The approach of Ankara regarding the differences and similarities between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus is moving in the realm of absurdity
[/QUOTE]Ankara's approach to the differences and similarities between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The Turkish government tries to stay on the path of neutrality and therefore, depending on the situation, it connects and disconnects the Ukrainian issue from the Cyprus issue
Straddling the line between Kiev and Moscow, between right and wrong, Turkish officials seem to be at a loss. They say and unsay things in an attempt to adjust their discourse to... justify Attila's crime on our island.
Among the few statements by Turkish officials about the essence of the war and the positions of the two countries involved in it, we heard that Ukraine suffered what it suffered because it had no guarantors to support it. We have heard that Ankara is supporting Kiev's struggle. And immediately afterwards we heard them embrace the Russian accusations of an operation to protect the separatists, supporting Moscow's struggle as well.
And this is how they would have continued to position themselves if, for example, the statement made the day before yesterday by the Speaker of the House of Representatives had not reached their ears. Konstantinos Tasoulas asked before the Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments of the Member States of the European Union whether Putin intends to do something similar to what Turkey has done in Cyprus, which has kept troops in the occupied territories to this day. A logical question that struck a Turkish chord.
The Speaker of Turkey's Grand National Assembly, Mustafa Sedop, was angered by the comparison and, reinforcing the oddity, referred to the role of the guarantor to justify the 1974 invasion of Cyprus. He added provocatively that after the "peace operation, the bloodshed on the island stopped". And he implicitly but clearly described Cyprus and Greece as "as useless countries as matches", claiming that they stand in the way of his country's accession to the European Union.
In reality, Turkey leans on the side of the invader and the conqueror. History leaves it no choice but to justify those who started the war. No matter how much it tries to pretend to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the aggressor, no matter how much it wants to pretend to be a peacemaker.
It cannot fool the international community for long. A country that knows how to solve its differences with guns and lionizing cannot understand the pain that war inflicts on peoples. It fails to understand that it cannot talk about peace while hiding its own crimes under the carpet.
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