The Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiadis has sent a message to the vice-president of Turkiye, Fuat Oktay, regarding his speech released after the graduation ceremony of a university in the TRNC in which he said: “Turkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus do not want to make any concessions.” Nikos Anastasiadis said it is out of the question to go along with those following revisionist policies.
Would you cry or laugh at Nikos Anastasiadis, who considers himself to be the only and absolute leader of Cyprus? Almost as if they themselves are innocent and Turkiye is the revisionist in the area!
But what is revisionism? In international politics, revisionism is generally understood to be a need to change or alter the existing international order (status quo). Despite the fact that it may seem like a novel concept, its use in the Cyprus issue contains on purpose negativity.
For example, Makarios, the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus and the first President of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960, was a complete revisionist, and his whole dream was to fulfill the “Megali Ideal” and to become a hero of the Hellenic History. Although he was a clergyman, he never hesitated in exterminating and burning down Turkish Cypriot homes and villages for the sake of the Megali Idea.
You know what the Megali Idea is. Greek’s long-term goal was to revive the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire by establishing Constantinople as its Capital, assuming control of the lands formerly controlled by Byzantium in the lonian Sea in the west, Asia Minor, and the Black Sea in the east, Thrace, Macedonia and Epirus in the north, Crete and Cyprus in the south and assuring its prosperity and stability. The map was released by Rigas Ferreros in 1796, showing the dreamed territories of this idea, which had been first mentioned in 1791. The all the articles in the content of the idea are literally “Revisionist”. For instance, article 8 claims to annex Cyprus to Greece.
Nikos Anastasiadis, the leader of the Hellenic Nationalist Greek movement, and Makarios’ apprentice likely forgot what they done to the Turkish Cypriots. The inhuman wild extermination and massacre of the Turkish Cypriots. Between 1963 and 1974, Turkish Cypriot villages, homes, residential areas, grain, animals, and flocks were burned and pillaged. By intervening, Turkiye put a halt to this inhumane killing and extermination of Turkish Cypriots on July 20, 1974. There would not currently be any Turkish Cypriots residing in Cyprus if Turkiye hadn’t stepped in.
Greek leader Nikos Anastasiadis makes a flimsy accusation and appears to have forgotten what they, the Greek Cypriots did to Turkish Cypriots a few years prior. Pontificating and attempting to cast Turkiye as the only culprit responsible for the Cyprus problem.
I would advise Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiadis to read the Ortega Report, which was issued by a UN delegation sent to Cyprus on an official fact-finding mission in 1964. The number of brutally killed innocent and vulnerable Turkish Cypriots, the number of burned, wrecked, erased, and knocked down Turkish Cypriot villages, and the loss of Turkish Cypriots are all detailed in this report, along with relevant photographs.
If we are going to go over the Confidence Building Measures, I would like to ask the Greek leader, Mr. Anastasiadis, what Confidence Building Measures they have implemented, which were discussed at the negotiation tables during the presidential eras of Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat and Mr. Mustafa Akinci.
We have not forgotten the Greek’s propaganda skills, which were successful enough to erase the blood shed in the past in order to annex Cyprus to Greece from the minds of Greek Cypriots and Greeks.
First, account for the crimes you committed in the past, the massacres you committed, and the families you exterminated in order to annex the island to Greece, and then, if you still feel like an innocent angel, send a message to the authorities of Turkiye, our motherland, who saved us from genocide and is still saving us from possible armed attacks by Greek Cypriots, and who is giving us full support to survive without the fear we experienced during 1963-1974.
Yes, if they address you!
Prof. Dr. (Civ. Eng.), Assoc. Prof. Dr. (Int. Relt.) Ata ATUN
Cyprus Science University (KIU) Engineering Department Dean Prof. Dr. Ata Atun, said that the discovery of 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves in the Black Sea by the Fatih drilling vessel, will change the fate of Turkey and TRNC. Turkey’s new economic and diplomatic power will open the doors to a settlement in Cyprus issue, where the rights for the Turkish Cypriot will be based on equality and equal rights on the governance and sovereignty of Cyprus.
The statement of President Erdogan of Turkey, giving the good news of the discovery of natural gas in Tuna 1 (Danube 1) well at the Sakarya parcel, caused great joy in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, TRNC.
Cyprus Science University Engineering Department Dean Prof. Dr. Ata Atun said, Turkey is rapidly becoming the leader the region. Atun said that the Turkish drilling ship Fatih conducted a drilling activity in the exploration area known as “Danube-1” in the Sakarya Parcel, approximately 100 nautical miles north of the Western Black Sea coast, and that good news came as a result of these activities,
“The natural gas reserve detected in the Sakarya parcel is around 800 billion cubic meters. The discovery of 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Tuna 1 (Danube 1) well, will form the first step in the change of the fate of Turkey in 21st Century.
