Dear {MP’s or Senator's name}

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As your constituent, I am writing to you about the unacceptable situation in Cyprus and asking you to speak up to ensure that: 1) Greece takes its hands off Cyprus, 2) the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC) takes its hands off the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) government, 3) those killed or missing following the sudden, violent and illegal invasion and seizure of power are commemorated and 4) the rights of Türkiye and the Turkish Cypriots to Cyprus are not sidelined, trampled or ignored.

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Noting:

 

     a) a sudden, violent and illegal seizure of power orchestrated by Greece had already occurred on the island 11 years prior to the events in question,

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     b) in December 1963 Greece had already invaded and subsequently tried to annex the island from the Turkish Cypriots, in clear violation of Articles 1 and 2 of the Treaty of Guarantee,

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     c) the one-sided massacres and bloodshed on the island, which dragged on from 1963-74, could have been ended quickly under the treaty of guarantee by the other two guarantor powers ‐ Türkiye and Britain ‐ if they had intervened earlier,

 

     d) the Greek Cypriot leader, Michael Christodoulou Mouskos - more commonly referred to by his clerical name: Archbishop Makarios III, as well as other Greek leaders, the UK Foreign Secretary and the President of the United States had opposed intervention, thus allowing the tragedy to escalate,

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     e) the events took place amidst an increase in tensions and was the beginning act of the wider war against Türkiye and the attempt to exterminate the Turkish Cypriots pursuant to a number of written plans,

 

     f) there is a need to recognise the existence of the Akritas Plan, the Gronthos Plan, Operation President, Operation Niki, the Aphrodite Plan, the Iphestos Files and other plans and operations implemented in Cyprus by Greek and Greek Cypriot forces,

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     g) there is a need to legally recognise the attempted genocide of the Turkish Cypriot people in Cyprus by Greek and Greek forces, and denial of the genocide should be made punishable under the proscribed hate crime laws.

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This 15th July 2023 also marks 49 years since Greece:

 

     1) illegally invaded the island and occupied the Greek Cypriot administration, the Republic of Cyprus government and surrounded and attacked the areas under Turkish and Turkish Cypriot control,

 

     2) waged a merciless internecine civil war against Greek Cypriots who opposed the second coup,

 

     3) deliberately massacred large numbers of Greek Cypriots who opposed the coup, as well as other "undesirables" pursuant to a written hit-list, and dumped their bodies in mass graves,

 

     4) violently accelerated island-wide attacks against the Turkish Cypriots, to which they'd already been subjected from 1963-74,

 

     5) deliberately massacred large numbers of the Turkish Cypriot population with the aim of destroying them pursuant to a number of written plans, thus satisfying Articles 2(a), (b) and (c) and 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the 1948 Genocide Convention, and dumped their bodies in mass graves,

 

     6) mobilised to its fullest-extent possible the Greek Armed Forces and all its constituent parts including the Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy and Hellenic Air Forces, and engaged in a full-scale military invasion of the island from land, sea and air,

 

     7) rounded up hundreds of unarmed Turkish Cypriot civilians as prisoners of war, and created hundreds of missing persons who are still yet to be found,

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     8) created hundreds of Greek Cypriot missing persons, covered up their deaths and blamed them on others, forcing thousands of people to suffer to this day for no reason,

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     9) deliberately damaged, looted, desecrated or destroyed places of religious worship and other Turkish cultural assets and heritage,

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     10) showed absolute disregard of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, as well as committed multiple human rights violations, hate crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity, the indiscriminate bombing, shelling and shooting of unarmed civilians and of such internationally protected institutions such as infirmaries, hospitals, schools and even refugee camps, unprecedented harassment in the civilian populations of the areas it had occupied, systematically looting and plundering properties, arresting all the men, molesting women, children and elderly persons, indulging in repeated rapes, arsons, cold-blooded murders of civilians, forced expulsions of civilians from their homes, denying access to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent societies trying to bring food and water to the Turkish Cypriot population that remained in the Greek occupied areas, continued harassment and attacks, brutalities that reached their climax after the ceasefire agreement and relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and other injustices,

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     11) forced the Greek Cypriot administration to reject every opportunity to reach a peace agreement for 60 years, and to stick to the previously tried and exhausted formulas for the purpose of maintaining the status-quo.

