History -Seite über Zypern, die den Mord an Solomos Solomou, das am Jubiläum veröffentlicht wurde, rechtfertigt. Das Wort „Rum“ (archaischer Begriff, der griechisch bedeutet) ist zensiert, als wäre es ein Slur. Es verwirrt mich, wie ich nie merkte, wie hasserfüllt die türkische Seite zu diesem Thema ist.

Rum isn’t considered a slur, rum just means Greek. The only difference is it’s more commonly used for Greeks outside of Greece, whilst Yunan is for Greeks from Greece, although both can be interchangeable

No hate on this. Flag is red line for most Turk be sure even if a US citizen try to do this thing he/she would shot down

they’re doing propaganda on the matter so much. it’s sickening how much they try to make you hate the “Rum”

never ever do they say Kıbrıslı Rum (Greek Cypriot) or anything that resembles it. They wanna make the Greek speaking Cypriots seem like out of body “things”. Makes it easier to hate.

while it’s true that a gruesome war was happening and the Turkish speaking Cypriots were helpless (rapes and murders happening all over the place) especially when it came to numbers, and Turkey’s guarantor actions were really of help to everyone. it was when they broke the law (the one they’re trying to justify there) it came crashing down and became obvious that they were simply trying to colonize this island.

now over half the ID’d population is Turks and *WE* are being shown as the racists because they “saved” us and we’re ungrateful. They just throw money at us and the meaningful population shuts up.

Tbf does racism against Turks not exist with Greeks? You can’t claim to be the victim when you do the same thing. It’s just hypocritical

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I noticed this weird mentality of some Turks regarding symbols like a flag. For them its a huge insult to desecrate the turkish flag, quite worth killing a person who is responsible in such an act. Imagine to kill a person for a piece of fabric.

There is no hate. Some people are just selfrighteous bigots. He probably treats Turkish opposition the same way.

As for the shooting, from Turkish point of view, it certainly is justified. Greek, Turk, British. It doesn’t matter. You can’t just walk in there and bring our flag down. To this day, it is a crime to deface the Turkish flag. We take those kinds of things seriously. You should do the same if someone tried the same. I would not blame you.

> I never realised how hateful the Turkish side is on this topic.

Hatred is indeed an emotion that we feel strongly for those we consider our enemies. And those who are uneducated on the matter, might see Solomou as an enemy, towards whom we ought to feel enmity and great contempt. And normally, I would encourage that. The contempt shown to a foe should be absolute and without mercy. But in this case, Solomou isn’t a foe. He’s the victim of an unjust invasion and an unjust occupation. He used up all the courage in his heart, knowing that it might end up with him dying, and indeed, he died a martyr for his cause. But those people here who somehow think his death was meaningless because it was just a piece of cloth disgust me. Their outlook is so twisted, that they do not understand what it means for a man to sacrifice his all for his homeland. I don’t know much about the man, but I know that he probably lost a lot of things, and had nothing else to give to his nation other than his life. That’s wasn’t just for a piece of cloth, however. The flag isn’t a piece of cloth. Had he succeeded, he would have become a hero, and now he became a martyr.

It’s not about Turks, if you cross a border in a recent battle field and climb the enemy’s flag pole in front of armed forces it’s not a big surprise to get shot. It’s not hateful. Flag to be protected, that is one of the main purpose of a soldier.

Soo… If I go to ELAM’s whateversocialmedia page, can I say all GC are full of hatred on whatever topic?