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No appeasement, says Tassos
By Alex Efthyvoulos in Athens
13th July 2006
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos rounded up his two-day visit to Athens
and talks with the Greek government and opposition leaders this
week, declaring that while Cyprus does not want to create problems
for Greece, at the same time it rejects appeasement of the Turkish
occupier through unilateral compromises.
His blunt statement was interpreted as a clear confirmation of
reports that he and Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis did not
see fully eye-to-eye during their talks, particularly in connection
with the adoption of a joint policy on Turkey's path toward EU
accession.
It was indicative that during their joint press conference, at the
end of their prolonged meeting on Monday, the two leaders stated
separately that they had examined all options in connection with
this.
They agreed that Turkey must implement the EU directive for opening
its ports and airports to Cypriot traffic. But while stressing that
their talks were carried out in a spirit of close cooperation, they
avoided the routine confirmation of previous similar meetings that
they were in full agreement.
The basic difference appeared to be on the one hand Greece's
reluctance to pressure Turkey, out of concern this might exacerbate
their relations and increase tension, and Papadopoulos' reluctance
to rule out resort to a veto to force Turkey to meet its obligations
to the EU by implementing the ports and airports directive.
National strategy needed
This difference of approach was revealed more authoritatively by
Nikos Konstantopoulos, of the coalition of Leftist and Ecological
parties of Greece, in his meeting with the press after President
Papadopoulos briefed him on his talks with Caramanlis.
``What we need is a national strategy that will jointly evaluate and
serve the interests of Hellenism as a whole, and not in a
fragmentary way, or partially. What is needed is a settlement that
will utilise the UN resolutions and the EU acquis,'' he said.
This difference was also reflected by several Athens newspapers that
claimed that the two leaders had failed to reach the ``celebrated
identity of views'' of previous meetings.
Noteworthy
It is noteworthy that in reply to a specific question whether the
strategic targets of Athens and Nicosia coincide, Caramanlis said:
``Once more I'll tell you that with President Papadopoulos, and the
two governments in general, we have a very close cooperation which
goes back in the depth of time. This continues today and will
continue in the future. Everything else is a fabrication with which
I personally do not deal.''
These words contrasted glaringly with what President Papadopoulos
said several hours later in his public address during the award
ceremony of the Order of Makarios III to Michael Cacoyiannis,
warning that Cyprus would not be pressured into an unacceptable
settlement of the Cyprus problem.
``We in Cyprus do not want, and do not even think of creating
problems for Greece. We do not want, nor do we seek to transfer the
weight of our problems to the shoulders of Greece. But, we do want
our Greek brothers to realise that we in Cyprus, as we resist
Turkish expansionism and fight for the national and physical
survival of Greek Hellenism, are forward defenders of Hellenism in
its widest meaning and dimension.''
After praising Cacoyiannis for his constant effort to enlighten the
world of the catastrophic consequences of the Turkish invasion and
occupation of Cyprus, President Papadopoulos added that Cacoyiannis
``will remain in the ranks for the holy case of Cyprus, a case that
must affect every Greek separately and all Greeks as a whole.''
He then added:
``If the issue is to hurriedly `close' the Cyprus case, with the
Cypriot Hellenism paying the price for such a closure, then there is
no difficulty whatever for this, provided we accept the Turkish
demands, or by signing the plans of an invalid and dangerous
arrangement. But, if the target is to achieve a basically just and
truly viable and lasting settlement, again there is no difficulty to
respond with a respectable and proud `no' to any attempt for the
manufacture and imposition of a shaky, and consequently dangerous
arrangement for Cyprus.
'Harmonious cooperation'
''Our refusal to yield and surrender and our insistence to strive
for our self evident and unquestionable rights cannot be regarded by
some as some tasteless sentimentality or annoying mentality or
extreme position on our part. If we fail today, we will not have the
possibility to correct our mistake tomorrow and to mend the damage.