The second drilling vessel “Kanuni” now is also preparing to move to the region. A further good news is expected from Kanuni drilling vessel as well.
With this discovery, Turkey will get rid of the foreign economic and diplomatic exertions and sanctions. With it’s large population, defense industry, digital-electronics technology and armed forces, Turkey will be the governing and arbiter country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East’s regional diplomacy. He stated, accordingly the fate of the Turkish Cypriots will also change in Cyprus and the Cyprus issue as well.
Emphasizing that energy is of great importance in the establishment of national independence as well as being the basic element of development, Prof. Dr. Ata Atun concluded, stating: “Turkey will open the door to a solution that would give the Turkish Cypriots’ rights and equality in the governance and sovereignty of Cyprus and/or internationally recognized independent state.
Prof. Dr. Atun stated “I believe that the fate of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus-TRNC- will change dramatically and I am proud of being a Turk and that the Turkey is my homeland”.
Unlocated mass graves of alleged Armenian Genocide
Yurdagül Atun , Ata Atun Cyprus Science University TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS yurdagulbeyoglu@hotmail.com, ata.atun@atun.com
Abstract According to some sources, The Armenian Genocide Appeals (the so-called Armenian Genocide or the Unfounded Armenian Claims) indicate that the Armenian deportation, which was carried out by the Ottoman State in Eastern Anatolia for internal security reasons from May to November 1915, was aimed at destroying the Armenian community in the region, Millions of Armenians are alleged to have been killed by this reason.
In the early years of the First World War, the Ottoman State while fighting in many fronts with Allied Powers, the Armenians attacked the Ottoman army jointly with the Russian army in the region up to Central Anatolia in the East, and rebelled in many cities. In order to overcome these rebellions, the Ottoman State held a joint meeting with the Armenian Patriarchs, especially the Armenian Members of the Tanzimat Parliament, and the leaders of the Armenian community, and informed them that the Ottoman State would take countermeasures if the Armenians continued to kill local Muslim people in Eastern Anatolia. On the basis of this notion, the Ottoman State in April 24, 1915 arrested 235 people who had organized the rebellions and closed down all the Armenian Committees and local organizations that supported and organized the rebellions. The Ottoman State promulgatiated the Temporary Law of Deportation, in 27 May 1915. Accordingly, it was decided some of the Armenians in Eastern Anatolia would be displaced to Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. According to the Armenians’ claims, massacre and genocide were carried out under the deportation title and 1.5 million Armenians were killed. This article is about the mass graves of 1.5 million Armenians which would form the basis of the massacre allegations, the size, how and by whom they were dug, how the massacred Armenians buried and how the mass graves covered with soil. The paper is written to investigate whether there are mass graves or not.
Keywords: Ottoman, Armenian, Deportation, Mass grave, Genocide
Introduction
According to Halaçoğlu:
“The Ottoman archives carry instructions to the effect that Armenians and their properties are not to be subject to any harm and ill treatments during their journeys, and protection for them is also to be provided. The Ottoman Ministerial Council decided on 30 May, 1915 to provide all necessary means including housing, tools and funding from the immigration policy including medical check-ups. In addition, those who attacked Armenians during this transportation are to be arrested and punished under severe circumstances by the Court of Divan War.” (Halaçoğlu, 2013)
Therefore It is quite incompatible with the facts to claim that the Ottoman State, taking into account the lives, health and residence of the Armenians during their journey, committed a genocide under the referral of the Ottoman State, which issued a law ordering sick, elderly and children to be looked after. It is incompatible with logic as well as mathematical computation.
Mathematical Evaluation
According to the Armenians’ allegations, the so-called genocide was carried out within five and a half months from the end of May to the middle of November. It is not possible to actually claim that “Thousands of Armenians were forced to die freezing from the cold” as this can not be realized due to the climatic conditions within the period.
There is also a major calculation error in terms of the claims against the conduct of the Ottoman State that must be looked at more closely. Suffice to stay, if a total of one and a half million Armenians were killed during this so-called massacre or genocide, which began at the end of May and ended in the middle of November, the law enforcement officers, ordained by the Ottoman State on average, must systematically kill tens of thousands of people every day.
