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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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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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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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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 Britains true
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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