If, due to the situation, we are unable to achieve the maximum,
desirable and the best, this does not mean that we have been
sentenced to fail in the maximum, the feasible and best, especially
when the maximum, the feasible and best are determinedly linked to
our very survival and the future of our much suffering motherland.''
Despite his clear warning to Greece that Cyprus would not be
pressured into an unacceptable appeasement, President Papadopoulos
concluded his address by thanking the Greek government for ``its
full support and harmonious cooperation which characterises our
common struggle with consistency and continuity.
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Need for joint Athens-Nicosia strategy
This week's visit to Athens by President Papadopoulos was aimed at
hammering out a joint policy during the crucial months before
October when the EU will evaluate Turkey's compliance with its
obligations toward the union, including the opening of its ports and
airports to Cypriot traffic.
Judging by the strong words used by the President Papadopoulos
during the Athens ceremony to honour Michael Cacoyiannis (see p6),
as well as comments by Greek politicians and the Athens press, it
appears that though all options were discussed, the two leaders did
not see eye to eye on all of them, though there was wide agreement.
The situation was summed up best by Nikos Constantopoulos, of the
coalition of Leftist and Ecological Parties of Greece, after he was
briefed by President Papadopoulos on his talks with the Greek Prime
Minister Costas Caramanlis.
``What we need is a national strategy that will jointly evaluate and
serve the interests of Hellenism as a whole, and not in a
fragmentary way, or partially,'' Constantopoulos told reporters.
The adoption of such a national strategy is indeed absolutely
imperative. Greece and Cyprus cannot go to the EU meeting in October
with two voices if they want to serve the cause of a just settlement
of Cyprus and to ensure Turkey's compliance with its obligations.
President Papadopoulos made it perfectly clear what this joint
strategy must be by declaring that while he does not want to create
problems for Greece, at the same time he rules out any appeasement
of Turkey through dangerous compromises. What is needed, he
stressed, is a national strategy that will serve the interests of
Hellensim as a whole, and not partially to the detriment of any one
part.
It's as simple as that!
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Cacoyiannis awarded top Cyprus honour, at last!
By Alex WEfthyvoulos in Athens
THE Cyprus state this week finally got around to honouring Michael
Cacoyiannis, Cyprus' best known and internationally-acclaimed artist
for his work as a film and theatre director, a poet and translator
of Shakespeare and other major writers.
Now in his eighties, Cacoyiannis has collected dozens of major
international prizes, honorary doctorates and other awards for his
life work but the Cyprus state held back until President Tassos
Papadopoulos decorated him with the state's highest award, the Grand
Cross of the Order of Archbishop Makarios III, during a special
ceremony on Monday at the Cyprus Cultural Centre in Athens during
his visit to the Greek capital.
"I consider tonight's award of this honorary distinction to Michael
Cacoyiannis as only a partial writeoff of moral debt,'' President
Papadopoulos declared in an address extolling the work of the
Cypriot artist, who lives in Athens, during the award ceremony that
was attended by leading names of Greece's artistic world.
President Papadopoulos added that ``the moral debt of the state and
of its citizens to the special people of letters and the arts is
never settled in full, but only partially. Our debt to them must
never be fully settled so that we are obliged never to forget, and
to remain constant debtors to all those who through their creative
inspiration raised us to the spiritual heights of the Greek sky and
led us to the magical roads of the Greek dream,'' Papadopoulos said.
(Ceaseless dedication to inform
the world about the Cyprus tragedy)
He went on to praise Cacoyiannis as much for his internationally
acclaimed artistic achievements as a film and theatre director, as
for his ceaseless dedication to inform the world about the
continuing tragedy of Cyprus and the need for its reunification
through the ending of the Turkish occupation.
President Papadopouloos said that he did not go to Athens to praise
Cacoyiannis, as this would be like ``taking coals to Newcastle.'' He
stressed however that ``as Greeks, we are, and will constantly
remain indebted to Michael Caccoyiannis, the director, poet and
translator of literary works, the intellectual and idealist. The
Michael Cacoyiannis of opera and film.
