{"id":108577,"date":"2014-09-13T20:06:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T17:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=108577"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T11:03:57","slug":"cyprus-mail-government-should-have-stayed-out-of-latest-cyprob-theatrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2014\/09\/13\/cyprus-mail-government-should-have-stayed-out-of-latest-cyprob-theatrics\/","title":{"rendered":"CYPRUS MAIL: Government should have stayed out of latest Cyprob theatrics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister \u00a0Ozdil Nami<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE knee-jerk reaction of the political parties and newspapers, sparked by the London meeting of Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Ozdil Nami<\/strong> with Britain\u2019s Minister for Europe, David Lidington<\/strong> could not have surprised anyone. Any meeting of Turkish Cypriot officials with representatives of foreign governments abroad is guaranteed to provoke a chorus of disapproving announcement by the parties, all expressing fears about the \u2018upgrading of the pseudo-state\u2019. This alleged upgrading, has been taking place for years.<\/p>\n

The Cyprus government, fearing it might be accused by the parties and some newspapers of a taking a soft line on the meeting decided to enter the fray. The foreign ministry issued a strongly-worded statement condemning the meeting which \u201cwas held despite the intense and repeated warnings of the Republic at various levels, which have been disregarded by London.\u201d It said the assurances that Britain did not recognise the \u2018TRNC\u2019 could \u201cnot be considered satisfactory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anticipating similar contacts in Washington, which Nami was also scheduled to visit, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said \u201cit is possible problems would be created in relations between the Cyprus Republic and the countries that facilitate this type of contacts.\u201d He did not elaborate on the nature of the problems that would be created, probably because he did not know. We presume this was just an idle threat to keep the newspapers and political parties happy.<\/p>\n

It would be no exaggeration to say that the government was taking part in the Cyprus problem theatre which follows a very rigid script. When a newspaper or a political party identifies the danger of the \u2018upgrading the pseudo-state\u2019 it alerts society and the government immediately issue statements of condemnation and makes representations to the country or countries supposedly facilitating this upgrading.<\/p>\n

We have been witnessing this \u2018theatre of the reactions\u2019 for decades now because the politicians still believe it pays off domestically. It is unfortunate that the government feels it has a national duty to take part in this theatre which achieves nothing except to illustrate its bad faith.<\/p>\n

It is not as if the regular representations have stopped countries from granting meetings to Turkish Cypriot officials. These are obviously ignored as the meetings keep taking place, exposing the government\u2019s weakness and reliance on hollow words.<\/p>\n

The upgrading that everyone is terrified of never actually takes place but this is not because the government makes representations and the parties issue fiery declarations. It is because the international community still believes there could be a Cyprus settlement. But when it decides that this will never happen we may witness the only upgrading that will matter. (13.09.2014)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 K\u00fcfi Seydali<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Comment:<\/p>\n

Ozay Mehmet<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/header>\n
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Good article, well -timed warning that should be heeded…esp. the last sentence. “…a very rigid script.” is the product of GC Dogma, a frozen mindset….it sees Cyprus as a Greek island, instead of a joint home of GCs and TCs as the UN Resolutions define it. This same mindset has created many other myths….e.g. GC Roc is legitimate [not the result of coup in 1963\/4], while TRNC is illegitimate, pseudo-state….that TCs are a demographic minority [rather than a co-founder of the 1960 ROC]….that CyProb began in 1974 [rather than in 1963\/4]….that EOKA B, Akritas Plan, Sampson, are insignificant [rather than deliberate steps for ENOSIS that ultimately led to Turkish intervention in summer 1974]…The lesson? Lots of learning to catch up with REALITY of CyProb….and change GC mindset….Mission Impossible? Two-Sate solution via step-by-step upgrading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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