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Title: North Cyprus, 5th: The Bradt Travel Guide
ISBN: 1841621471
Author:
Diana Darke
Publicate Date: 2006-06-01
Publish: 2006-06-01
List Price: $21.95
Average Customer Rating: 1.0
Format: Paperback
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1: We should all boycott travel to occupied lands.
North Cyprus is not an independent country. It is the part of the Republic of Cyprus that has been illegally (according to the UN) occupied by the Turkish Military since 1974.
The Turkish Military invaded, occupied, ethnically cleansed and colonized the northern part of Cyprus. The Turkish Military uprooted as many as 250,000 Cypriots, which was roughly 1/3 of the country's population.
Ever since, it has dispatched dispossessed Turkish mainlanders to the island, distributing to them land and property that belongs to displaced Greek Cypriots.
Officially, Turkey claims it invaded Cyprus to "save" its Turkish Cypriot brethren from Greek Cypriot atrocities. But let us see how "saved" the Turkish Cypriots are:
From a pre-1974 population of 120,000, only 60,000 Turkish Cypriots still live in Cyprus. Many escaped Turkish repression for a better life in the UK, Australia, or even the free part of the Republic of Cyprus, often using a Republic of Cyprus passport, as they are legally entitled to.
The Turkish Cypriots are a minority in their own -theoretically independent- land, which they are forced to share with 100,000 colonists from mainland Turkey and 40,000 mainland Turkish troops.
So, please reconsider visiting north Cyprus while it is still under Turkish occupation. If you think that your money will nevertheless ease the hardships of the Turkish Cypriots, think again. Turkish Cypriots only make up 30% of the north's population. Chances are that your money will go to the pocket of some mainland Turkish general's relative.
Support the efforts by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots to re-unite their country, but do not condone and finance the mainland Turkish occupation of north Cyprus.
Lobby for a solution to the Cyprus Issue, and after mainland Turkish troops leave the island and Cyprus unites again, go to any part of the country that you desire and spend as much money as you wish with the Greek Cypriots or the Turkish Cypriots.
But the time to visit north Cyprus is not now.
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2: A perfect place to be
If you want to visit a place occupied by Turkey 33 years now, this guide is perfect for you... (just bear in mind that Turkey's invasion in Cyprus had caused thousands of deaths and thousands more to flee to the free south part).
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