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Quotes
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Pope Benedict XVI
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November 10,
2006: On his visit to the Vatican,
the President of the Republic of Cyprus,
Tassos Papadopoulos presented His Holiness the
Pope with a book of photographs showing churches in the Turkish-occupied
northern sector that had been destroyed or converted into hotels and bars
by the occupation regime. On seeing the photos the Pope was heard to say
'So much destruction, it is incredible.' (Deutsche Presse-Agentur,
Ansa news agency.)
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Rauf Denktash
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26 October
2001: "It is clear there could be a solution in a week if
we accepted that we're just a minority." (Rauf
Denktash speaking after meeting US Special Envoy
Thomas Weston)
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Serdar Denktash
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24 December
2004: “If Turkey
is prepared to sacrifice us, the Turkish Cypriots may resist just like the
PLO." (Serdar Denktash
so-called foreign minister of Ankara's
occupation regime as reported by the Hurriyet
newspaper)
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The British Government
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16 August 1974:
" It is important that we should avoid any
suggestion that in favouring the geographical separation
of the two communities as the most viable solution of the Cyprus
problem, we are working for the partition of the island. Partition has a
bad name internationally. It would also be contrary to our obligations,
both under the 1960 Settlement and as a fellow-member with Cyprus
of the Commonwealth and the United Nations. I recommend that we should use
the term "bioregional federation". We should reserve the term
'cantonal federation' for Mr. Gunes's proposal
involving more than one area for each community..." (Mr. A. C. Goodison, British Foreign Office official on concealing
Britain’s policy for the partition of Cyprus)
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1600+ men, women and children still missing
up to 70,000 held hostage in concentration camps
5000+ massacred
thousands raped and tortured
200,000 ethnically cleansed
500+ churches desecrated or destroyed
murders of refugees continue to this day
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