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In what ways we can end once and for all the eternal "hate" between Greece and Turkey ? |
Travel Info I am in favour of a turkish-greek friendship,since I have many turks friends. Now you can tell me your ideas. Just try to be objective. Tesekkurler! Travel Tips Let me be a little bit presumptious and say that no one here understands your feelings better than I do. I grew up with people teaching me that "Greeks" (Greeks and Greek Cypriots) were all bad. All they think of is how to exterminate all the Turks in the world and destroy our mosques and turn our "home" into Greek land!!! Later, I learned that Greeks were taught the same, that "all Turks" were barbaric murderers, who wanted to take Greece and put up the Turkish flag on the Parthenon. In September 2005, I met a young man named Photis from Athens. We met in Canterbury, UK. He speans good Turkish (learned it from his grandfather). He said this: "All politicians, all history books tell lies. They say that Turks treated Greeks very badly. If it was true, today there would be no Greeks and no Greek language. The truth is Turks never tried to destroy us or assimilate us". Is it not true? The official history (his story, not her story) tells us such big lies. Add to that the secret (not so secret anymore) agenda of imperialism, and there you go. We are the arch enemies in the world. I have lived and witnessed very tragic things in Cyprus. I know almost all of the history of the Cyprus conflict. "They" turned us into enemies. When the GC (greek cypriot) left wanted to rise up against the British, TC (turkish cypriot) left was too weak to help. So, the GC extreme right wing (fascist) EOKA took over the anti-colonial struggle against the British. In return, Britain employed young TC men with high salaries as special police force and sent them against the GCs. The two people started hating each other more and more. You know the rest of the story from 1958 to today. Thousands of people died from both sides. Tens of thousands of people from both sides had to leave their homes, villages, towns and move to another area. I know what it means to leave your "home", sweet home. My parents worked so hard to build and improve the house they got married in. The house where I was born. We had to leave it, with all our wealth and memories in it. Many TC and GC people had to do the same. Finally in 1976 the leaders signed an agreement for population exchange. Just like the one they did back in 1920s between Turkey and Greece. Nobody asked the people if they wanted to leave their homes and go somewhere else. The pain is still there. It is not just the money, the building (house) etc. It is the "home" that we left, they left. It is our hearts that we left. I know some TCs who just died of heart failure because they cried every day for their old homes. BUT, what can we do now? That is the question. Is it possible to take all these thousands of people back, after so many years? Of course not. It is just not practical. It is very tragic, but not practical or pragmatic. The answer is right in front of our eyes: "WE HAVE TO LEARN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN OF THE OTHER. WE HAVE TO LEARN TO UNDERSTAND AND TO FORGIVE (NOT TO FORGET), BUT TO FORGIVE" We have to learn to listen. Everyone is talking about dialogue. Dialogue means listening to the other before you speak. LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, TALK, LOOK INTO ANOTHER DIRECTION TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER. Thus, we can get rid of the hatred in our hearts and see that there is another way to solve our problems and become friends once again, FOREVER. Source(s): I wrote very long, but please take time to read it file mou / arkada艧lar. Other Travel Tips I opened a group for that..For peace and friendship ;-) I could just do this: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/turkey_gre... I love all the people.I love peace. Bir艧ey de臒il :-) When the friendly Greeks prevent unfriendly Greeks from protecting and training terrorist Armenians in New Smyrnia, Athens. yeah Irmak did it!! join us ! you know we are soooo mixed, you cant imagine! Lately I talked to a Turkish guy whose ancestors came from a village near mine in Greece! They were forced to go to Turkey in 1920-22 during the population exchange and my ancestors came from Turkey! I am Greek, who came from Turkey He is Turk, who came from Greece amazing, isn't it! I was socked! lets do dream come true! Xairetismata - Selamlar! let the goverments hate each other people some how will get together but if you give the islands back that would surely be better ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ dont look for any harm in my words i m just a Turk singing like birds if sharing Cyprus with us hurts we took it because it worths Ankara Kale reckless life i need a reireireirecckless life i need a rei reirereckless life and you know its my only fight ddan dan dan dan da da dan dan daa yee yeeeeeeeeee! |
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