3,000 years of Greek culture, religion (pagan first then Christianity later) or language (as you know Greek is spoken differently inside Greece as well as Cyprus) is a hard thing to do.

The whole reason enosis started was for a reason.....it did not just exist in the spur of the moment. Even The Ottomans reconized that Cyprus was Greek and thats why they sent thousands of Ottomans to change the demographics of the island.

3. I said what I did, because for decades GCs say that they want reunion, but in many ways, they seem to have united with Greece. When Greece wins something, GCs take to the streets celebrating. The RoC has the same national anthem with Greece. Many, if not most, GCs identify more with the Greek flag then with their own. Maybe it is time to change the anthem and stop celebrating Greek victories as if they are your own?


Cyprus politically does not act like Greece, Annan Plan is a prime example.

In my room i have the Greek flag and the Cypriot one, we do not need Greek citizens telling us wich flag we should need or identify ourselves with.

As for the celebrations, is there any reason why we should not celebrate?

In 1821 we sent GREEK CYPRIOTS to fight against Ottoman oppression. They accepted us. We have every right to celebrate because we are a part of it.

My opinion of course...................

Ps. Most EU studies (barometers and survey''s and indeed the majority of political parties) indicate that the majority of Cypriot citizens and their political elites prefer a strong independant state (without the guarante of Greece) and the majority voted for Christofias. Maybe what you desire to see in Cyprus has already happened.

In terms of culture Greek and Cypriot are tied, it is more complicated and more emotional and for that reason alone things will not change. Unless you can undo 3,000 years of Greek influence.

Get the political and cultural dichotomy that I stated before and maybe you will understand.

Politically we are not a part of Greece, culturally we are , have been and probably will be.


celebrate Greece's victories as if they are your own. I won't stop ya!

Greek Cypriots were allowed in the ancient Olympics (only Greeks allowed right?)

Let us use our brains, they were called Greeks of Cyprus.

Greek Cypriots were involved in 1821, in the first world war and even in the second when they were defending Greece against Mussolini.

Who can partake in the celebrations of those events if those who were a part of it cannot?

When the Greek Cypriots fought against the British, why the hell did the Cretans come with explosives?

Why did the Greeks of your beloved Greek state lobby so hard with America to make Cyprus one with Greece?

You write about the present and at the same time ignore how we came to this point in time.

For the sake of a solution, we want independance. No political party in Cyprus demands union and they do not want it anymore. However, we have millions of Turks that still favour takism.

Your first post about Greek Cypriots finding what they truly want does not make sense.

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The national anthem.... is Greek and? The Turkish Cypriots have Turkey's. In a democracy they can listen to it or not.

Creating a new national identity to create a solution is a big task, it has to exist in the first place.

In 1960, you know very well Britain did not desire a true independant country, Greece wanted Cyprus because the majority of the inhabitants identify themselves as Greek Cypriots and Turkey wanted the whole island because for them they used to own it before the British.

Who has the energy to create a new national anthem when the Annan Plan offered that crap flag to replace the original one?

Cyprus has had enough of colonialism and we do not need Greek citizens from Greece telling us to get anything 'new'.