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Prior to 1974, Varosha was an affluent quarter of Famagusta. It was the modern, tourist area of the city, with around 39,000 residents, & the biggest tourist destination in Cyprus. In the early 1970s, Varosha even rose to become one of the world's top tourist destinations.
But decades of inter-ethnic violence had been brewing in Cyprus. Its majority Greek Cypriot & minority Turkish Cypriot population were increasingly at odds. After the invasion of Cyprus in 1974, nature has taken over in Varosha. Prickly pears and grasses have cracked the roads & concrete buildings. Some have even reported seeing sea turtles laying eggs on the deserted beaches where people once sunbathed. People fleeing Varosha left everything just where it was. People famously left meals half-eaten on the table.
One garage is even still fully-stocked with rusting 1970s automobiles. Apartments & hotels damaged by artillery fire were never repaired. They create a crumbling skyline that seems strange in the idyllic Mediterranean setting.
But decades of inter-ethnic violence had been brewing in Cyprus. Its majority Greek Cypriot & minority Turkish Cypriot population were increasingly at odds. After the invasion of Cyprus in 1974, nature has taken over in Varosha. Prickly pears and grasses have cracked the roads & concrete buildings. Some have even reported seeing sea turtles laying eggs on the deserted beaches where people once sunbathed. People fleeing Varosha left everything just where it was. People famously left meals half-eaten on the table.
One garage is even still fully-stocked with rusting 1970s automobiles. Apartments & hotels damaged by artillery fire were never repaired. They create a crumbling skyline that seems strange in the idyllic Mediterranean setting.
🔴 During Erdogan's latest speech about the reopening of Farmagusta, he asked Cypriots who have the right over the city to either move in or be compensated for their properties by the Turkish state, under one condition...
>https://archive.is/5s1Vc
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🔸 According to SKAI, the area will be demilitarized and the properties will be returned to their owners. For Varosia, he said that the opening of 3.5% of the enclosed area shows how carefully Turkey handles the issue
‼️ During his inflammatory speech, the Turkish President, in the presence of the "Turkish Cypriot" leader, Ersin Tatar, called on the Cypriots to apply to the commission set up by Occupied Cyprus to take back their property on the condition that they recognize the Turkish Cypriot administration
🔸 Referring to the Cypriots elsewhere in his speech, Erdogan said that "even today we see some people longing for massacres like those that took place before 1974" . The Cypriots "are not honest with us" he added
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>https://archive.is/5s1Vc
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🔸 According to SKAI, the area will be demilitarized and the properties will be returned to their owners. For Varosia, he said that the opening of 3.5% of the enclosed area shows how carefully Turkey handles the issue
‼️ During his inflammatory speech, the Turkish President, in the presence of the "Turkish Cypriot" leader, Ersin Tatar, called on the Cypriots to apply to the commission set up by Occupied Cyprus to take back their property on the condition that they recognize the Turkish Cypriot administration
🔸 Referring to the Cypriots elsewhere in his speech, Erdogan said that "even today we see some people longing for massacres like those that took place before 1974" . The Cypriots "are not honest with us" he added
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🔴 Erdogan says his government has nothing against Taliban's ideology and believes he will easily negotiate with Taliban on deployment of Turkish military in Afghanistan.
>https://archive.is/gu6aQ
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>https://archive.is/gu6aQ
/GBG/🟢 EU's "strategic ally against terrorism", I wonder if the media will ever ask Von der Leyen or Charles Michael about these statements made by Erdogan
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🔴 53 year old Moroccan arrested in Kifissia, one of the most expensive northern suburbs of Athens, he was breaking into cars and stealing high value objects, such as jewelry, laptops, drones.
