Cyprus Action Network of America 

20th November 2007

Messrs MSNBC

Dear Sirs

Bring northern Cyprus back into the fold.  By Nick Kochan.  Financial Times.  updated 10:41 p.m. ET, Tues., Nov. 13, 2007

The above quoted anti-Cyprus article was also posted in your MSNBC. It is obvious that Nick Kochan ignores the rudiments of the parody he attempts to deal with, thus his views are unjustly biased towards the 33 years old Turkey's aggression in Cyprus. He sides with the aggressor against his over three decades long victim. It is noted that he writes about "opportunities in the Middle East"

Do the opportunities he seeks, are: - how to rob countries of their sovereignty? - how to destabilise the region? - how to undermine those countries' order and peace?- how to corrupt the truth? - how to support war-mongers and the weapons lobby in starting wars, bombardments, killing and mass destructions fields? - how to sell homelands and countries over to their enemies?

Legitimately there is no "northern Cyprus" as an entity. There is only one internationally recognised sovereign Cyprus. Those in the Turkish aggressed side are a minority of native Cypriot-Turks ruled by over 50,000 Turkey's aggression force and by over 160,000 Anatolian Turk colonists - a domination of two non Cypriot coloniststo one genuine Cypriot-Turk, and the latter are constantly fleeing the quisling regime to "greener pastures" elsewhere. Why then the oversensitivity for the aggressing Turks? Whose interests do they serve? those of the accomplices? How can the self-barricaded aggressors be brought [BACK] into WHAT fold? They have never been. The population in the aggressed area is predominantly foreign Turks aggressing the place, and in self-barricaded isolation

Cyprus treats Cypriot-Turks as its citizens and provides for them when they cross over from the razorwire dividing line, equally as much as for all "ethnicities of Cyprus" and its Hellenic ascendancy. All that Cypriot-Turks can do is to replace the quisling pseudo-regime (get the aggressor force and the colonists out, and the problemis solved) and instantly integrate in the Cypriot homeland like everyone else does. For yours and Nick Kochan's edification, the following is very useful

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Request:  Kindly forward to the Authorities, and give it wide circulation (immediate release), thank you             As well, this Paper can be used for Colleges and Schools students, in their studies of history, social, and political sciences;  and for discussion groups

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Britons Australia, UK, Dominions & Commonwealth, Nexus

1st October 2007

Messrs British Broadcasting Corporation, Newshour, United Kingdom.                                               newshour@bbc.co.uk 

C.c. Dr Paul Toumazos.  Mr Dinos Toumazos.  Mr Costas Vertzayias.    Mr Michael Christodoulou, President, Cyprian Community, Sydney, NSW.      Mr Michael Michael c/ Mr Stavros Stavrides, EKEME Melbourne Competent Authorities.  All Concerned.  HEC'Gr and Listholders.

CYPRUS INDEPENDENCE DAY.  1st October.  47th Anniversary

Dear Sirs, Madams

    No, absolutely not!  BBC may be excused for misinforming their listeners about what Cypriots want, only because of their leaders' indecision and the lack of definite intensions.  For over three decades, the aforesaid formulas are nowhere near unifying the country;  on the contrary it leads resiliently to no solution.  Not just for the Turks and the Hellenes alone, but now that obsolete plan needs another expanded formula which shall encompass all "ethnicities of Cyprus" (inclusively in one national MAINSTREAM, while satisfying the rights of all these ethnicities, viz the:  Hellenic ascendancy, Armenians, Assyrians, Cypriot-Turks, Francolebantine Maronites and Melcites, Syro-Lebanese Orthodox, the insubstantial and the emergent, all the "ethnicities of Cyprus".  Thus, Cypriot-Turks will no longer claim exclusivity in being the only other ethnicity besides the Cypriot-Hellenes and pitching against the "Hellenic administration", but rather they shall fall in line within the all-inclusive Cypriot Mainstream Nation

   And, it is now reported that in recent archival revelations the USA administration admitted that they inserted (included) in the Anan plan clauses by which they were surrendering Cyprus as sweetener to Turkey for allowing them a military front from the Turkish border against Iraq 

       The formerly British manoeuvred Anan Plan was, frankly, an embarrassment to British foreign policy.  Rather than supporting undemocratic norms, Britain should have promoted with consistency and vigour the democratic policy espoused for Cyprus by the then USA’s Vice President George H.W. Bush on July 6, 1988:  "We seek for Cyprus a constitutional democracy based on majority rule, the rule of law, and the protection of minority rights."  Majority rule with protection of minority rights is a unifying force;  minority vetoes are inherently a divisive force