If one decides to approach these claims optimistically, assuming that every single Armenian murdered is killed by a single bullet, 10,000 bullets must be spent each day and 1.5 million bullets in total. According to the Ballistic Table, a bullet weight of 7.65 mm is 6.5 grams on average. . (Ballistic Table,
The total daily requirement of 10,000 bullets is 65 kg, together with casings 85 kg. Therefore a total of 12.75 tons of bullets are required. Since these bullets can only be carried on the backs of animals in the mountains, this would be only possible with 2 donkeys or 2 camels and 4 people doing at least 2 shifts in order to carry the necessary daily bullets to the slaughter area.
Also, in order to keep 10 thousand people under control and execute them, it is necessary to have a military unit or armed enforcement force available in the area.
We are talking about the past, and therefore must know that it is not possible that such deep pits cannot be dug without the aid of trucks, excavators and the technology of today. Since thousands of excavators and trucks cannot be used in the past, thousands of people are needed to dig the mass graves, and to throw the slaughtered into the pits, and to cover them again. A service team providing food, beverages, toilets, and bathing for these thousands of armed people who are supposed to have carried out the massacres or genocide must also be in the vicinity of the slaughter field to address the needs of the alleged murderers.
Massacres and Mass Graves Found in the World
In 2018, five new mass graves were uncovered in the Arakan province of Myanmar, revealing the severity of the massacre against the Muslim population. )
According to the Associated Press (AP) news agency, the discovery of at least 5 mass graves buried 400 unknowns in the Gu Da Pyin village of Buthidaung province, northern part of the province of Arakan province, has been confirmed. (Atwood, 2018)
According to Amor Mashovic, president of the DNA Center in Tuzla, “…When you include the year 2015, the number of public cemeteries in the country is 800. I cannot believe that the war in which 32 thousand 152 people were “lost” to records is still not officially considered “genocide”. In 1995, the mass graves of the corpses were buried with shovels and were seen by the American satellites. Some mass graves have 1200, some have 200 people…”
To sum up, Amor Mashovic declares that 32,152 people have been massacred and that these people have buried 800 mass graves that have been replaced three times. (Masovic, 2015)
According to the news of Yeni Safak Newspaper dated March 24, 2018; “110 ÖSO soldiers were killed by the PKK / PYD’deki in Syria in the empty square of the Hallubi village, mass graves were found near the dam.” (Yeni Şafak, 2018)
According to Türkiye Newspaper’s news on 24 April 2001; “Algeria (UAE) – The traces of the massacres carried out by the French during 1954-1962 in Algeria have still not disappeared. In the city of Tebessa, east of Algeria, there was a body of 300 Algerian fighters who were estimated to have been killed during the Algerian-French war between 1954 and 1962, the corpses were found during a water-pipe dig. The spokesman of the Ministry of War explained that the corpses belonged to the soldiers of the National Liberation Front and that there were traces of torture on their skeletons. It was stated that this mass grave was the largest mass grave in the last decade. ” (Türkiye, 2001)
The news about the three different regions of genocide and mass graves in the world reveals that the mass graves buried after the massacres are revealed that investigations prove that no mass grave can be hidden, despite the fact that the burial sits have been changed three time, as is the case in Bosnia.
Dimensions of the Human Body
In order to be able to generalize calculations, it is necessary to take the average of the dimensions of the human body.
The average size of people living in Eastern Anatolia region: Shoulder width: 0.50 m. Height: 1.68 m. Body thickness: 0.35 m. The body is covered horizontally Area: 0.84 m2 The volume produced horizontally by the body: 0.294 m3
According to unfounded Armenian allegations that 1,5 million Armenians were killed in five and a half months, the average number of people killed per day: 10,000 people.
Assuming that three people were placed on top of a mass grave: Man in each horizontal row: 3334 people The height of the volume created by three people on top of each other: 1.05 m. The minimum soil height that must be covered by 3 people: minimum 0.65 m. Total excavation depth: Minimum 1.05 + 0.65 = 1.70 m.
Total excavation area: 3334 (one horizontal row human figure) x 0.84 (horizontal area of the body) = 2800 m2 Volume to be excavated: 1.70 m. (Excavation depth) x 2,800 m2 (Total excavation area) = 4760 m3
Size of a football field Football field measurements are in the form of a rectangle. The width of the football field should be between 45 and 90 meters and the length between 90 and 120 meters. Regular football stadiums made in international standards are between 64 and 75 meters in size and between 105 and 120 meters in height.
The average width of a football field is 50 m and the length is 100 m. , the soccer field covers an area of about 5,000 m2.
