Frank and Joan's news for 23 August 2007 in Northern Cyprus

Frank and Joan's Adventures in Northern Cyprus

Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

Started to pick up on all the mail that was sitting in our in box and after eliminating 684 items of rubbish we were ale to get a look at some of the sensible ones.

One that struck me as being very sensible for all us owners out here is attached as follows:-

Please email this on to the bbc as they are trying to put a program together to attack the agents and developers in the TRNC the email address to send it to
is: Andrew.head@bbc.co.uk
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Dear Sirs,
I understand that the BBC is currently engaged in making a programme regarding Northern Cyprus and the question marks regarding the purchase of property there.
I would urge you to offer a balanced view of the situation in Cyprus.
Usually it is the Greek Cypriot view of events which is offered and little attention is paid to putting the events surrounding the arrival of Turkish troops into any sort of context. The Greek Cypriot death squads of the sixties and early seventies which terrorised the Tu

rkish Cypriot community in an effort to 'ethnically cleanse' the island in advance of 'Enosis' rarely get a mention though it was they, not the Turkish intervention, which caused the United Nations to first become involved. The situation of the partition which now exists has its roots in the violence years before the Turkish government (as one of the guarantor powers of the constitution of Cyprus after independence) intervened following the coup in 1974.
Please bear in mind that both Turkish and Greek Cypriots left their former properties to seek the safety of 'their' side of the green line and a process of safe passage was actually brokered by the UN. Whilst there has clearly been development of former Greek lands in the north by Turkish Cypriots, so has there been development of former Turkish land in the south.
Obviously Larnaca airport and Limmassol hospital are the most well known examples but Paphos was the largest Turkish community before partition and there has been enormous residential construction in the area. The old Turkish village names you can find on pre-independence maps seem no longer to exist. One must wonder about the sites of these former Turkish Cypriot communities.
I am not taking a particular standpoint but I do insist that the situation in Cyprus is a story with two sides and that more often than not, only the Greek Cypriot perspective is aired these days. I feel strongly enough and my knowledge and experience of both sides of the island is sufficient that I do request that you attempt to produce a balanced programme
Kind Regards,"

The point being made is very valid and as usual there will probably be a totally Greek sided view of the reason for the island being as it is. When you listen to any program that has ever been shown you would think that life started here in 1974. I have already sent my version of this e-mail to Mr Andrew Head, so why not follow suit and try to get some truth at last.

We are having some real problems with out internet at the moment so please bear with us and come along this evening and enjoy our evening at LDs. It's good to be back home.