The Michael Cacoyiannis of the harmonious composition of inspired
words with beautiful action. The true patriot who struggles for the
future of his special homeland and the surival of the Hellenism of
Cyprus....
"Michael Cacoyiannis did not choose the easy position and the
irresponsible role of a passive spectator before the continuing
drama of Cypriot Hellenism. He reacted, hurried, joined the ranks
and continues to struggle to this day. The tragedy of Cyprus is a
personal matter for him, not only because Cyprus is his special
homeland, but because every Greek who respects himself and his
history, has a duty to feel and to regard Cyprus as something that
affects him directly as a person.''
(Moving challenge to the
collective national conscience)
President Papadopoulos referred particularly to Cacoyiannis'
documentary ``Attilas 74,'' a film he shot in Cyprus immediately
after the 1974 Turkish invasion that documents the plight of the
ethnically-cleansed Greek Cypriot refugees.
The President said that this film ``is not just an ordinary film
that documents the facts and testimony of the involved and suffering
people. It is a moving challenge of the collective national
conscience. It is a substantive historical deposition on the crimes
of the coup d'etat and the barbaric Turkish invasion, to those
bitter months of July and August of 1974, when Cyprus, betrayed and
abandoned by Gods and men writhed covered in blood from the blows of
the junta of Athens and of Turkey's Attila. Michael Cacoyiannis
intervenes through his commentary in the cinematic presentation of
history and delivers to the present and future time an authentic and
proven testimony of the facts, before, during and after the
catastrophe of Cyprus. A catastrophe that smashed through a vertical
and painful blow the continuation of the 30 centuries of the
troubled historical path of the island. The aftermath of the
invasion constitutes a challenge, a message and a lesson that the
policy of appeasement of the aggressor through concessions on our
part, and the compromise with what cannot be compromised is neither
a recipe for salvation nor an alternative for resistance to the
occupier and his plans.''
The president also praised Cacoyiannis for his ceaseless efforts to
keep the international community aware ``of the issue of the missing
of the Cypriot tragedy and the criminal looting and sacrilegious
destruction of the our cultural heritage.
"Through his prestige, intellectual standing and contacts, the great
creator of great works will continue to strive with the stubborness
of the tenacious fighter for the determination of the fate of our
missing and the protection of our cultural monuments, at least of
those that that have escaped the organised and systematic
destruction by Turkish invader and occupier. `Michael Cacoyiannis
will continue to serve the holy case of Cyprus. A case that
concerns, must concern every Greek individually and all Greeks as a
whole.''
The president concluded his address saying:
``The award being presented to you today for all the good and
beautiful work that you have created has as much value as the value
of the love that Cyprus as your birthplace has for you. I assure you
that this love has a very high value, as it affects a worthy person
like you. I thank you for everything. Cyprus thanks you for
everything, and we all wish you to feel always well so that you can
continue to create what is best.''
In his address Presisedent Papadopoulos also referred to the
political situation on the island, stressing that Cyprus will never
yield to pressure for an unacceptable settlement - see separate
story on p. xx for fuller coverage of this.
Cyprus to mark 33rd anniversaries of coup and invasion
FOR the 33rd year, Cyprus will mark the twin black anniversaries of
the 1974 coup and invasion with memorial services and other events.
The memorial service for the coup victims will be held tomorrow at
the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, Bishop Chrysostomos of
Paphos will officiate in the presence of President Papadopoulos and
other state dignitaries.
The Commerce and Industry Minister Antonis Michaelides will be the
key speaker.
A prayer and a wreath-laying ceremony will follow at the resting
place of the victims.
As officially announced, the memorial services for the victims of
the Turkish invasion will be held on Sunday July 16 in all the
churches of the island.