Since the area of the mass grave to be excavated must be at least 2800 m2, in terms of making comparisons this field is about 1/2 football field or 50 m. in width and 56 m. It can be defined as a rectangle in its length.
Excavator excavation capacity Today, with an excavator capacity of 0.75 m3 bucket capacity and 90 percent bucket capacity, an excavator is able to excavate only 258 m3 in one hour with easy, medium and medium difficulty. Such a scoop can excavate a 4760 m3 cavern at 18.5 hours without stopping and 22.5 hours with food and catering. (Celal et al, )
Manual excavation capacity According to calculations of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, the excavation capacity of 3 workers and the top head is 40 m 2 per 16 hours or 2-4 m3/hour according to soil structure. According to this finding, the average excavation capacity of a worker for 1 hour is 0.5 m3. (King Fahd, 2017)
According to another source; the average amount of excavation that a person can do in a total of about 10 hours by working 2 hours per day for a 15 minute break and for a 45 minute break during lunch is about 4.0 m3. (Calin et al, 2003: p 201). According to this finding, the average excavation capacity of 1 hour is 0.4 m3.
According to the empirical findings of Goldenseal, 1 worker can excavate 1,308 m3 in 2.5 hours. (Goldenseal, 2017) According to this finding, the excavation capacity of one worker is 0.52 m3 per hour according to soil structure.
When the average of these 3 differences are taken, the excavation capacity of 1 worker can be taken as 0.48 m3 per hour according to soil structure.
According to the empirical findings of Goldenseal, a worker can emit 1,308 cubic meters of excavated soil in an excavation pit in 2.5 hours. According to this finding, the earth-throwing capacity of one worker is 0.52 m3 per hour according to the soil structure. (Goldenseal, 2017) Another worker puts this land in a hand-held car with an average capacity of 1,308 cubic meters in 2.6 hours and pours back 10 meters away. According to this finding, the carrying capacity of one worker is 0.50 m3 per hour according to soil structure. (Goldenseal, 2017) According to these findings, on average 3 workers are required to excavate 0.5 m3 of soil in 1 hour, to be thrown out of the shovel and to be taken out of the buried area.
Minimum mass grave area required to bury 10,000 people: 2800 m2 Minimum excavation depth: 1.70 m. Soil volume to be excavated: 2800 m2 x 1.70 m = 4760 m3
4760 m3 Number of persons required to be able to perform soil excavation in maximum 10 hours: 4760 m3 ÷ 10 hours ÷ 0.48 m3 / hour / worker = 992 workers. (Digging the pit)
Amount of soil excavated in 1 hour = 4760 m3 ÷ 10 hours = 476 m3 The number of workers required to discharge 476 m3 of land excavated in 1 hour; 476 m3 ÷ 0.52 = 916 workers (landing)
The number of workers required to move one third of the land (1.70 – 1.05 = 0.65 m) out of the excavation pit in one hour to outside the excavation area: One third of the soil mined in one hour = 476 m3 ÷ 3 = 159 m3 Number of workers required to remove 159 m3 of soil from the excavation area: 159 m3 ÷ 0.5 m3 = 318 workers (carrying the surplus of the disposable soil out of the field)
Movement of the bodies of the slaughtered people to the burial site to be thrown immediately to the pits without waiting for it to finish, 3 rows above and 65 cm above them. The number of additional people required for each 1 m2 excavation area to be covered with soil is 2.
Excavation area = 2800 m2 Area to be excavated per 1 hour over 10 hours = 2800 m2 ÷ 10 hours = 280 m2 280 m2 Number of additional people required for burial in the excavation area: 280 m2 x 2 people = 560 people (burial and covering)
The number of workers required for excavation (992 persons), landing out (916 persons), carrying out the land (318), burial and covering (560 persons) within 1 day with a working time of 10 hours: 992 + 916 + 318 + 560 = 2786 people. The minimum total number of workers required for 5 days shifts and 2 teams per day is estimated to be 2786 x 2 = 5572 workers, since it is not possible for the mentioned workers to work 10 hours each day without interruption for 150 days.
The number of people required to meet the food, drinking water, rest, sleep, cigarette, disease, treatment, first aid, wash water and toilet needs of 5,572 people working five hours a day, two shifts, this being the most optimistic and minimum estimate; Delivery of food: 25 people Travel kitchen and dishwashing: 50 people Drinking water and washing water supply: 45 people and 20 water transport vehicles, 40 cows and caring. Establishment and deterioration of the traveling dormitory: 50 people Expedition hospital and treatment hospital: 15 people Total service staff: 185 people
Even assuming that tens of thousands of captured prisoners are left hungry and thirsty, if there are no prisoners surrounded by barbed wire around the Nazis, and the prisoners are confiscated outdoors, the minimum number of soldiers required to prevent such prisoners from escaping and revolt is at least 2500.
