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I see no nuance. Turkey used the situation to further their own agenda. They have stayed in Cyprus long after their presence could possibly be justified. Erdog
by Gatsky 9y ago
I see no nuance. Turkey used the situation to further their own agenda. They have stayed in Cyprus long after their presence could possibly be justified.
Erdogan pulled the same trick to cement his authority with the recent 'coup' in Turkey.
- forvelin 9y agoIMHO it is just set of inept politicians not being able to negotiate properly for decades. Also they tried to unite the island but South rejected in a UN supported referandum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_Annan_Plan_referendums,_2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_Annan_Plan_referendums... At this point, how can we negotiate with people who call Turkish people as cockroaches and so on, really. Now Turkey has upperhand of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_Water_Supply_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_Water_Supply_P... for the negotiations, I hope they will use that and in next decades the island will unite.