Main speaker
The Undersecretary to the President, Christodoulos Pashiardis, will
attend the memorial service in Limassol, Finance Minister Michalis
Sarris in Larnaca, and the Director of the President’s Office
Vasilis Palmas in Paphos.
The main memorial service in Nicosia will be held on invasion day
July 20, at the Phaneromeni Church and will be attended by President
Papadopoulos, the Paphos Bishop and Caretaker Archbishop
Chrysostomos officiating.
Foreign Minister Giorgos Lillikas will be the main speaker.
Tomorrow, Akel will hold a commemorative ceremony at the
amphitheatre of the School for the Blind in Nicosia, with General
Secretary Demetris Christofias delivering an address.
Political parties and other organisations have issued declarations
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Spinning the Turkish Cypriot cause in the UK
By Simon Bahceli
A YOUNG, attractive and impressively energetic Turkish Cypriot woman
bursts into a boardroom in a dauntingly prestigious advertising
agency in London’s Soho Square. Out of breath, she informs the
lawyers, academics and myself that the seminar is about to begin.
Filing into a larger and plusher boardroom, we meet the BBC’s James
Robbins. He will chair the seminar aimed at telling journalists and
British political figures the problems currently faced by the
Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus. Dark-suited men and women from
the Foreign Office look on and take notes as Robbins, in clipped and
eloquent BBC English, introduces the guest speakers.
For decades, groups on both sides of the Cyprus divide have found it
in their interests to lobby foreign politicians on the numerous
injustices being perpetrated against them by the “other side”. With
formidable effect, the Greek Cypriots have used the tactic to expose
to the world the horrors and losses of the 1974 Turkish invasion.
Likewise, Turkish Cypriots have, albeit seemingly to lesser effect,
sought friends in Westminster, Washington, and more recently
Brussels, to lend support to their feelings of injustice over what
happened to their community prior to 1974. Both sides’ arguments are
convincing. Both sides’ grievances are without doubt valid.
However, since 2004, when the Turkish Cypriot community did a
political about turn and began seeking the reunification of the
island, a new grievance has come to the fore – not so much about the
past, but about the present.
“Just about every aspect of life is blocked by Greek Cypriot
action,” Ipek Ozerim, the energetic co-ordinator of London-based
pressure group ‘Embargoed!’, tells the audience. Her list of
grievances is long, ranging from the community’s 48-year banishment
from international sports competitions – “not even friendly matches”
– to its inability to export products from its ports or fly
planefuls of tourists directly into airports in the north.
But today’s seminar is by no means one of those no-holds-barred
Greek-bashing sessions so common in the past. Here British-trained
lawyer Emine Erk and US-educated international relations expert Erol
Kaymak, articulately and without resort to recrimination, explain
the dilemma facing the Turkish Cypriot community when faced with the
realities of living in an unrecognised and illegal state. They even
go as far as outlining, albeit briefly, Greek Cypriot grievances
regarding issues such as property and traveling to the northern part
of the island.
“I accept the anger created by the property boom on Greek Cypriot
land,” Erk concludes, while also rationalising the Turkish Cypriot
point of view that “they felt they had done enough by backing the
Annan [UN peace] plan, which, had it been implemented, would have
prevented the boom”.
Kaymak too focuses, not on what the Greeks Cypriots have done to the
Turkish Cypriots in the past, but on how different perspectives
prevalent in the two communities have led to the exacerbation and
prolongation of the conflict. More importantly still, Kaymak and Erk
seek solutions, not approbation or the moral high ground.
This seminar took place last Tuesday, but it was not the first time
Embargoed! had sought to put what it terms the decades-long plight
of the Turkish Cypriot minority into the minds of the masses.
Earlier this year, the “independent, non profit-making organisation”
shocked the somewhat conservative folks back home in Cyprus with a
protest depicting naked Turkish Cypriot footballers with their
genitals obscured only by a banner reading “Balls to Embargoes!”