Systematically slaughtering 10 thousand people a day, so that 1.5 million people can be slaughtered in the timeframe of five and a half months, the opening of the pits in the size 50 x 56 m., the burial of the slaughtered and the covering of them. A total of at least 8257 people are required to perform these operations. (5572 workers + 185 kitchens and supply + 2500 soldiers)
In addition to human power, there are approximately 1,000 digging tools (992 people for excavation), 1000 shovels (916 people for throwing out land), 200 shovels (318 people for carrying out land), and 600 shovels for burial and 560 people to cover it), in total: 1000 pieces of digging and 1800 shovels are required together with the backups.
Armenian population in Anatolia in 1915
The archives have censuses from 1882 to 1915. Instead of Ottoman documents, the population declarations given by the French, British, Germans, Americans and the missionaries there, and especially the Armenian Patriarch to the Ottoman Empire in relation to taxes, helped the determination of the Armenian population in Eastern Anatolia in 1915.
The Armenian population declared by the Armenian Patriarch N. Varjabedian in 1881:
According to the Armenian Patriarchate, the figures of Catholic and Protestant Armenians in six provinces are explained as follows. (Atun, 2013) State Year 1881 Erzurum 128,478 Van 133,859 Bitlis 130,460 Diyarbekir – Elaziz 107,059 Sivas 243,515 Total 743,371 According to the explanation made in 1882; (Atun, 2013) State Year 1882 Erzurum 280,000 Van 400,000 Bitlis 250,000 Diyarbekir – Elaziz 270,000 Sivas 280,000 Total 1,630,371
When the lists are placed side by side, it is seen that the population increase within a year is 887 thousand people, 120 percent, it appears that the increase is not normal and quite misleading.
Colonel Henry Trotter, the British Embassy specialist concerning population reports noticed inconsistent figures in the explanation of Patriarch and made a report. On February 15, 1882, the number of Armenians residing in the regions of Erzurum and Van was 372,500 and Nasuri was 85,000. (Atun, 2013)
Other official documents and explanations about the Armenian population in Anatolia:
The total number of the population living in Erzurum, Van, Bitlis, Harput, Diyarbakır and Sivas regions is 2,615,000 – 666,000 Muslims and 1,018,000 Armenian population in a 1912 study by Marcel Leart. (Atun, 2013)
In his book “Armenia On The Road To Independence”, Richard Hovannisian explains that the population of Armenians living in the borders of the Ottoman State in 1914 is between one and two million, including Istanbul.
In his book “Histoire de l’Armenie”, Hrant Pasdermadjian explains that 2,100,000 Armenians lived in 1914, including Istanbul, within the borders of the Ottoman Empire, while the world had an Armenian population of 4,100,000. The number of Armenians living in Anatolia as of that date is 1,400,000 according to the content of the memorandum signed by A. Aharonian and Boghos Nubar on February 12, 1919 and submitted to the Paris Peace Conference by the Armenian Delegation. (Atun, 2013)
The number of Armenians living in Anatolia is about 1,400,000, according to the content presented by the Greek Prime Minister Venizelos at the Paris Peace Conference on 12 February 1919. (Atun, 2013)
Near East Relief Report on Armenians living in Syria in 1921: (Near East Relief Report) According to the report, after the F. Boullion Agreement signed with the Government of Ankara, the British-French occupations subsequently returned to the 300,000 Armenian Cilicia region and emigrated from the region in 1921. The report clearly states that between 200,000 and 300,000 Armenians are alive in the Syrian territory and that they want humanitarian assistance. (Atun, 2013) Near East Relief Report on Armenians living in Armenia in 1921: (Near East Relief Report) The report says that the number of Armenians living in Armenia in the Caucasus in 1921 was one million and half of them (500,000) applied to the Aid Group for help. (Atun, 2013)
According to the US Senate’s Resolution 266 of 22 April 1922, the number of Armenians living in Anatolia, Syria and Russia as of December 31, 1921 was 1,414,000 and no mention of genocide by any word, meaning or implication. (Atun, 2013)
The total population of Armenians living in the world according to the contents of the Proof of Entitlement 1-8-58, a US government document signed by US Secretary of State W. R. Anderson in 1922, was 3,004,000. 817,873 of them have migrated from Anatolia and 281,000 of them still live in Anatolia. (Atun, 2013)
760,000 Armenians were living in the Ottoman territories according to the content of Andıç on 2 February 1923 presented to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1923. (Atun, 2013)
According to the information given by Şükrü Server Aya in the conclusion of the US Senate’s review of the “Near East Assistance Report” dated December 31, 1929, the number of Armenians alive in history is 1,300,000 and the number of Armenians who died is incredibly low. The number of Armenians who die as a result of hunger, poverty, illness and regional conflicts is at most 300,000 if the official report of the US Senate is trusted. (Atun, 2013 & Aya, 2013)
Conclusion
According to the records in the Ottoman archives, the death was not found in the deportation records starting in May of 1915, to November. The Report of the Near East Assistance Group, created by the US Government, does not refer to the deportation as a massacre or genocide. (Atun, 2013 & Aya, 2013 &
If one and a half million (1,500,000) Armenians were killed within the five-month period of migration as the Armenians claimed, an average of ten thousand (10,000) people a day should be killed by a simple mathematical calculation. According to this average, at least 150, 2800 m2 in size, about 50 x 56 m. is necessary as a mass grave in its dimensions to be found.
