Total lack of objectivity

Sir,
Once again, the Cyprus Mail’s lack of objectivity was highlighted last week (Cyprus Mail, July 22, “Abuse of history just deepens the divide”).

Indeed, you criticise the Greek Cypriots’ warranted remembrance of the horrors of July 1974, yet you conveniently fail to mention the insulting celebrations in the occupied areas of Cyprus involving officials from Turkey, as well as numerous tanks, fighter jets, and military helicopters.

You claim the sirens at 5.30am and discussions and documentaries in the
government-controlled areas “maintain a state of patriotic mobilisation”.

Without a doubt, an unprejudiced newspaper would at least question the offensive parade of M48 tanks in the Turkish pseudo-state. Moreover, balanced reporting would not ignore comments made by Abdullah Gul and Mehmet Ali Talat praising Turkey for its illegal “peace operation”.

Surely such provocative actions and insensitive attitudes are more damaging than a speech condemning the unlawful invasion or a memorial service for the dead!
Alex Ioannides, Dallas, Texas

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.