INSURMOUNTABLE HINDRANCES:   The cog stops the wheel from turning

       It has now become apparent that Turkey and its accomplices had included clauses in the requirements, which ensure there shall never be a solution for Cyprus;  or if it does, it shall be at cost of surrendering to Turkey’s terms, i.e. Cyprus’ legislature must submit to their undemocratic rules

       E.g.  By democracy in a committee of ten, if four vote for and six against, the majority six win.  With Turks this democratic voting does not apply.  If in the committee the six are Hellenes and the four are Turks, they require “effectual voting power” provisions, meaning that, because they are in minority, for equalising the minority with the majority they demand a double vote for each one in their side.  Also, Turkish claims for “political equality” demand their rule and participation in every ministry and authority of the government and in all public institutions and services.  It can well be imagined how possible it is to “square the circle”.  Preposterous as it is, it also is unacceptable.  This gives Turks the excuse to continue their aggression.  Such hindrances must be overcome and eliminated on democratic terms, and by the EU acquis communeautaire

    Actually there is no need for awry - curly and twisted “bicommunal and bizonal” contraptions and for thorny voting provisions, all of which are unviable and undemocratically destructive, dividing Cyprus into apartheid zones (to the point of forbidding freedom of movement to Hellenes, and imposing genocidal 6% limits on Hellenes' birth-rates in the Turkish zone), at a time when our world leaders urge “democracy for Iraq”.  Cyprus in conjunction with the EU can well safeguard the rights and security of minorities while not forsaking the rights of its mainstream, of its ascendancy, and of all other “ethnicities of Cyprus”

  Knowing that its accession to the EU is unlikely for some thirty years yet (if at all), Turkey does not bother to solve its aggression problem in Cyprus.  The required “bizonal, bicommunal, equal federation” solution is undemocratic, apartheid, unattainable, and likely to drag for decades more.  To force Turkey to change its stance, Cyprus (supported by Hellas) must halt the opening of each EU negotiating chapter, until it is forced to change its aggression stance.  Turkey must be challenged more and more in the European Court of Human Rights, as well the latter’s recognitions of the quisling Compensation Court must also be challenged by Cyprus.   Meanwhile, Cyprus must change course and implement, starting now, throughout its free territories, the herein proposed alternative model, because all other efforts shall fail against the aggressor’s recalcitrant intransigence, and finally this shall be the only naturally democratic formula to prevail.  Surely in the face of what Turkey does in the aggressed areas, Cyprus is well justified to implement new formulas in her free territories;  thus the implemented model shall exist for when the time comes to further it over the rest of the country

  In Afghanistan, a multi-ethnic country, the U.S. ambassador, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, had successfully promoted a constitution providing for majority rule, the rule of law and protection for minority rights. Why has the UK not proposed a similar constitution for Cyprus?  The Anan “Plan” is a direct contradiction to the Bush administration’s Middle East Initiative for Democracy

  In his address on its EU accession, 1st April 2004, the President of Cyprus stated “But while all demands by Turkey were adopted in the final Plan on the last day, basic concerns of the Greek Cypriot side have been disregarded.  Everyone involved in the talks were anxious to bring Turkey on board to ensure a “yes” vote by the Turkish-Cypriot community, and ignored the fact that the far bigger Greek-Cypriot community had also to be convinced to vote “yes” on the Plan.

  Thus, this process has failed in addressing the legitimate concerns, needs and interests of both sides.  This Nexus concurs absolutely with this statement;  and in accordance with UNO and all international resolutions, also supports that Cyprus is victim of intransigent over three decades aggression.  Also that Turkey and Cypriot-Turks got themselves into a mess, that they should make legitimate amends if they are to be “Europised”, and not to seriously compromise the legitimate rights of the victim country

  Cyprus is even prepared to grant for Cypriot Turks special privileges over and above its other minorities.  In such regard, another model is proposed.  Cypriots of all communities/ethnicities/backgrounds (Hellenes, Armenians, Assyrians, Syro-Lebanese Orthodox, Francolebantine Maronites and Melchites, various Europeans and British, Turks, and others) all need a straightforward unifying (unitarian) democracy