According to the most basic principle of law, in order for a murder claim to be prosecuted in court, the body of the person killed must also be found and presented to the court as proof. (David, 2003, 817) Despite the fact that the mass graves of 8 thousand Bosnians, which were slaughtered by the Serbs mercilessly and the location changed 3 times, were found, some people doubt the alleged Armenian genocide allegations as they have not been revealed.
The fact that none of the 8,257 people involved in such a massacre or genocide have not opened their mouths or and that no one has even been able to show a mass grave involving people killed in the alleged genocide, casts a shadow over the claims of genocide and undermines its credibility .
When the reports on Armenians living in Anatolia, Syria, Iraq and Armenia in 1915 were examined, it is seen that the number of Armenians ranged from 600 hundred to 1 million 700 thousand. If one and a half million Armenians were slaughtered in 1915 as it was alleged, as in the reports published by the US Senate after the war, the number of Armenians living in Anatolia, Syria and Russia in 1923 could not be 1,414,000 and the number of Armenians migrating to USA and Europe could not be 817,873. These mathematical calculations and population censuses made in various years, given by the French, British, Germans, Americans and the missionaries there, especially the Armenian Patriarch, to the Ottoman Empire every year, and especially after the First World War reveal that the Armenian Genocide allegation is met with doubt, is groundless, and unfounded.
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Geçmiş yıllarda, Kıbrıslı Türklerin meşhur deyişiyle “Bıyıklarını balta kesmezdi” Kıbrıslı Rumların. Kendilerini dünyanın en üstün ırkı zanneden komşular herkese tepeden bakarlardı. Dünyadaki en akıllı ve en zengin milletin de kendileri olduğu inancındaydılar.
Bizim tarafta, KKTC’de bile buna inanmış bazı kişiler vardı ve Rum hayranlıklarını her fırsatta belli ederlerdi. Hiç unutmuyorum, bundan 2 sene önce, 4 Mayıs 2011 tarihinde “Rum Kesimi Batmak Üzere” başlıklı bir köşe yazısı yazmıştım daha ortada böylesi belirtiler yokken. Yazımın son cümlesi de “Portekiz battı, sıra anlaşılan Kıbrıs Rum tarafında” şeklindeydi.
Aldığım eleştirilerin ve yazımın altına yazılan olumsuz yorumların sayısı herhalde otuzdan fazlaydı. Hele bir tanesi hayli iddialıydı: “Rum tarafı asla batmaz. Bu adanın üzerinde batacak biri varsa o da biz oluruz!” Rumlara duyulan bu güveni anlayamamıştım.
O günlerin altından çok sular aktı. Yazdıklarım ve öngörülerim doğru çıktı. Batışın seviyesi düşündüğümden çok daha fazla oldu. Bu denli feci bir batış ve iflası aklımdan geçirmemiştim.
Uluslararası kredi derecelendirme kuruluşu Standard & Poor’s, Kıbrıs Rum tarafına Avrupa Birliği ve Uluslararası Para Fonu’ndan (IMF) yardım gelmemesi durumunda Kıbrıslı Rumların borçlarını ödeyememe olasılığının büyük olduğunu açıkladı dün.
Boşuna değildi bu açıklama.
