A simple empty propaganda confused fellow forum members again, let me be the good opposition guy and explain it.
- This is not a new request and time to time it surfaces, this time Great strategist inside AKP push it to be renewed by their guy inside government who is not even an elected one. For legit countries it is a legit request but reality is different here.
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- Summary, UN has camps in both South and North Cyprus while majority of them are in the Greenline (nobody owns this soil), recently our FM claimed that he sent a letter (which UN says never received) requesting (UNFICYP) United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus to make an agreement that legalize their military presence in the camps stationed in the TRNC.
Additional information: UNFICYP came to the island as observing force back in 1964 to observe the conflict and Turkish Cypriots welcomed this. All guarantor states requested and UN pass a resolution to send troops to the island. In 1964 they came to the island with the permission of Republic of Cyprus (back then which was a two community republic). OUR Government now wants to get permission form TRNC as well.. suddenly. UN troops were / are obligated to stay neutral and don't involve in any armed conflict with any side, never clashed with Greeks or Turkish Troops. However there are lots of Heroes and stories where UN troops secretly transfer, save Turkish Cypriots from Greek guerrillas, one of them even involves carrying weapons to Turks with a UN vehicle (Those guys faced a trial and prisoned, after 74 they moved to North Cyprus). So Turkish Cypriots does not have negative feelings against UN troops, also some of our people work for UN.
Camps and Greenline: UN Troops came in 1964 and stationed in ex-British military camps in some occasions, that is why they still keep that camp after 1974 in Famagusta, inside our soil but it was a British camp given to UNFICYP, they also have camps in South, camps and points inside British base area (which is sovereign territory of UK) One another thing is about Varosha / Maras, UN has control points there and patrols as far as I know, because UN Council passed a resolution about Varosha that requires it to be remain unpopulated until a peace deal being signed.
On the other hand, Greenline, where most of UN troops stationed is a soil that no one owns and it was drawn / decided before 1974 to separate Turkish zone from Greek Zone in Nicosia, as a buffer zone. Legally it belongs to Republic of Cyprus but UNFICYP is holding it.
So conclusion, reckless and confused government is trying to push limits hoping this will force UN to accept us as a legal entity without proper diplomacy which probably worsen our situation and cause more sanctions and more support to South. Just like what you can expect from AKP, a foreign policy without knowing history, proper diplomacy and international law. Would it work? No, it is just propaganda for inside.
Personal Note: I know that Turks* from Turkey does not like UN, British etc. they see any foreigner (especially christians) with a negative view and hate them. When a Turk who came from Turkey, sees UN troops, they perceive them as enemies, "gavur" and if you say good things about them you are traitor for them. So with that mind AKP guys forcing government here to act against UNFICYP which actually still helps us, give fundings to environmental projects etc. UNDP used to fund some projects that could benefit both sides, development etc. WE don't need more enemies or negative view of our people, thanks to ignorants who are pushing their small plans, our reputation will sink even further.
This is a major problem we face.
In Turkey we have a really strong village mindset that plagues half the population, almost moronic but more to do with absolute ignorance of how the wider world operates outside of their village. These tend to people who speak the loudest and speak the most.
And diplomatically speaking Turkey has been an absolute shambles, no foresight and no understanding of what could and can happen. Then when it happens we have no contingencies in place, just emotional reactionary measures.
Syria is a good example of how you can get your politics so absolutely wrong. However, we have seen moves these past 2 years which seems to suggest that we are moving away from the past 2 decades of absolute stupidity.
Ukraine is like polar opposite to Syria, while Syria was a disaster and continues to be one, Ukraine was played in a way that Turkey cannot lose irrespective of who wins.
But as a Turkish Cypriot don't be fooled, the intention is to drag you out far enough into the sea where you are separate from the Turkish core. Then if even something as extreme as a genocide started to prevail, the media in the west will either not cover it or they will portray the Turkish Cypriots as the instigators of it.
Just look at propaganda directed towards Azerbaijan, or the relentless genocide of the Kurds in the media. Outlandish lies, but that's what they are doing and all of them are doing it. It doesn't matter whether you read the british, french, american, german, swedish media etc they are pushing the same targeted narrative. That isn't happening by chance. That shows us a central agenda at play here that unites many states to move against us in a certain direction.
The common European will get on far better with the common Turk then the common middle eastern person will. I live in England and i know that Europeans are hell of a lot closer to us culturally then say Syrians or Iraqis are. The problem is not the common person but the power structures who call the shots.
The British were big trouble makers on that island, if you place trust in them politically you will be drowning yourself. They want you to take the bait and to separate yourself from the Turkish core. Learn about British imperial history if you have doubts as to how they operate.
Even today in England i have greek friends who I've known for years, however all of them will talk shit about Turks to other people. They will raise their kids to hate Turks and their churches will demonise Turks. So while they smile to you and they get on with you, they will never let go of their hatreds and prejudices.
There was a period of time here in England where we just to go to church and I saw first hand how Turks were being demonised within their churches. I would suspect that during the recent armenian/azeri conflict, many of the churches in England would have been talking about showing support for the armenian occupiers and finding soft words to denounce Azerbaijan.