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TURKEY USES CYPRUS AS PORT OF TERROR
The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/29/turkey-uses-cyprus-as-port-of-terror/
9:43 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2010
Hilmi Akil's Monday letter to the editor, "Cyprus is not Gaza," is
a shameful attempt to falsely distance the Turkish government from
responsibility for May's Gaza flotilla incidents. Of the dozens
of boats that set sail for Gaza, it was only on the Mavi Marmara
ferry - organized by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's
terrorist-classified IHH charities - that violence occurred.
The only internationally recognized and legal government on the
island of Cyprus is the Republic of Cyprus. It was the legitimate
government of Cyprus that refused involvement with the terrorists;
the Mavi Marmara set sail from the Turkish-occupied port of Famagusta.
It was honorable of Commentary writer Daniel Pipes ("Turkey in Cyprus
vs. Israel in Gaza," Opinion, July 20) to draw a comparison between
Gaza and Turkish-occupied Cyprus. Whereas Israel has no illegal
settlers in Gaza, Turkey has mocked international law by importing
more than 150,000 illegal settlers from mainland Turkey into homes
and properties stolen from Greek Cypriots by the Turkish military in
the occupation that began July 20, 1974. While Israel builds schools
and universities for Arabs, Turkey has pillaged; forcibly converted
Cypriots; and demolished scores of Greek and Armenian schools,
universities and houses of worship in Turkish-occupied Cyprus.
Turkey's illegal presence on Cyprus is recognized by no country
except Turkey. Not content just to forcibly and illegally exploit land
belonging to Greek Cypriots, Turkey shamelessly uses Turkish-occupied
Cyprus to export terrorism in the region.
From: A. Papazian
The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/29/turkey-uses-cyprus-as-port-of-terror/
9:43 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2010
Hilmi Akil's Monday letter to the editor, "Cyprus is not Gaza," is
a shameful attempt to falsely distance the Turkish government from
responsibility for May's Gaza flotilla incidents. Of the dozens
of boats that set sail for Gaza, it was only on the Mavi Marmara
ferry - organized by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's
terrorist-classified IHH charities - that violence occurred.
The only internationally recognized and legal government on the
island of Cyprus is the Republic of Cyprus. It was the legitimate
government of Cyprus that refused involvement with the terrorists;
the Mavi Marmara set sail from the Turkish-occupied port of Famagusta.
It was honorable of Commentary writer Daniel Pipes ("Turkey in Cyprus
vs. Israel in Gaza," Opinion, July 20) to draw a comparison between
Gaza and Turkish-occupied Cyprus. Whereas Israel has no illegal
settlers in Gaza, Turkey has mocked international law by importing
more than 150,000 illegal settlers from mainland Turkey into homes
and properties stolen from Greek Cypriots by the Turkish military in
the occupation that began July 20, 1974. While Israel builds schools
and universities for Arabs, Turkey has pillaged; forcibly converted
Cypriots; and demolished scores of Greek and Armenian schools,
universities and houses of worship in Turkish-occupied Cyprus.
Turkey's illegal presence on Cyprus is recognized by no country
except Turkey. Not content just to forcibly and illegally exploit land
belonging to Greek Cypriots, Turkey shamelessly uses Turkish-occupied
Cyprus to export terrorism in the region.
From: A. Papazian