Another protest in the spring chose the occasion of an EU summit to
highlight the fact that the community has no voice in the European
bloc. Here, members of the organisation turned up in Brussels to
picket the entrance of the summit with their mouths covered with
pieces of masking tape with the word “Gagged!” printed across them.
Ozerim says Embargoed!’s approach – unorthodox by Cypriot standards
– stems from a wish to “reach out to a broader range of people”, and
to focus on human rights issues, rather than politics.
“We want it to appeal to non-Turkish Cypriots,” she says, insisting
that Embargoed! “is not about recognition of the TRNC”. But nor, she
adds, is it campaigning for reunification.
“If you sit down with a bunch of members, you’ll get people who will
say both. But we see ourselves as apolitical,” she says.
The non-partisan nature of Embargoed! is a factor that attracted the
renowned London-based Turkish Cypriot fashion designer Huseyin
Caglayan MBE to lend his support to the organisation. He says it is
also the “non-nationalist” approach that he feels comfortable
working with.
Being an artist, Caglayan is keen to see the organisation launching
cultural events that highlight the difficulties the Turkish Cypriot
community finds itself in. In particular, he feels the Greek Cypriot
community need to be made aware of what it is like to be a Turkish
Cypriot in north Cyprus today.
“A lot of Greek Cypriots don’t know about our predicament, either in
terms of history or the present. Many of them think we are a
breakaway state happy with things the way they are,” he says.
In order to get the message across, Caglayan believes organisations
like Embargoed! need to get around what he describes as the
“heavy-handed approach” of the Cyprus government when dealing with
anything involving Turkish Cypriot participation. He points to its
pulling the plug on the Manifesta project that was to see artists
from both sides of the dividing line working together throughout the
second half of 2006.
“I am not happy to condemn the government for its action, but this
is typical of its attitude. This is not ethnicity, this is art,” he
says, adding that the Cypriot government has effectively sent the
message that intercommunal co-operation was undesirable and left
people wondering how, if co-operation could not be achieved in
relatively innocuous the field of art, could it be found on other,
more complex, levels.
Caglayan’s presence in and contributions to Embargoed! clearly exert
influence, but another predominant factor in the formulation of its
style and methodology is Ozerim’s experience working in London with
what she describes as “the top ten agencies”.
“It’s a lot about synergy,” she explains, using a term that would
probably leave many Cypriot politicians both sides of the Green Line
searching for a dictionary, and adds: “It’s also nice to have access
to such resources and knowledge of the techniques used by big
organisations like Oxfam and Greenpeace.”
Talk of resources leads one naturally to wonder where the money is
coming from to fund these imaginative but also relatively expensive
campaigns.
Embargoed! has around 250 members, and each one pays a fee of £25
annually, Ozerim says. She adds, however, that “many give more”.
Unfortunately though, it is the question of where funding and other
forms of material and moral support come from that could create a
potential pitfall for Embargoed!. One cannot help but be aware there
are those among its ranks who feel the organisation should be used
to counter what they see as the overly pro-solution sentiments of
the current Turkish Cypriot administration. And more worrying is the
tangible danger that the greatest contributions could come from
companies profiting from the lucrative sale of Greek Cypriot
properties in the north. But while saying she is not in the practice
of disclosing the identity of donators Ozerim gives assurances that
Embargoed! will not be diverted from its chosen course by the
interests of individual donators.
“People give us a cheque and we say ‘thank you very much, see you
later’, and so far no one has tried to influence us in this way.”
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07.18.2006 Tuesday - ISTANBUL 15:48
'Cyprus Shouldn't be a Lethal Obstacle to EU Negotiations'
By Anka, Brussels
Published: Monday, July 17, 2006
zaman.com
The European Union is concerned that negotiations over Turkey’s
entry to the European Union may lead to a stalemate due to the
Cyprus problem.
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema said that Italy does not
want Turkey-EU membership negotiations to stop.
D’Alema talked about the Turkey-EU membership process and the Cyprus
issue with EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn.