  Since for more than three decades the “bizonal, bicommunal, and equal federalism” formula leads to no solution, and Turkey’s aggression is still perpetuated there, no option exists but to seek the unitarian solution of Europe.  Changing course is urgently needed, based on the celebrated democratic standards, viz. “in democracy the majority rules, provided the democratic concerns of the individual and of minority groups are respected and upheld”.  Fact is that no country is democratic if it ignores the latter provision;  despite GW Bush’s call for “Democratising the world” (by arms, wars, and bombardments ???).  For Cyprus, what Turkey and its Western accomplices demand are awry “apartheid”, definitely not democracy.  Raouf Denktash said “the final word shall be of Turkey;  Cyprus belongs to Turkey”, ignoring that the country belongs to its legitimately sovereign populations.  The true solution course is outlined below:

  Cyprus has four socio-ethnographical components (tiers), whose privileges and guarantees may correspondingly be assured, viz:

A  - MAINSTREAM tier:  - its all-inclusive citizenry (Cypriots of all etnicities:  indigenous-native, naturalised, residents, and emergent groups)

B  - ASCENDANCY tier:  - its indigenous and historically long-standing Hellenic ethnicity of Cyprus, which along with all other compatriots, is freely exercising its national culture and spiritual values (civilisation), sharing and contributing within the national mainstream, and sharing in, and contributing to, all human, civil rights, and freedoms, all throughout the island homeland

REMARKS A: - Hellenes, Turks, Armenians, Assyrians, Syro-Lebanese Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Francolebantine Maronites and Melchites, Hebrews, various Europeans and British, various Middle Easterns, Africans, Arabs, and Asians, are each and all citizens and ethnicities of Cyprus.  Each SUBSTANTIAL GROUP is entitled to be constitutionally recognised as “ethnicity of Cyprus”, e.g. “Cypriot Hellenes”, “Armenian ethnicity of Cyprus”, etc.  Mr Abdullah Gul, the newly elected President of Turkey, is wrong contending (during his latest illegal visit to the aggressed side of Cyprus) that “there are two peoples, two religions, two nations in Cyprus”.  As noted herein, Cypriots comprise more than two peoples, all of which do matter more than Turkey’s 160,000 illegal colonists (who contravene the Geneva Convention), her 50,000 aggression troops (who contravene the UN resolutions, and aggress on EU territory), the occupation quisling regime, and the native Cypriot-Turks, now overwhelmed (two illegal colonists to one native), badly reduced to minority by the aggressors, and constantly fleeing from the quisling regime.  WHAT THEN, Cypriot-Turk community are politicians talking about, considering that by the latters' constant departures to “greener pastures” elsewhere, their kind (native Cypriot-Turk) is fast deminishing to the crisis point insubstantial status

REMARKS B: Internationally grave is the concern that the properties of refugees in the aggressed part of Cyprus are misappropriated illegally by Turks, British, and foreign real estate traders and buyers, developers, and fortune-hunters; moreso the European Court of Human Rights are currently approving other devices for covering such illegalities and getting the offending aggressor Turkey and accomplices “off the hook" 

C  - SUBSTANTIAL ETHNICITIES tier:  - E.g. “Maronite ethnicity of Cyprus”.  Not only the Cypriot-Turks, but certain other of the above-listed ethnicities as well, are substantial and deserve direct own ethnic representation in the legislatures of the country;  up-to three dedicated seats.  To enable this, each such ethnicity to organise its own ethnicity CAUCUS independent of political factions, so as to accept, list, nominate, and field, their own candidates for general election to their dedicated parliamentary seats.  Also to vet, propose alterations, and pass, draft legislations, and make representations to the administration, on matters, which may directly concern their ethnicity, subject to democratic procedures (read further-along)

D  - MISCELLANY tier, of insubstantial ethnicities:  - E.g. “Philippino, Danish, Italian, Aethiopic, etc. ethnicities of Cyprus”.  Jointly they deserve a multicultural representation in the legislatures.  Alike the aforesaid “C” their MIXED CAUCUS independent of political factions, to likewise accept, list, nominate, and field, candidates from within their miscellany, for general election to their allocated parliamentary seats, and to exercise duties as per the other ethnicity representatives

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TURKS IN CYPRUS, though not the only other ethnicity/community there, and under the force of Turkey’s aggression, they are a particular concern but do not deserve exclusively more than what all other Cypriots are due.  It is noted again, Cypriots comprise more than two peoples, all of which do matter more than Turkey’s 160,000 illegal colonists (who contravene the Geneva Convention), her 50,000 aggression troops (who contravene the UN resolutions, and aggress in a EU sovereign country), the occupation quisling regime, and the native Cypriot-Turks, now overwhelmed (two illegal colonists to one native), badly reduced to minority by the aggressors, and constantly fleeing from the quisling regime

