There was once a peaceful beautiful island which one could have once called a paradise. I am a British Greek Cypriot who volunteered to join the Cypriot National Guard in 1973-1975, as my family were planning to live back in Cyprus for good. If I returned for good, I could not get out of doing my national service in the Cypriot army. So I decided to get it over and done with. I was 17.5 years old at the time. I knew nothing about the politics or any of the political problems on the island. Growing up in London from 1957 we had both Greek and Turkish Cypriot friends with no animosity between us whatsoever. To this day I still have Turkish Cypriot friends that I communicate with and some I see physically. One can imagine when one year later the coup happened followed by the Turkish invasion was something out of a Hollywood Movie. War is a terrible event for someone to experience at the age of 18.5 years old. One has no choice but to fight in this kind of a situation. It’s simple you fight for your live and the lives of your fellow soldiers. Many people lost their lives, their families their lands, properties and businesses and for what? The destruction of a beautiful and once peaceful island as I saw it as did many others as well. The sad situation that was created by the medalling Americans, British and other external powers, not forgetting the extremists from both Greek and Turkish Cypriots supported by Mainland Greece and Turkey finds us in the unfortunate division of this beautiful island. The unity of Cyprus is a must so the island and its population can prosper together. Stop all wars now!

Turkish Cypriots suffered so much between 1963-74 in the hands of the majority Greek Cypriots. 25,000 refugees fled 103 villages at gunpoint for their lives with virtually no Greek Cypriot refugees at that time. Turkish Cypriot patients at Nicosia General Hospital were all killed and their bodies have never been found.

@tombuddy100

6 ай бұрын

The same and even worse happened to non-Turkish Cypriots between 1958-1974

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

@@tombuddy100LOL copying everything I say? Non Turkish Cypriots suffered at the hands of Greek extremists, im laughing at you and your uneducated self.

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

Greeks killed Greeks too.

@user-wy7em9fm2c

6 ай бұрын

Where did tou read all those "trusths"? Did they told you as well that toy came from mongolistan, or they told you are "native"?

@andrigeogiou8420

5 ай бұрын

NO , NO.... You mast never forget that it was the Turkish Cypriots, whom, even if they get ..over rights..with the establishment of our common state, as about their participation in the islands rulings and functions, YET, they blew them up following instructions from Turkey. They actually took the arms against their own state. WHY ?

Really looking forward to this series. Thank you so much.

Many thanks ❤

Really interesting and enlightening video. It left me a bit confused about Turkey’s position on the affair. As far as I understood Turkey defends that an ethnic minority of 15-20% Turkish Cypriots had the right to have their own state. But then in Turkey’s mainland, they deny the same for the Kurdish minority which is about the same size. I find it contradictory. Shouldn’t the Turkish aim for the creation of a Kurdish state that is about the 40% of Turkey’s mainland? Seems it would be the coherent position. 🤔

For the Turkish Cypriots, I'm just recommending to search about " Dervis Ali Kavazoglu kendi sesinden "..! Listen, you all , this Turkish Cypriot hero . is only two minutes time

ΔΕΝ ΕΙΠΑΤΕ ΤΙΠΟΤΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΤΜΤ ;

Today many people do not know the history of Cyprus. Greeks try to establish the image that "it all started in 1974". This program shows how Greek terrorists attacked Turkish Cypriots while underlying the historical fact that Britain used "Divide and Rule" principle. Greeks were fighting against British soldiers. British made Turkish Cypriots police officers as they could not trust the Greeks. This led to a Greek-Turkish conflict The Constitution of the island was abrogated by Makarios. 1963 and 1974 Turks were forced to live in ghettos As Makarios says Athens .invaded Cyprus on July 15.. Greek diplomat says after the coup d'etat instigated by Athens junta, he was sure that Turkey would intervene. People should watch this twice...Its very informative, objective and well presented.

