Preventing a genocide is invading the half of the island and bringing Anatolian settlers to properties you stole from civilians after the fall of the very junta that triggered the invasion itself?
Can’t you understand that I am not arguing against the initial operation but what followed it?
It is called the Treaty of Guarantee. And no, being a guarantor power did not give Turkey unlimited authority to occupy territory, expel civilians, seize property, or alter the island’s demography. The treaty allowed action to restore the constitutional order, not to create a permanent partition.
Greek-backed coup and the military junta had already collapsed after the first phase of the operation anyway.
@hepdurgunsu@kemal28ay@ArchysLife No, the Treaty of Guarantee did not give Turkey the right to occupy half of the island, expel its people, seize their properties, and bring settlers from the mainland to colonize. You can make a case for the initial operation, but not for what followed.
The Maginot Line itself wouldn’t have changed much. The reason the Germans did not advance through Alsace was not primarily the fortifications, but geography and operational feasibility. Pushing through the mountainous terrain of eastern France, far from Paris and the country’s main industrial centers, offered little strategic advantage.
@kemal28ay@hepdurgunsu@ArchysLife Could it be because it is an illegal occupation? A hypothetical or even past crimes do not justify Turkey’s own war crimes. Having self-respect is accepting basic realities.
Turkey*, and who is “you”? The issue is not merely the initial invasion but what followed it, i.e., illegal occupation of the northern half of the island, displacing Greek Cypriots and seizing their properties, and implementing settler colonialism via bringing settlers from the mainland (which is a war crime).
“Illegal” according to whom? The Republic of Cyprus remained the internationally recognized government of the entire island by the UN and every EU member state. The EU accession treaty itself anticipated the island’s division by suspending the acquis in the north until a settlement. Turkey and the TRNC argue the accession was politically wrong, but that is not the same as it being legally invalid. No international court has ruled Cyprus’s accession illegal.
@PrincepsPinat No one actually views Turks as part of Europe either. Sad for a few actually educated, Western-oriented minioirty who suffer to live among lumpens though.
"Epstein skandalı" Türkiye'de olsa ne olurdu, neler yaşanırdı diyordu bazıları.
6 yaşındaki kızını evlendirdiği gerekçesiyle tutuklanan Yusuf Ziya Gümüşel tahliye oldu ve kahraman gibi karşılandı. Alın size cevap.
Why should we care about other countries, are we insecure?
Also, we should force other countries to call us Türkiye and try to cancel anyone who doesn't.
@Sherlock_Hopes Asıl salaklık ve özgüvensizlik sizin gibi ev zencilerinde. Bize ne diğer ülkelerden? Biz Türkiye denilmesini istiyoruz, bitti. Diğer ülkeler kendini düşünsün.