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To this day, the continued illegal occupation of the south of the island and the Republic of Cyprus government by Greece has come at the expense of the actual people of Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriots. This represents nothing short of an injustice.

 

It is an injustice that Greece is continuing to occupy the south of the island and the Republic of Cyprus government, in flagrant violation of the "Constitution" of the Republic of Cyprus as well as of international law as enshrined in the three treaties concerning its establishment: the "Treaty of Establishment", "Treaty of Guarantee", and "Treaty of Alliance".

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It is an injustice that Greece is continuing to try and justify their occupation with post-coup constitutional changes that not only did not have the consent of the actual people of Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriots, but are in flagrant violation of the rulings of the "Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus" (SCCC) (R/25.4.1963) as well as multiple "UN Resolutions" passed by all members of the United Nations Security Council without any abstention since 1964.

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It is an injustice that Greece is continuing to deny to the Turkish Cypriots their own inherent rights to live and move peaceably and freely in their own native homeland of Cyprus, without let or hindrance, as well as to apply for Cyprus "citizenship", "passports" and "identity cards" in accordance with the "Cyprus Citizenship Law".

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And it is an injustice that for decades Greece has continued trying to forcefully annex the island through various channels, including in 2004 via the backdoor of joining the European Union, despite this being in clear violation of the "EU Laws on the Secession of States" and the Cyprus "Constitution", and despite already being told "NO" by the actual people of Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriots, and Türkiye, who's consent is also needed, and despite Greece's occupying forces not exercising any jurisdiction or control over the liberated areas in the north of the island which are a free, non-aligned, democratic, semi-presidential republic, the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC).

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For decades the Turkish Cypriots and Türkiye have been consistent in raising concerns about Greece's repeated "violations of international law", and despite themselves only seeking to live peaceably with their neighbours regardless, and making many a friendly gesture, diplomatic overture and even concessions to that end, Greece is still continuing to illegally occupy the south of the island and the Republic of Cyprus government, and it is still trying to annex the island of Cyprus, and is using it as a platform for relentlessly lobbying against the Turkish Cypriots and Türkiye, even pursuing multiple hostile, provocative and aggressively expansionist policies and activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Türkiye, deliberately raising tensions.

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This is a serious threat to regional peace and stability.

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For decades Greece has been treating the south of the island as its own private abattoir, an extension of Greece and Greek politics, when the island doesn't even concern them, it should never have been made to concern them, it is hundreds of miles away from Greece, it has never even been a Greek island in any part of history, it is not a security issue for Greece, and it is actually being eyed by Greece as a launchpad for attacks - using foreign bought weapons - against another sovereign country and fellow NATO ally: Türkiye.

 

This is a callous affront to our most reliable NATO ally in the region, Türkiye, a fully-fledged democracy with fair and free elections, and a modern and experienced army, but most of all a friendly nation and key regional ally whose inclusion underpins the success of anything that happens in the region. We also cannot forget that the island of Cyprus is of key historical, strategic and geopolitical interest to Türkiye, and that this is very clearly security related, making the island, in particular the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and its close alignment with Türkiye critical to regional stability.​

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It is also important to remember that it is by the consent of Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) that countries such as the UK and US can maintain their presence on the island, in particular through the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) which are vital for defending their own key regional interests and maritime supply lines.

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But while the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has developed and built beaches and marinas for tourists, trying to support the island's economy, Greece has instead opted for building military bases and renting out the south of the island to foreign countries, for its own greedy benefit.

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Greece has also consistently used Cyprus to attack the wider western alliance, not just Türkiye. It has orchestrated and sponsored an armed terrorist campaign on the island, deliberately targeting both British and Turkish assets on the island. And it routinely threatens Britain to undermine its Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) and absorb them into the Greek occupied areas in the south of the island.

 

More recently Greece has been harassing and violating the airspace, maritime and land borders of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Türkiye, while its forced involvement in the island has only further deepened its anti-western tendencies as well as exacerbated its own track record of serious human rights violations, such as with the refugees it routinely pushes back from its borders and forces to either be rescued by other countries or drown.

