Monday 11 July 2011

Cyprus unification

The old, old problem of the unification of Cyprus rears it's head again, as reported by EurActiv in this article.

One quotation stands out a mile, from an article written by Yavuz Baydar, writing for the Turkish daily "Zaman":
"....... and society is to a large extent against unity."
Once again we see people's wishes about to be overridden by politicians. Plus ça change, plus c'est le même chose...............

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Too many bad memories and property confiscation, it'll be a re-run of the "former" Yugoslavia.
But, hey, what do I know?

WitteringsfromWitney said...

A: You may well be right about 'Yugoslavia' - I'd give that odd of something like 100/1.

You talk about property confiscation and bad memories. Can I refer you to: The Genocide Files by Harry Scott Gibbons (Express reporter stuck there for the entire troubles) - Well worth a read, if you can source a copy!

DeeDee99 said...

I hope to goodness Cyprus isn't unified. Northern Cyprus is a little gem - and safety ouside the Eurozone.

WitteringsfromWitney said...

DD99 Lol! Agree on both points!