Her ne kadar aksi söylense veya da üstü örtülmeye çalışılsa da Kıbrıs Rum tarafında yoksulluk diz boyu. Rum Kızıl Haç Müdürü Takis Neofitu dün, “Yoksulluk Kıbrıs’ı Vurdu” açıklamasını yaptı. Bunun da nedeni son zamanlarda Kızlı Haç’a yapılan yiyecek ve giyecek yardım başvurularının Kızıl Haç’ın geçen sene sonunda yaptığı 2013 tahminlerinin çok üzerinde olması.
Gerçekte benim kullandığım “çok” kelimesi biraz göreceli. Yerine 10’da konabilir 50’de. Ama Uluslararası bir kuruluş olan Kızıl Haç’ın bu yanılgısı ne yüzde 10 ne de yüzde 50.
Kızıl Haç’a başvuru yapan yiyecek ve giyecek yardımına gereksinim duyan kişi ve aile sayısı, daha 2013 yılının başında hesaplananın 2 misline çıktı. Tamı tamına yüzde 100’lük bir yanılgıya düştü Kızıl Haçın profesyonel yöneticileri. Tabii bu yanılgının kökeninde kabul edilmek istenmese de, ekonominin kötünün de kötüye doğru gidişi yatmakta.
Avrupa Konseyi ve Parlamentosu arasında evvelki gün yapılan görüşmede çıkan uzlaşı, mart 2013 sonunda memorandum programına girmesi öngörülen Kıbrıs Rum Yönetimi’nin, borcunun dörtte üçünü ödeyene kadar Almanya’nın bütçe denetimine ve “çok sıkı bir mali disiplinin altına” sokulacağı yönünde.
Buna göre Kıbrıs Rum Yönetimi her yıl, bir sonraki yılla ilgili bütçe taslaklarını 15 Ekim’e kadar Konsey’e ve Komisyon’a göndermek zorunda olacak. Konsey ve Komisyon uygun görürse onaylayacak, uygun görmezse istediği şekle gelene kadar tekrar tekrar Rumlara bütçe revizyonu yaptırabilecek.
Brüksel, Kıbrıs Rum Yönetiminin bütçesine şeffaflığın sağlanabilmesi için aleni olarak müdahale edebilecek, bütçe istikrarı açısından ciddi zorluklar saptaması halinde de Kıbrıs Rum Yönetimine artırılmış denetim uygulayabilecek.
Hristofyas, kendisinin ve ruhani başkanı olduğu AKEL’in Kıbrıslı Rumlar tarafından gelecekte lanetlenmemesi için Temmuz ayından beridir her tür ayak oyununu yaparak memoranduma imzasını atmadı.
Memorandumu imzalamak yeni seçilecek Rum Başkana kaldı. Büyük bir olasılıkla seçilecek olan DİSİ Başkanı Anastasiades ister istemez bu memorandumu Mart sonunda imzalayacak.
İmzalamaya imzalayacak ama bu imza Rum tarafını iflastan kurtaramayacak, sadece krizi biraz daha erteleyecek. Kıbrıs Rum Yönetiminin bütçesini ve mali yapısını didik didik eden Troyka’nın vereceği kredi, Rum para-finans sektörünün ve de Kıbrıs Rum Yönetiminin bataktan kurtulmasına değil, sadece nefes almasına yetiyor.
Anastasiades’i yeni görevinde mali, ekonomik, doğalgaz, AB ve dış siyaset gibi büyük sorunlar bekliyor. Müzakereleri büyük baskılar altında, istemediği ve beğenmediği yeni bir kulvarda sürdürmek zorunda kalacağı kesin.
These words belong to Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the archbishop of the Church of Cyprus, taken from his interview given to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, published on Jan. 5, 2007, and these shameful words start the very last sentence of the first paragraph. Of course this was not the first time he spoke of Turkey or Turkish Cypriots and targeted them as the eternal enemy.
The sentence “Europe is Christian” also belongs to him. “Of course Christianity is not simply European, but in any case Europe is Christian. Europe before Christianity was just a geographical term. Its inhabitants were distinguished as those who lived within the borders of the Roman Empire or Oikoumene (lands inhabited by Greeks), and those who lived outside the borders, and were generally called ‘barbarians’,” he said.
How about his overdosed speech on the occasion of the official visit of former Greek President Kostis Stephanopoulos to Cyprus?
In his speech at the ceremony, Archbishop Chrysostomos said: “They say Cyprus is away from Greece. But we expect our Hellenic brothers to help us to vanquish the Turks from our lands. I hope we will not be disappointed.”
He claimed that “Turkey is looking for a reason to occupy the whole of Cyprus by using the federation betrayal” and warned Stephanopoulos, saying, “If Turks reach their aim in Cyprus, a few years later it will be time for the occupation of the Aegean islands.”