>https://archive.is/Pn3fU
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🔸 The criminal used a remote control to block the signal of the owner's key, preventing the car from locking, he would then quickly enter the car and steal whatever he found. His accomplice is still wanted
🔸 The duo have committed a series of robberies which even involved a judge and a well known jeweler which had jewelry worth 140 000 Euros stolen from the car
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>https://archive.is/Pn3fU
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🔸 The criminal used a remote control to block the signal of the owner's key, preventing the car from locking, he would then quickly enter the car and steal whatever he found. His accomplice is still wanted
🔸 The duo have committed a series of robberies which even involved a judge and a well known jeweler which had jewelry worth 140 000 Euros stolen from the car
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🔴 Turkey's president takes his campaign to a mosque in Occupied Cyprus, delivers his message amid prayers as he continues to promote his political Islamist ideology among Turks in Occupied Cyprus
>https://archive.is/AbbAo
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>https://archive.is/AbbAo
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🔴 Erdogan uses his visit to Occupied Cyprus to bash on European Union leaders, brands them as dishonest and liars, and claims Cypriots want to massacre Turks
>https://archive.is/IdKBA
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>https://archive.is/IdKBA
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🔴 On May 29, 1985, on a symbolic date, the Turkish authorities proceeded with a symbolic act: they demolished the entire facade of the Church of St. George in Makrochori (Bakirkioi)
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🔴 Exposing the latest operation that is charging NGO members with spying and smuggling immigrants led by the SYRIZA appointed police director, Eleftherios Douroudous
>https://archive.is/kFKdC
👉 Source: Stavroforos (Twitter) 🇬🇷
🔸 A similar operation was carried out in 2020 and found several (35) NGOs to be involved, the same group of NGOs has been once again found guilty of the same practices but this time no Germans or Greeks were charged, this time with only 10 people being charged
🔸 Eleftherios Douroudous is responsible for the relentless persecution of Greek patriots with hundreds of lawsuits. Greeks who protest to the settlement of their country and to the organized circuits of immigrant trafficking are dragged to the court, any low-ranking police officer who dares to protest is threatened with dismissal and also dragged to the court
👉 Previous post (jul 21 2021)
👉 Post about NGOs caught spying and smuggling immigrants (oct 9 2020)
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>https://archive.is/kFKdC
👉 Source: Stavroforos (Twitter) 🇬🇷
🔸 A similar operation was carried out in 2020 and found several (35) NGOs to be involved, the same group of NGOs has been once again found guilty of the same practices but this time no Germans or Greeks were charged, this time with only 10 people being charged
🔸 Eleftherios Douroudous is responsible for the relentless persecution of Greek patriots with hundreds of lawsuits. Greeks who protest to the settlement of their country and to the organized circuits of immigrant trafficking are dragged to the court, any low-ranking police officer who dares to protest is threatened with dismissal and also dragged to the court
👉 Previous post (jul 21 2021)
👉 Post about NGOs caught spying and smuggling immigrants (oct 9 2020)
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🔴 In regards to Erdogan's visit to Cyprus and his statements on reopening Farmagusta, the EU made another empty statement
>https://archive.is/HU1xe
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🔸 "The EU is aware of the announcements made in Varosia. The EU continues to monitor developments regarding President Erdogan's ongoing visit. The EU reiterates the importance of the Varosha regime and calls for full respect for UN Security Council resolutions, in particular Resolutions 550, 789 and 1251. The EU's position on the Cyprus issue is clear and confirmed by EU leaders recently at the June Summit"
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>https://archive.is/HU1xe
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🔸 "The EU is aware of the announcements made in Varosia. The EU continues to monitor developments regarding President Erdogan's ongoing visit. The EU reiterates the importance of the Varosha regime and calls for full respect for UN Security Council resolutions, in particular Resolutions 550, 789 and 1251. The EU's position on the Cyprus issue is clear and confirmed by EU leaders recently at the June Summit"
/GBG/🟢 The EU and UN showed absolutely no reaction to what has been done, once again exposing how spineless and useless they are. Turkey and Erdogan know that, which is why everything is done without the least repercussion since the EU not only fears any sort of armed conflict with a country but also because the EU is afraid of Erdogan's ties with terrorist organizations and his influence over mass immigration
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🔴 U.S Senator Menendez: "Erdogan is not a friend of the United States"
>https://archive.is/taKU7
