"I often wonder if it was coincidence that the Turkish Army stopped at a line I had seen on a map in 1957."
BRITTISH POLICE OFFICER
UK AND USA BASE OF ECHELON
Today, around 3,000 troops of British Forces Cyprus are based at Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Ayios Nikolaos, in the ESBA, is believed to be a listening station of the intelligence network ECHELON.[original research?]
hidding the truth in the name of NATO
THE 'SETTLER' ISSUE 104. There are at least 200,000 permanent residents in northern Cyprus, of whom 50,000 are of Turkish mainland origin. Most of the latter are economic migrants from poor areas of Turkey. There are also about another 100,000 short-term residents, mostly from Turkey, but some from the UK. Many of these (30,000) are students; others are labourers, or families of the military stationed on the island. A census was recently held in the north, but it was not internationally supervised and at the time of the visit publication of the full results had been delayed. 105. There is intermarriage between Turkish Cypriots and immigrants from Turkey. Under the Annan Plan, Turks married to Turkish Cypriots would have remained on the island, but a further 42,000 'TRNC' citizens who were not married to Turkish Cypriots would have been liable to leave. The recent census should produce a more accurate, up-to-date figure for this category of people. 106. Before 2004, it was very easy for settlers to gain citizenship of the 'TRNC'. Now, it is more difficult for this to happen. Most mainland Turks who come to northern Cyprus now do so on work permits and they are not eligible for citizenship. 107. Many of the settlers in the north have not integrated fully into Turkish Cypriot society. Many of them would probably be content to return to Turkey, given appropriate incentives. However, the settler issue is acknowledged to be one of those most in need of further discussion. ( http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmfaff/473/47305.htm#a26)
CONCLUSION 150.000 OUT OF 200.000 ARE PURE TURKISH BROUGHT FROM TURKEY TO "SUPPORT" ECONOMICALLY THE T/C AND THEY GOT THE T/C ID , THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS HOW MANY "SAVED" TURKISH CYPRIOTS ARE STILL LIVING ON THE ISLAND , LESS THAN 50000 (PLEASE HAVE IN MIND THAT TURKEY ANNOUNCED ON BEHALF OF THE SO CALLED TURKEY CONTROLLED "TRNC" , ANOTHER 50000 TURKISH WILL BE GRANTED WITH T/C ID IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS .)
so , what is the "Cyprus problem"according to the "third party"?
The BBC documents reveal the truth about Cyprus.
In this programme,Mike Thomson examined new documents that suggest that the real motives of some of the British peacemakers in 1963-64 were less than honourable.The documents reveal the existence of a spy ring of british troops who were materially aiding Turkish insurgents by gun-running and spying on Greek Cypriot military installations.
The most striking part of the BBC documentary was the story of Martin Packard,a British naval intelligence officer who was sent to Ctprus from Malta on account of being a fluent speaker of Greek,to help prevent small incidents between Greek and Turks from escalating into serious ones.
It seems,though,that he was taking his mission very seriously,for just as he was very succesful in stopping blooshed,he was virtually abducted by his superiors,put on a plane and flown out of the island.
Packard related his experience to the BBC that,after mediating succesfully between a Greek and a Turkish village over some stolen sheep:"The US Acting Secretary of State George Ball,visiting the island at the time,patted me on the back,as though I were sadly deluted and he said:"That was a fantastic show son,but you've got it all wrong,hasn't anyone told you that our plan here is for partition?"
If you want to know what leaded to the real Cyprus problem then just read bellow
