Issue 16 Winter 2003

“Nothing fundamental has changed in the past 28 years: Turkey has maintained the military advantage, in the form of a 30,000 strong garrison on the island, whereas the Greek Cypriot side has retained the diplomatic high ground, including a monopoly of international recognition and a raft of UN resolutions calling on the Turks to withdraw their troops and make way for the islands reunification.”

The Economist
(12–19 October 2002

“…Turkey’s crypto-fascist regime.”

John Pilger, The New Rulers of the World (2002)

“For years we have been living under the command of others: Turkish military permeates our lives at every level… Hundreds of charges have been brought against us, most of them related to our habit of presenting the Turkish presence in Cyprus as an occupation…”

“What wouldn’t we give now to see our homeland reunited! Those who imposed this division on us are still trying to keep us permanently apart.”

“Certainly it was not easy for me to shout that my country is under occupation… They made me realise that I am a Cypriot.”

Sener Levent, Turkish Cypriot
editor/publisher (2002)