D’Alema said Italy does not want a deadlock with Turkey during
membership talks; however, Turkey should be candid in fulfilling its
EU obligations and recognizing the Cyprus Republic.
Rehn told D’Alema that they are trying to avoid any impasse, and
working on Turkey’s Progress Report that will be released in
October.
“Ending negotiations with Turkey will serve no one’s interest,”
commented Austrian Die Presse newspaper.
Die Presse wrote Greek Cypriots demand withdrawal of Turkish troops
from Cyprus and compensation for immovable properties; however, the
two sides are far from a constructive dialogue.
The newspaper stated the Papadopoulos administration is continuing
its hard-nose attitude despite Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
President Mehmet Ali Talat’s calls. “Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s recent statements show that Turkey is relying on a
series of EU member countries that do not want to end membership
talks with Turkey due to a detailed issue like the Cyprus problem.
Frankly, ending negotiations with Turkey will serve no one in the EU.”
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07.18.2006 Tuesday - ISTANBUL 15:53
G-8 'Condones' Israel
By Mirza Cetinkaya, Faruk Akkan, St. Petersburg
Published: Monday, July 17, 2006
zaman.com
The G-8 in St. Petersburg, Russia, reached a consensus about holding
Hamas and Hezbollah responsible for the Middle East crisis, and gave
its “support” to Israel.
Declaration “the Middle East” was released at the meeting that
called on Hezbollah to stop its attacks on Israel.
The statement stressed Israel’s right to self-defense.
At the summit, leaders of the world’s eight wealthiest countries
spelled out the terms of peace in the region.
Declaration demanded immediate release of the two abducted Israeli
soldiers and an end to the Hezbollah attacks on Israel.
G-8 leaders also called on Israel to show the utmost restraint in
its reactions.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel read the official statement,
conveying the G-8’s concerns over the matter and its solution.
Failure to address the root cause of the Middle East problem falls
short of a lasting solution, the statement stressed, and it was
added the current crisis has been caused by “radical” forces that
want to destabilize the region.
Merkel described the declaration as “a message with a clear
political content,” while French President Jacques Chirac demanded
the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon, including Hezbollah,
claiming it is the only way to achieve a permanent solution to the
crisis.
Chirac said attempt other than this will inevitably lead to new
crises, suffering, and death in the region.
All G-8 leaders agreed on a common statement over the Middle East
issue; however, during the meeting, US President George W. Bush and
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered contradictory speeches
over the Israeli military operation in Lebanon.
Putin said Israel appears to be pursuing wider goals that go well
beyond the rescue of its two soldiers.
Bush, on the other hand, reiterated that Israel has the right to
self-defense.
Bush held Hezbollah responsible for the volatility in the region,
and did not support Lebanon’s “call for an urgent cease-fire.”
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Erdogan headed for Northern Cyprus on Wednesday
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leaving Wednesday for a 3 day
trip to Northern Cyprus, in order to help celebrate the Cyprus Peace
Action Plan's anniversary. It is expected that Erdogan, who will be
hosted in Nicosia by Northern Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and
Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer, will make statements backing Turkey's
decisiveness on the issue of Cyprus with relation to the EU and its
expectations.
The meetings in Nicosia between Erdogan and Northern Cypriot leaders
come at a time when pressures on Turkey to open its air and sea ports to
the Southern Cypriots are at an all-time high. It is anticipated that
Ankara will be working to find a formula that will allow Turkey to avoid
a "train wreck" in its accession talks in the fall over the port issue.
The celebrations for the Cyprus Peace Action Plan will officially occur
on July 20.
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Cyprus condemns Israeli attacks against Lebanon
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The Cypriot House of Representatives, or parliament, adopted
Thursday unanimously a resolution condemning Israeli attacks against
Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
The house, however, said that it did not approve of the abduction of
Israeli soldiers, "being used by Israel as a pretext for attacks
that further worsen the climate."
