Sir,
As we mark the 30th anniversary of those dark days in July 1974 that opened the door to the Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, we will undoubtedly be deluged once again by a torrent of words from our professional politicians, who are strong on the rhetoric of unbridled nationalism, and weak on pragmatic solutions to the Cyprus problem.
Sir,
I read with great interest the article by Simon Bahceli ‘Islam in the north: do Turkish Cypriots believe in God?’ (Sunday Mail, July 4).
First of all not to practise the religion does not mean that they do not believe in God.
Sir,
I despair at the lack of understanding between the two sides in Cyprus, particularly in the last few years. Now, when resolution has been so close we see the two sides drifting further and further apart, perhaps trying to justify their actions in the recent referendum.
The Romans were the chaps responsible for bringing sausage culture to Europe, but their original version would have been much more highly seasoned than the sausages we currently consume. The Romans loved their sausages to come with lashings of cumin, pepper, parsley, pine kernels and mixed herbs.
ON TUESDAY we will be marking the 30th anniversary of the Turkish invasion as well the completion of three decades of occupation and division. Last week the political parties and government marked the 30th anniversary of the coup, honouring those who fought against it at special events, at which people were treated to the hackneyed rhetoric about the treachery that led to the invasion.
In his 1987 best selling book Thriving on Chaos, Tom Peters has this to say about chaos and uncertainty: ‘The winners of tomorrow will deal proactively with chaos, will look at the chaos per se as the source for market advantage, not as a problem to be got around.’ Ten years earlier, Ilya Prigogine won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for incorporating uncertainty in the fundamental laws of nature.
Image:(no image defined)Add image:Category & subcategory: Main issue Wine Motoring Property Food Vacancies Ambrosia Coffee ShoIT’S THAT time of year again – the season of the ‘black anniversaries’, during which we have rallies, gatherings and special TV shows to condemn the ‘twin crimes’ ?- the treacherous coup and Attila’s occupation.
THE MOST important political aspect of the Matsakis case is not so much the alleged behaviour of the newly-MEP but that of the president and the Attorney-general. The deplorable handling of this case is a measure of Tassos Papadopoulos’ qualities as a politician and of the “big and substantive change” brought about by the leadership of AKEL.
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The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