 

Since 1963, the Berlin Wall has fallen and Germany reunited, peace has been reached in Northern Ireland, apartheid in South Africa has ended... however, the south of Cyprus is still under occupation by Greece, and no statues of Socrates or rhetoric of the Hellenes do anything to cover up their atrocities on the island, yet, nothing is being done to condemn them, nothing is being done to get them to leave, nothing is being done to commemorate the victims and nothing is being done to remember Greece's barbaric invasion and occupation of Cyprus.

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While the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea, the Donetsk region and other parts of Ukraine since March 2014 was met with strong international condemnation, and the world rallied in support of Ukraine in its fight, when Greece invaded, occupied and tried to annex Cyprus, and it continues to occupy the south of the island and try to annex the island to this day, nothing is being done to condemn them, or atleast to also support the Turkish Cypriots. Instead, every effort has been made to protect Greece and prevention any intervention against it.

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How would the United States feel if Russia pumped people into Nantucket island just off the coast of Massachusetts then claimed it was Russian and invaded and occupied it? And then when the people of Nantucket island with the support of the United States established their own state to counter Russia, the whole world opposed them, condemned them, isolated them and only respected Russia's claims to the island?

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I want this government to call on Greece to end its illegal occupation of the south of Cyprus and to fight for a solution on Cyprus that protects the rights and demands of the Turkish Cypriots - the overwhelming majority of victims - first and foremost and stops unilaterally ignoring their existence.

 

I want to see a just and viable solution based on the current reality of two states, of peace, of the concept of equality and security for the Turkish Cypriots, the need for which was already recognised in the 1960 Treaties and Constitution, and which were already currently realised by the Turkish Cypriots own "Declaration of Independence" in 1983 and by their exercising their own inherent "Right to Self Determination" on their own native homeland, support for which is only being championed by Türkiye, which when push comes to shove is a far more valuable, consistent, and trustworthy ally then Greece or the Greek Cypriot administration have ever been.

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You have the power to make a lasting difference and I urge you to call on Greece to take its hands-off the Greek Cypriot administration, the Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots’ rights by publicly stating your support for a solution on Cyprus and calling for action to stop their illegal and illegitimate claims and unilateral activities in the region surrounding Türkiye, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and their EEZ's. I would also be grateful if you could raise my views with the {Foreign Secretary or Secretary of State}. The status quo in Cyprus is unacceptable and only a solution that respects both sides will deliver freedom, peace and security to all the island’s people and ensure that the Turkish Cypriot republic and Türkiye will remain reliable and stable partners for the United Kingdome and the United States in the future.

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Furthermore, as my {MP or Senator}, I invite you to show your support for Turkish Cypriots and Cyprus by remembering that peace and security are vital to the well-being of the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots, and to congratulate Türkiye and commemorate the brave soldiers of the Turkish Armed Forces who selflessly gave their lives protecting both the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots during the Cyprus Peace Operation, which commenced on 20 July 1974, bringing a lasting peace to the island, now annually celebrated as Peace and Freedom Day, and providing a safe haven for the Turkish Cypriots ever since, both of which the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) had been unable to accomplish. I also invite you to voice concern at why an overall settlement has been obstructed by the precondition that the Greek Cypriot administration is the Government of all of Cyprus, which it is not, and call upon {Her Majesty's Government or the United States Government} and the United Nations to remove that precondition and treat the governments elected by both the peoples of Cyprus on the basis of equality.

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And finally, I would like to invite you to support the victims on Cyprus by also publicly condemning and bringing to the attention of {Her Majesty’s Government or the United States Government} in {parliament or the senate} the existence of lobbying groups that strive to confuse the public and our government with advertisement campaigns, rallies, letters and motions that are consciously designed to be: 1) offensive, deceptive, and inaccurate, 2) anti-Turkish (xenophobic, racist) in nature, 3) harming to people, 4) promoting adversarial sentiment and feelings which leads to ethnic discrimination & threats both in public spheres and private gatherings, 5) not do what they claim, 6) undermining regional peace and security in the Eastern Mediterranean and undermining our foreign policy interests, and 7) spreading selective disinformation, lies and untruths about the meanings, implications and intentions behind them...

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It is my will that the {UK or US} government finally puts an end to its unjustified and immoral acquiescence to the continued isolation and discrimination of Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus and the rest of the world, and unreservedly grants the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) the same rights and privileges as those given without question to Greece, its regime on Cyprus and the Greek Cypriots and their administration.

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I look forward to hearing from you on this issue.

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