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[cypezokyli]

according to the Turkish Cypriot press yesterday (i do not know which newspaper it was) , a Turkish Cypriot private school in kyrenia has made compulsory the learning of the greek language.

once again , the private sector is more progressive than the public one!

my greatest respect to those teachers / principal / business man who took that decision. my greatest respect also to the parents!

lets hope , some private school in the south will follow.


(can anyone share more info with us? the name of the school and if that was introduced at junio or highschool level ?

[zan]

cypezokyli wrote: according to the Turkish Cypriot press yesterday (i do not know which newspaper it was) , a Turkish Cypriot private school in kyrenia has made compulsory the learning of the greek language.

once again , the private sector is more progressive than the public one!

my greatest respect to those teachers / principal / business man who took that decision. my greatest respect also to the parents!

lets hope , some private school in the south will follow.


(can anyone share more info with us? the name of the school and if that was introduced at junio or highschool level ?


I have to say I do like your way of always looking for the positive. I mean that with all my heart and I am not being sarcastic.

PS. (For your ears only) Secretly I hope that your kind of thinking works and mine fails miserably. I just cannot take that leap of faith.

[cypezokyli]

thank you.

as Greek Cypriot activist sais :

if there is no road to peace
then we are going to construct one.


hopefully one day you will join us...

[Dhavlos]

to be fair, it doesnt suprise me since learning greek (and turkish in the south) it economically sensible! we live right next to each other and are trading! lol

only the private sector would be sensible enough to progress.

[Issy1956]

cypezokyli,
I applaud it if this is true. It is one of my bigest regrets that I dont speak Greek. Despite the fact that my parents and grandparents were fluent in Greek (in fact my grandparents didnt know any other language) the troubles in Cyprus meant that my own parents were afraid to speak Greek to their own childern when we were very young out of fear of being castigated by their neighbours.
I also know some enlightened Greek Cypriot friends who are learning to speak Turkish. It would be wonderful if Turkish schools made the learning of Greek compulsory and vice a versa in the Republic of Cyprus-it would be a great leap forward

[De_La_Soul]

I know there were Greek Cypriots who used to speak Turkish...maybe not fluently.

My dads father used to be in a band and as well as Greek weddings, would play at Turkish weddings and sing in Turkish.

[cypezokyli]

did the above action sparked any constractive dialogue in the north ? (thats what i read in some Greek Cypriot newspapers).

would be interesting to know which people support what

[Citro]

cypezokyli, do you happen to know the name of the private school you are talking about?

Citro

[brother]

My parents both speak Greek as do most of the senior people in the family and going back to the seventies as a child my first language was Greek and i could barely speak any Turkish but after the 1974 aggression i now only speak Turkish and English unfortunately.