www.talkcyprus.org

[Dhavlos]

This is a very good resource for anyone who wants to briefly read something on almost and socio-political aspect on cyprus. It is very informative, and i feel that it is particularly balanced. A couple of inaccuracies, but overall, a very good an informative read i think!


brief summery of the general Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot views and 'side' in the conflict, well summerised!

Quote: Ethnic Relations. Greek Cypriots who want a unified state claim that people peacefully coexisted in mixed communities in the past. Turkish Cypriots argue that the two groups always lived in partial separation and conflict.

After 1974, reunification emerged as the major Greek Cypriot political objective. This change in political aspirations led to major revisions. First, the "peaceful coexistence thesis" was established as a historical argument that proposed that if the past was characterized by coexistence, so would a united future. A policy of rapprochement toward Turkish Cypriots necessitated measures of goodwill toward Turkish Cypriots. Turkish Cypriots no longer were regarded as enemies but as compatriots, and all animosity was directed toward Turkey. Gradually, the term "brother," once used only for Greeks (living in Greece) has begun to refer to Turkish Cypriots. Greek Cypriots officially started to talk of "one people" who should live in one state, while Turkish Cypriots officially spoke of "two peoples" or "two nations" which should live separately.

http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Cyprus.html