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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
The news is still hot around the talks, the Orams decision and the overall attitude of the greek Cypriots, the EU and the UN. Firstly the Prime Minister is setting up a legal team to try to find out how the Orams case went so wrong. This is obviously a little of closing the gate after the horse has bolted but necessary to ensure that if there are to be any further cases, the legal teams are better prepared. Questions are finally being asked as to whether the UN is really aware of the reasons why it has been unable to broker a deal since 1964. Does it really understand the problems and the cause of all that goes on here on the island. Does the UN recognise that Greek Cypriots do not want the sort of peace deal that Mr Talat is trying to negotiate. If we end up with an agreement similar to the Treaty of Guarantee signed up by Britain, Turkey, Greece and the Islanders, what is to stop the Greek Cypriots doing what they did in 1963 wh
en Makarios made amendments to the constitution removing all the human rights from Turkish Cypriots and signaling the start of the herding of the Turkish Cypriots in to enclaves and the genocide that followed. Politicians around the world always only want to hear what they want to hear and ignore the truth. The EU, who should not be involved in discussions about the island and who have been told quite specifically to keep their noses out of the peace negotiations, have passed a resolution that Turkey should remove its troops from the island and hand back Maras to the Greek Cypriots. This they insist is part of the terms needed to further the possible addition of Turkey to the EU. The Turkish PM has said that it is only possible to accept reports from the EU if they are unbiased and unhampered by the internal politics of the European Parliament. It is clear that the Cyprus side of this report is shaped by the Greek Cypriot demands, whom the EU stupidly allowed into the bloc after the 2004 referendum. The Turkish prime minister has stated this week that there will be "No Surrender". The EU process is important for Turkey he says, however, it is not important enough to sacrifice Cyprus. When will the EU realise that it is being exploited by its own stupidity in allowing the south to become members and that it is because of their entry, the Turkish Cypriots have not been awarded all the things promised after the referendum in 2004. Maybe I am being stupid, but to me all this stuff that is being bandied around is a clear indication that the talks are going no place. The only agreement the Greeks want is the island and only the whole island under their control which is exactly what they tried to achieve back in 1963. The only lighter thing on the horizon is the report that Greece itself is deep in the mire financially and may be forced to toe the line in the Eurozone.
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