National Federation Website
[co-ordinators of Turkish Cypriots and... Cypriots in Britain]
The National Federation here in London has at long last created a website and is accessible since 24 of June 2008. However, this website has been designed and created by a neocypriot who came over from Cyprus recently, and who whilst in Cyprus was writing in Politis, from what I hear. He has been paid a sum of 5,000 pounds I understand and this website has been designed, in my opinion, in such a way to suit the desires of Turks and ignored totally the fact that we are Greeks! We are called British Cypriot community. Nowhere in the website you will find the word Greek! Just as the colonialists wanted us in the 1930s...
Secondly it has adhered to the wishes of the Turks who had asked ex president of Federation Charis Sofoclides in writing, (racist organisation Embargoed) to abandon our emblem of Den Xexno - I do not forget together with the bloody map because it is offending them, they claimed. When you open the website you will see the emblem of I do not forget distorted in colour and shape. They withdrew the red and the dropping of blood and replaced it with some dark green. The red colour of course symbolised the actual blood of our brothers and sisters and the occupation. This has been changed to meet the Turkish demands.
The page for British Cypriot Community is still underconstruction.
Under page 'About us', you will find in para 3 in their effort to avoid the word Greek they claim to coordinate the work of UK Cypriots in the political, social, cultural and educational spheres and lobbies for the articulates the interests.... How can they do that when the Turkish Cypriots are a totally separate entity, they fight for recognition of the occupied, direct flights, whereas we fight for liberation, and how can they claim to coordinate their activities when the Turkish Cypriots celebrate the Turkish school called 'F. Kutchuk School' with photos of Kutchuk and Ataturk? (Full pages in Turkish Cypriot newspapers). They ridicule themselves when they claim to coordinate (!) the political, social, cultural and educationals pheres of the Turkish Cypriots simply to satisfy the Turks and the British! Or do they agree with what the Turkish Cypriots promote in this country and in fact they are their coordinator?!!
Lastly they do not even have the flag of the Republic of Cyprus!
The new premises of the Cyprus High Commission when inaugurated recently in the presence of Archbishop Gregorios by the President, this was done without the blessing of the Church. No ayiasmos! Viva Millet! (He was present, of course, all the way from Cyprus accompanying President Christofias).
YOu see, it was not a coincidence that RIK removed the Greek flag...
FANOULA ARGYROU
Journalist
London 30.06.2008