@andrigeogiou8420

3 ай бұрын

You can search for.... " Rauf Denktash shocking confession " " Dervis Ali Ksvazoglu kendi sesinden " ..you will get an idea about how things started

ΤΙ ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ ΕΧΕΤΕ ΣΤΗ ΚΥΠΡΟ ;

To everyone watching this, i am cypriot. Please do not start blaming anyone for anything. It will only stir more hate. There has been no killing, no war, no trouble since. Lets keep it that way

@andrigeogiou8420

5 ай бұрын

Well, According to my 0pinion, the KEY word about the Cyprus issue is..RESPECT. The main reason that the Republic of Cyprus enters the EEU, is right exactly for the quarantee and respect ,of ALL it's citizens human rights . ALL CYPRIOTS human rights Greeks, Turks, Maronites, Armenians, Latin, ..British...etc

@user-yf7kz3pj5l

5 ай бұрын

walla i respect you for this message

@Musthecrazygooner

5 ай бұрын

The main reason for being peace on the island is because of turkey, it’s the simple truth and people don’t want to hear it.

@ismailak2771

10 күн бұрын

Sen türk değilsin türkler asla taviz vermezler şehit oluruz gazi oluruz fakat yalama olmayız

ΚΑΤΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ

ΠΕΣΤΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΣΥΝΘΗΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΛΩΖΑΝΗΣ ;

Thousands of Turkish Cypriots from the South were displaced in the 60s and 70s by radical Greeks and “EOKA”. They had to leave everything behind them including there Mosques, houses and Maqam’s (Islamic tombs). If Turkey hadn’t military intervened the same thing the Cretan Turks/Muslims went through woud have happened to Turkish Cypriots. And yet they still accepted the Annan plan in 2004 while the Greeks rejected it. But still the Greek republic of Cyprus got accession to the EU freely (which is an imperialist project).

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

Perfectly said!

@tombuddy100

6 ай бұрын

Everyone should return to and given back confiscated properties and land, including 200,000 non-Turkish Cypriots and 50,000 Turkish Cypriots, and Republic of Cyprus restored.

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

@@tombuddy100 no thank you, the Greeks missed out on that in the last 49 years with 17 rejected solutions.

@giorgismaximos8662

6 ай бұрын

The Turkish Cypriot separatists - terrorists fought against the state following Turkey's orders Many of them were displaced after the invasion and Turkey's demand that they move north The occupation forces destroyed the churches in the occupied part UN resolutions were in force since 1974 before the Annan plan, but Turkey never respected them and still are Cyprus is a member of the EU, while the Turkish Cypriots are prevented from joining by the Turks

@giorgismaximos8662

6 ай бұрын

@@Musthecrazygooner UN resolutions still valid The occupier doesn't make the rules

Cyprus accession to European Union was a huge mistake. This has led a confortable zone, so that Greek Cypriots at least their government and vast majority of their people ignored and voted against every possible settlement agreement. Back in 2004 only after a week Annan referendum they have been appointed as a member “state” actually consider a state in his north there is another one. For 50 years; sovereign and independent and all government institutions are performing. Come on.

not the quality I expected to be honest

ΓΙΑΤΙ ΜΙΛΑΤΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ ;

The facts are the Greeks tried to bring Enosis to fruition and failed, while the Turks only called for Taksim as a response and in all but name succeeded!

@andrews102

Ай бұрын

The greeks are 80% of population and settled in the bronze age.... its a democratic right.

@edaaslan7347

20 күн бұрын

​@@andrews102The fact that the majority of the island's population is Greek or that the Greeks came to the island before the Turks does not justify the Greeks trying to commit genocide against the Turks. Currently, the majority of the island consists of Turks.

ΠΩΣ ΟΙ ΕΓΓΛΕΖΟΙ ΟΡΙΣΑΝ ΤΙΣ ΤΡΕΙΣ ΕΓΓΥΗΤΡΙΕΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ ; ΚΑΙ ΓΙΑΤΙ ΑΥΤΕΣ ΤΙΣ ΤΡΕΙΣ ;

❣❣❣❣❣

Cyprus for Greece🇬🇷 Gaza,Jerusalem and Palestine for Palestinians.

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

You need to eat more vegetables and drink plenty of water, them folds up there are drying out and becoming britthle.

Turkish Cyprus❤🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Turkish Cyprus Republic we salute you !

@andrigeogiou8420

5 ай бұрын

Stolen lands. What are you people, finally are ...?

Everyone should return to and given back confiscated properties and land, including 200,000 non-Turkish Cypriots and 50,000 Turkish Cypriots, and Republic of Cyprus restored.