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🔸 "In simple terms, Erdogan is not a friend of the United States. I look forward to working with Minister Blinken to explore new steps that the Biden administration can take to ensure that President Erdogan faces additional consequences for violating international law and for his outspoken determination to steal Cypriots of their fate. As the US, we must remain firm in our commitment to help end the tragic division of this island nation" Menendez said
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>https://archive.is/taKU7
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🔸 "In simple terms, Erdogan is not a friend of the United States. I look forward to working with Minister Blinken to explore new steps that the Biden administration can take to ensure that President Erdogan faces additional consequences for violating international law and for his outspoken determination to steal Cypriots of their fate. As the US, we must remain firm in our commitment to help end the tragic division of this island nation" Menendez said
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🔴 Delusion by a Turkish admiral: "Greece will lose sovereignty over the 21 islands it has militarized"
>https://archive.is/FZp7N
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🔸 "Greece may lose its sovereignty over the islands it has equipped. We must raise this issue frequently with the United Nations and NATO" Erenoglu said, calling Turkey's recent letter to the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "delayed", with which he accused Greece of continuous blatant violations "in the Aegean and the Mediterranean"
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>https://archive.is/FZp7N
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🔸 "Greece may lose its sovereignty over the islands it has equipped. We must raise this issue frequently with the United Nations and NATO" Erenoglu said, calling Turkey's recent letter to the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "delayed", with which he accused Greece of continuous blatant violations "in the Aegean and the Mediterranean"
/GBG/🟢 This of course is yet another ridiculous interpretation made by Turks once the treaties cited do predict and allow some military force to be present as long as there are no big fortifications (Lausanne Art. 13) and Turkey is also not part of the Paris Peace Treaty which is Res Inter Alios Acta, which means that only members can invoke or do anything with it and there are also no violations to it, Turkey's disagreement or protests regarding something on the treaty is irrelevant
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🔴 The Greek Foreign Minister had sent a letter to his French counterpart talking about "a significant setback, towards which a solid response of the International Community is required". The French FM said France will Raise the issue at UN Level (which means nothing)
>https://archive.is/TQKla
👉 More at article (Gr)
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>https://archive.is/TQKla
👉 More at article (Gr)
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🔴 Germany will fund a Greek refugee integration program to avoid "refugees" from moving to other EU countries and also called on the EU to increase its efforts to "better distribute the burden of immigration"
>https://archive.is/veNIn
>https://archive.is/J8MWr
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🔸 An agreement which provides for the financing of the "Greek inclusion program for refugees", aimed at preventing secondary movements to other EU Member States, was concluded, according to sources close to the Immigration and Asylum Department, during the meeting between the Immigration Minister Notis Mitarachi and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Berlin on 21/07
👉 Germany sent Federal Police officers to Greek airports to prevent illegals from boarding flights to Germany
👉 German government complains about immigrants getting Asylum in other countries and moving to Germany afterwards
👉 Germany offers to pay for every expense of immigrants in Greece to keep them from going to Germany
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🔴 Germany will fund a Greek refugee integration program to avoid "refugees" from moving to other EU countries and also called on the EU to increase its efforts to "better distribute the burden of immigration"
>https://archive.is/veNIn
>https://archive.is/J8MWr
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🔸 An agreement which provides for the financing of the "Greek inclusion program for refugees", aimed at preventing secondary movements to other EU Member States, was concluded, according to sources close to the Immigration and Asylum Department, during the meeting between the Immigration Minister Notis Mitarachi and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Berlin on 21/07
👉 Germany sent Federal Police officers to Greek airports to prevent illegals from boarding flights to Germany
👉 German government complains about immigrants getting Asylum in other countries and moving to Germany afterwards
👉 Germany offers to pay for every expense of immigrants in Greece to keep them from going to Germany
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🔴 Mosaics at the Mausoleum Galla Placidia in Ravenna
🔸 The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450
👉 Source: The Byzantine Legacy (Twitter)
🔸 The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is a Late Antique Roman building in Ravenna, Italy, built between 425 and 450
👉 Source: The Byzantine Legacy (Twitter)