Archbishop Chrysostomos calls periodically upon the Greek Cypriot administration to review its stance concerning the Cyprus problem. Chrysostomos recently said that Greek Cypriot leaders should attempt to implement the UN resolutions on the island in order to bring about the withdrawal of the Turkish Army, and pointed out that the withdrawal of Turkish soldiers from the island should be a pre-condition.
Once an apostle of the notorious Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios, Archbishop Chrysostomos also advocates violence to achieve Greek aims for Cyprus. From time to time — and without missing the opportunity to jolt Greek Cypriots on some occasions — Chrysostomos persists in making statements about “fighting to the end” and “drinking the blood of Turks.”
He recently attempted to enlarge the boundaries of the Church of Cyprus to cover the northern Turkish parts of Cyprus as well.
The last session of the Holy Synod (ruling body of the Church of Cyprus) decided that the historic Monastery of the Apostle Barnabas in the northern territories would be declared Stavropegial (a monastery that falls directly under the archbishop’s authority) and determined the details of the changes, especially the boundaries, the parishes and the communities of the new Metropolitanates and Chorepiscopates.
The decision was also made to establish three Metropolitanates in the northern Turkish territories and elect the relevant Metropolitans.
The crowning ceremony of the Metropolitan Vasileos of Konstantia and Arsinoe, both in the territories of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), were also attended by the representatives of the Fener Patriarchate in İstanbul and Archbishop Christodoulos, the primate (head) of the Church of Greece.
The conflict in Cyprus did not begin in mid 1950’s but began with an idea called Enosis, unification of Cyprus with Greece.
This idea was seeded in Cyprus as early as 1879, when the British allowed Greeks to settle on the island in “patriotic communities.” Soon after, Greek patriotism flourished in the island and sneaked into churches and schools. The actual roots of Cyprus problem goes back as far as to late 1800’s but not 1974.
Since early 1900’s, the Greek Cypriots were geared for Enosis and opposed to the coexistence of Turkish Cypriots.
In 1959 the motherlands of both people and Britain provided Cyprus with a constitution that was not only agreed upon by all parties, but also provided for the existence of a Republic, where Turks and Greeks would have equal rights and a say over their own people.
Most people talk about Greek Cypriot sufferings as a result of the coup d’etat that overthrew Makarios and from Turkey’s intervention, but it seems they have no idea about the Turkish Cypriots sufferings.
Their knowledge is in lack of the period prior to the 1974 intervention, where the Greek Cypriots were orchestrating genocidal policies against Turkish Cypriots over a period of eleven years, starting from 1963.
During this notorious period, 103 Turkish Cypriot villages were completely destroyed and hundreds of Turkish Cypriots massacred and buried in mass graves by the Greek Cypriots.
Under the Akritas Plan, which it’s drafting was completed as early as 1961, the Greek Cypriots sought to annihilate the entire Turkish Cypriot population on Cyprus and accordingly attacks to Turkish Cypriots started on December 20, 1963. This atrocious night is known as “Bloody Christmas”, in Turkish Cypriot history and over 600 innocent Turkish Cypriot men, women, and children were ruthlessly slaughtered in one single night .
As a result of such grave human rights abuses, the Turkish Cypriots were forced to withdraw into small enclaves, almost 60,000 Turkish Cypriots left their homes, belongings, memories and sheltered in safe areas to save their lives. In these enclaves their fundamental human rights were severely restricted and they lived out their lives as refugees within their own country. They had no access to most of life’s basic necessities, had no political representation, and were exposed to constant violence and harassment regulated by the Greek Cypriot leadership.
The goal of the Greek Cypriot leadership under Makarios, was to force all Turkish Cypriots off of the island, either by brute force or by implementation of inhuman living conditions.
But the pace of Makarios for ethnic cleansing of Turkish Cypriots was not fast enough for the Junta Generals in Greece and this led to the Greek Cypriot National Guards overthrowing Makarios in a coup d’etat on July 15, 1974, under the command of Greek officers and support of Greek troops from Greece.
From this point onwards, things changed dramatically in the island. Turkey had to intervene to save the lives of Turkish Cypriots, as the speed of the genocide would get accelerated, after the declaration of “Cyprus Hellenic Republic” in July 16, 1974, by the notorious human butcher Nichos Sampson, a right wing Greek operative, installed by the Greek junta as the president to the unilaterally declared new republic.
It is a solid fact that the Turkish Cypriots had been struggling for ages to live in peace in the island but instead, forced by their adver-saries to rely on the armed forces and get cohered to their motherland Turkey.