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

Turkish Cyprus Republic is real.

@user-wy7em9fm2c

6 ай бұрын

Turkomongologypsy republic of what? Go to mongolistan, that's where your republic is

@Hasanbas-rv3vm

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 maybe when natives get their lands back 😊

@user-wy7em9fm2c

5 ай бұрын

@Hasanbas-rv3vm ...define "native" ! They(whomever) sprouted from the ground ? Nope, I don't think so, evolution makes us natives, through blood, fire, steel and progress. The "worthy" inherit all...

@Hasanbas-rv3vm

5 ай бұрын

@@user-wy7em9fm2c than turks are native to germany cyprus uk from now on 💪🏼

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 🤎🤎🤎🤎

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

Eternally. But I think it should drop the ''northern'' part.

@user-wy7em9fm2c

6 ай бұрын

Yes, you should relocate to mongolistan

@Hasanbas-rv3vm

5 ай бұрын

@@user-wy7em9fm2c😂😂😂 cry we stay😊

Now that enosis is off the table, why illegal state "TRNC" and continued military occupation of Republic of Cyprus by "Turkiye"?

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

LOL what? Military occupation? Lol says who you? The Greeks have lived there best lives since 74, that’s down to turkey bringing peace to the island!

@tombuddy100

6 ай бұрын

@@Musthecrazygooner 200,000 non-Turkish Cypriots cannot return to their properties and land in the northern part of Republic of Cyprus.

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

@@tombuddy100 the Greeks should of thought about that before waging a war from early as 1958, the Turkish Cypriots have lands built over illegally by the Greeks, namely larnaca airport, mckenzie beach strip is Turkish Cypriots lands, all built over illegally.

@giorgismaximos8662

6 ай бұрын

@@Musthecrazygooner The whole world says ,UN says, turkish troops are still there against UN resolutions , Greek cypriots still displaced , many lost their lives by the occupying forces that recently attacked UN . EU citizens have a good living unlike turkish cypriots under turkish occupation We don't want your " peace " leave the island

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

@@giorgismaximos8662 I couldn’t care less what the UN says, we have always been there and we have the right to self determination, that is our right! Now move on mate.

Turkish Cyprus 😎😎

Aren't they embarrassed making that video lol, from supporting Palestine to supporting a genocide they made themselves

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

Supporting a genocide? LOL deluded fools, you can’t fool anyone, the Greeks are the best at paid propaganda.

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

Palestine will be free my dearest Israeli, learn to live with it.

@meowpoosaymeow

6 ай бұрын

@@KenanTurkiye TRT bot

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

@@meowpoosaymeowSo anyone who holds a diff perspective to you is a bot? Classical racist Israeli rebuttal.

@KenanTurkiye

6 ай бұрын

@@meowpoosaymeow We know you, the world nows you. You did a fine job showing the entire universe how racism is the backbone on Israel.

Even the paid englishman that was presented on this propaganda film couldn't get his facts right. The Cypriots contrary to what he said, as the largest community on the Island did not rise up in revolt against the ottoman turks in 1821 but the Cypriot (as there was no terminology in those days to describe a Greek Cypriot) they were reffered to as the Christians, Clergy dis rise up. Archbishop Kyprianos and about 400 other known people were beheaded and they were dragged through the streets of Nicosia, and many monasteries were also destroyed. The 9th of july was a day full of bloodshed. I suggest, that next time TRT wants to make a propaganda film, a "show trial" be more organised and prepared and GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT, because this is meant for the educated english knowing public and not the turkish public that can be fed anything. The turkish Cypriots are completely different in mentality and culture from the mainland turks. Turkish Cypeiots are more similar to their co habitants of Cyprus the Greek Cypriots.

SONSUZA DEK KIBRIS TÜRK CUMHURIYETİ!

😂😂😂 Lets see what this propaganda channel will try to 'pass' as 'objective' view...

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

Propaganda 😂😂😂 everything said in the videos are facts you muppet.

@Musthecrazygooner

6 ай бұрын

Theirs literally an ex Greek ambassador in this video saying it how it is lol propaganda when it suits you guys 👏🏼

@user-wy7em9fm2c

6 ай бұрын

...bakshish guzel turkomo gologypsyler budaler jenicarler budaler