WHAT THEN, Cypriot-Turk community, are politicians talking about, considering that by the latters' constant departures to “greener pastures” elsewhere, their kind (native Cypriot-Turk) is fast deminishing to a crisis point insubstantial status.  Yet, in exchange, Cyprus can accord them some special vice-presidential leadership and own affairs portfolio, own Caucus and cantonments (cantons simply) instead of “zonality”, thus a substantial Cypriot ethnicity status, all within the integrated national system;  as follows:

BASICALLY:  In towns, villages, even suburbs, where Cypriot-Turks hold a majority, they constitute municipalities and shires.  They have mayors, shire masters, and civic councils;  These are their civic government and their local community authority.  Where there is a cluster of such municipalities that area to be appropriately organised as a Turkish Cantonment.  Such cantons along with their Turkish ethnic caucus, and municipalities situated throughout the island expanse, may coalesce into their overall Cypriot-Turkish Council, or their "Council".  Their Council to exercise powers for vetting legislation, when determined by vote 55% in the national parliament that it concerns the said Council.  As well, along with all other electorates theirs shall be represented in the mainstream parliament.  In the parliament any Cypriot Turk or other parliamentarian and seconder, may move that any particular draft legislation constitutes a concern of the said Council, whereupon parliament may decide (by 55% vote) to refer the draft to the said Cypriot-Turkish Council.  Thus the said Council may vet the referred legislation draft and by vote of 65% may endorse it, or reject it, or recommend amendments (changes) to it, and subsequently return it to parliament for further deliberations, passing or abandoning, whichever the case, by final Parliamentary 65% decision;  Lesser percentage shall be considered a lack of interest

ELECTORAL:  Candidatures may either be made personally, independent of parties or ethnic caucus, or fielded by a party or an ethnic caucus.  All candidates (including those fielded by any selection Caucus, for any office, parliament or dedicated seat) shall finally need to be elected by all the elector public, in order to ensure that they come to best of political terms with all Cypriots, and for assuring first loyalty to the nation

SECURITY GUARANTORS:  Since Cyprus acceded to the EU, guarantors (Britain, Hellas, Turkey) are defunct.  Membership in the EU replaced them.  Hegemony by Turkey, and big brother protection is incompatible within the "acquis communautaire";  in it, Cyprus stands on its own sovereignty and performs according to EU's requirements.  Guarantors and hegemones, other than aggressing, they protect no one in Cyprus 

PRESIDENCY & GOVERNMENT:

- THE PRESIDENT shall be the Head of the State for all the nation of Cyprus.  His candidature shall be fielded by the ascendancy caucus, and then elected to that office by the entire electoral body.  He shall exercise executive government powers, shall form and preside the national government

- THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT shall deputise the President in the exercise of his duties, as these are necessitated.  His candidature shall be fielded by any mainstream political party and then elected to that office by the entire electoral body

- THE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT (exclusively a CYPRIOT-TURK) shall be fielded especially by the Cypriot-Turkish Caucus and then elected for that office by the entire electoral body.  He/she shall deputise the President for Cyprus’ Turkish Affairs and Cantons.  He shall be assigned by the President executive powers for Cyprus’ Turkish sector   

COMPOSITION and PROCESSES:

All the elector public shall elect one President and two vice-presidents.  The State’s affairs may comprise two sectors, the mainstream generality, and the Cypriot-Turkish cantons

TWO VICE-PRESIDENTS:  Following the results from the general elections, the President shall instal the first and the second vice-presidents to correspondingly deputise him over the administration of their designated sectors.  The first vice-president to be elected for the mainstream generality;  the second vice-president be dedicated for the Cypriot-Turks.  To implement the particular provisions for the latter, an exclusive CAUCUS of Cypriot Turks may field candidates for the dedicated second vice-president’s position

  THE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT (exclusively a CYPRIOT-TURK):  As well as deputising the President, the second vice-president shall be designated (appointed) by the President to his/her vice-presidential duties for the Cypriot-Turkish sector, shall also be designated by the President the ministerial portfolios for the Cypriot-Turkish sector, viz. the:  â€“ autonomous Cypriot-Turkish education, religion, and culture;  - Cypriot-Turkish cantons;  - ordinances for local (municipal, shires, and cantonments) governments;  - the CAUCUS of Cypriot Turks;  - the Council of Cypriot-Turkish Cantons;  - commerce and finance of their cantons;  - synchronisation with Cypriot-Turkish enterprises and culture which function outside their cantons

The IMPLEMENTATION is an INTERIOR matter, not subjects to external affairs and negotiating procedures. 