It expected the UN Security Council to urgently tackle the issue to
end Israeli actions and implement relevant UNSC resolutions.
"Israel's actions constitute a flagrant violation of the territorial
integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon, the international law and
relevant UN resolutions and amount to state terrorism," said the
resolution.
The resolution said that Israel's attitude "dynamites efforts to
promote peace in the wider region of the Middle East and undermines
international security."
"The House of Representatives unanimously and unconditionally
condemns the flagrant aggression of Israel that had as a result the
death of innocent people," it said.
On Thursday, Israel launched massive air strikes against Lebanon,
bombing the runway of Beirut International Airport and southern part
of the country, after Lebanese Hezbollah seized two Israeli soldiers
and killed eight on Wednesday.
Israel has held the Lebanese government responsible for the fate of
the two kidnapped soldiers, saying that the abduction was an "act of
war" against Israel that would draw a "very painful" response.
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The Sunday Times - World
The Sunday Times July 16, 2006
Cherie defends ‘home snatchers’
Colin Smith, Nicosia
JULY is often the cruellest month for middle-aged Greek Cypriots
such as Meletis Apostolides. For the British-trained architect, its
heat recalls the 1974 Turkish invasion, the deaths of friends in his
National Guard unit and his parents’ heartbreak over the loss of a
family home and lemon orchards near the graveyards where their
ancestors lie.
But Apostolides will not be in Cyprus this week on the 32nd
anniversary of the Turkish landings. He will be in the High Court in
London, listening to Cherie Blair QC plead for the right of a
British couple, David and Linda Orams, to remain in the house they
have built on the land the Apostolides family owned and cultivated
until they were driven out by Turkish troops.
Apostolides already has a judgment in his favour in the Nicosia
district court, which has ordered the Oramses to demolish the
substantial house and swimming pool they have built, return the land
and pay rent for the time they have occupied it. But the property is
near Kyrenia in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a state
recognised only by Turkey. Judgments made by a court on the Greek
side of the United Nations-patrolled ceasefire line dividing the
island cannot be enforced there.
Blair plans to oppose an attempt by the Greek Cypriot’s lawyer to
have the Nicosia judgment registered in the High Court. If this
succeeds and the Oramses refuse to comply, Apostolides could be
compensated by having the couple’s house near Brighton seized.
If Blair succeeds she will have won a test case that will ensure
millions of pounds worth of Greek Cypriot property in northern
Cyprus can be sold to expatriate bargain-hunters with impunity.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Apostolides before his departure for
London. “I’m going to be sitting in court listening to the wife of
the British prime minister explaining why someone has the right to
remain on my land.”
President Tassos Papadopoulos, rarely slow to pick a fight with the
former colonial power, has rejected Downing Street’s insistence that
Blair is merely doing her job. “It is difficult to separate her from
being the wife of the British prime minister,” he declared when the
news of her involvement in the case was first announced.
Later the British chargé d’affaires was called to the foreign
ministry to hear the Cypriot complaints. “Blair’s involvement was a
bit too much. It could have been avoided,” said the ministry’s
spokesman.
Headlines in the Greek Cypriot press refer to Blair as “Caesar’s
wife”. Last week a cartoon showed her bewigged and robed on the
steps of the High Court, telling a judge: “My lord, as a specialist
in human rights I support the claims of these poor people.” Behind
her are the Oramses and people chanting: “We demand to enjoy stolen
Greek Cypriot properties.”
Both the Greek and Turkish media insist she will earn £50,000 for
handling the case. Exaggerated though these claims might be, there
has been considerable speculation that her fees come from a
consortium of British and Turkish Cypriot property speculators.
“Don’t dream it — buy it!” command the billboards of one of the
estate agents in northern Cyprus. Many of these companies not only
have English names, but staff to go with them. “I can do you a nice
little flat for £25,000,” said a tanned young man called Dave from
Romford, Essex. “Sea and mountain views and a shared pool.”
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