"Cyprus and Turkey’s EU Process
Tuesday , 20 June 2006
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The Republic of Cyprus was not founded as a Greek state or a Turkish state. It was founded as a state based on the equal partnership of two ethnic communities and with the guarantorship of Turkey, Greece and Britain. In other words, the Turkish Cypriots, though less in number, were not a minority but a founder of the Republic with equal status. However, the Greek Cypriots considered the Republic as a ‘transitory stage’, a ‘temporary period’ which would eventually lead to an independent Greek state on the island. It was this ambition which caused the state to disfunction in Cyprus. "
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