1.  International agreements?  USA, Turkey, and others, are no good examples for these.  Concerning the evacuation of the latter’s military bases from the Suez Canal zone, Egypt had agreed with Britain that the latter’s supply bases remain and maintained by non-military experts;  but then in further turmoil, changed circumstances allowed Egypt to ignore the agreement and to seize them.  Why then, after three long decades, since which Turks are constantly defying the “International Rules of Law”, and circumstances having radically lapsed, are Cypriot and Hellene politicians still talking about those “now OBSOLETE agreements”, and about only “the two communities”(?)

2.  It is emphasised that what particularly concerns Turkey is when Hellenes are in league with other ethnicities and nations, as it accosts the latter only when they are singled out and alone.  Hellenes’ presence in the UNO does not worry Turkey, because in there USA exercises veto power, and Turkey can blackmail her big brother the USA.  It is different and quite troublesome for Turkey in tackling Hellenes in league with the numerous other EU nations.  For her tactical purposes, Turkey tried hard and failed to keep Cyprus singled and apart from the EU.  In Constantinople, Turkey tries to force the Patriarch to forsake his Ecumenical (global) commitments, in order to tackle Him as a lone Hellenic, apart from being an international concern.  Therefore, Cyprus must replace its “two communities (Turks against only the Hellenes)” mind-set, and substitute it with the MAINSTREAM of all its “ethnicities of Cyprus”, with which to challenge Turkey’s excesses.  The effects in the latter regard shall be “not Turks aspiring to tackle the Hellenic administration alone, but be encountered by the whole nation of 'Cyprus’ ethnicities' ”;  i.e. Turks deserve no more than what all other Cypriot ethnicities deserve

3.  It is imperative that, even from now, the aforesaid model be introduced by the Government of Cyprus throughout its jurisdiction in the free parts of the island;  and thus prepare the new social system, to eventually extend it also over the presently aggressed side.  This, compared to the Turkish arbitrary enactments in the aggressed part, and being an interim social development in interior affairs, it needs no time-wasting negotiations.  All that the Cyprus Government needs for such reformation, is a plenipotentiary ministry for poly-ethnic (or multi-cultural) reformation, an Ethnic Communities Council (n.b. – from the Australian experience), in which, organisations from all the “ethnicities of Cyprus” shall be represented, and for appropriate discussions on social restructure, with all parts of the nation;  not only the Turks

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      This shall get Cypriot-Turks, out of their self-barricaded isolation, their rightful place as citizens, and may even assist Turkey’s bid for accession in the European Union.  There is a legitimate dispute about the some 160 thousands illegal Turk colonists in Cyprus, and Turkey’s some 50,000 aggression troops in the part of the EU in Cyprus, the reinstatement of the displaced people and their properties, etc.  Turkey may never join the EU without mending these outstanding wrongs.  Under the Aquis Communeautaire all citizens shall enjoy the liberty of movement in the EU.  As a travesty, these civil liberties of the Aquis Communautaire, the Anan Plan attempted to stifle by its obnoxious apartheid concoctions.  The rule of law aught to be upheld

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      These nexuses offer to propose in due course the further details for this model of Cypriot-Turkish Cantons

      Your acknowledgement of receipt and relevant advice shall be appreciated

 G.Eleftheriades

Eleftheriades, George Savva, OAM, CETr, JP

Convener

War Reiief Volunteer, Suez (live witness).  Living Historian Records at:     A - Saint Spyridon College Library (High School, Maroubra)                    B - Australian Honours Secretariat. Government House, Canberra Community Activist, Multicultural Adviser. Political Analyst Lobbyist-Adviser Listed in Federal Government Select Register for Advisory Services. 1956/88:  Catechist, Fellowship Master, Special Religion Instructor in Public Schools 1974/91;   Government Approved Provider of Community & Ethnic Education, Arts, Major Events Educationist-Academician.  Collegiarch, Athenaeum Communiversity of Colleges (Sydney 1974/91) Nominated For A Non-Political Peerage In House Of Lords, London 2003 Member of:  - OAM  (Invested Order of Australia;  Sydney 8.6.1998)   - CETr:  Byzantine Imperial League of Saint Eugene of Trapezous (invested           Protospathaire (Knight Commander);  from Madrid 15.4.2007)                                       - Judiciary (admitted Justice of the Peace, Sydney 15.2.1967)                    - Other community organisations, and  - GAPA (Greek Australian Professionals Association)  

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