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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Columnist: Real stumbling block for Turkey to join EU is its illegal occupation of Cyprus

Alexandros N. Zenon, writing in The Guardian, about the illegal occupation of Cyprus by Turkey:
Since 1974 Turkey has continued its illegal military occupation of 37% of the Republic of Cyprus with a more than 40,000-strong army, actively encouraging the illegal colonisation of the occupied part with settlers from Turkey and the systematic destruction of its cultural identity. Also, one cannot ignore the fact that, following the 1974 invasion by Turkey, more than one-third of the Greek Cypriot population (more than 200,000 people) were violently rendered refugees in their own country. Additionally, a great number of people, military and civilians, went missing during the invasion, either captured or killed by the invading Turkish troops. Sadly, Turkey, 36 years after the invasion, still refuses to co-operate in giving information as to these missing persons' whereabouts.
Read the full column, "It is not Cyprus standing in the way of Turkey's accession to the EU," at the newspaper's website.

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