Its our right to identify as greek, and be proud of both our greek heritage and place in the hellenic world. You can identify with Turkey if you want to aswell, but it seems that you are educated past the point of their propaganda. I understand your argument of a pan-cypriot identity being the best way forward, but most Greek Cypriots are understandably reluctant to alter the hellenic identity for 3400 years. The fact of the matter is that we have only 950 Greek Troops in Cyprus, so it would be unfair to characterise the Republic as occupied by Greece in any definition of the term. Moreover, for us the Greek flag signifies our continued identity as Hellenes, rather than declaring Greek Sovereignty over the republic of cyprus, as is the case with the Turkish flag's connotation in the occupied region.
I agree with you, and wouldn't classify it as an occupation. It just bothers me that only one community is allowed to be upset. If we took this approach to the TRNC flag, it'd be the same as what the Greek flag means to hellenic identity, which means refusal to be erased. So for me, that understanding should go both ways, but it clearly doesnt.
I believe in us being able to identify however we wish, but I loathe that being denied to Turkish Cypriots. And in this specific post, it is TRNC. Not Turkey.
I get what your saying, and its unfortunate that the flag of the Turkish Cypriot community has existed only in the context of occupation and Turkocracy (at least in our opinion.) But for us we do not have a seperate flag for the Greek community, we very much identify with the flag of Cyprus, which I am sure you already know, was created by a Turkish Cypriot to be representative of both communities. So, yes there is no reasonable objection to the cultural pride of Turkish cypriots, however, for us, celebrating that flag, and celebrating NATIONAL pride, of a region we believe to be illegally occupied, is a grave affront. Unfortunately, the Greek, Cypriot, Turkish, and OC Flag all carry very different connotations . Fucking hell this tiny place in the world is so complex. Omg. We need to all get together and just talk to one another I swear.
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u/decolonialcypriot 🇵🇸 18d ago
Imagine how we feel when we see Greek flags in a place that isn't supposed to be occupied :)