WE SHALL NEVER DENY OUR ROOTS

WΕ SHALL NEVER DENY OUR ROOTS

«Greeks throughout their long history, have achieved things that can only make them proud»

I am  a KYRENIAN of Hellenic origin and my roots date back to the distant past,  many centuries  ago when  ancient Greeks arrived and colonized  Cyprus. Let  historians deal with historical events, I shall be confined  to  my own feelings. Our Greek ancestors, after development  of  the Hellenic civilization  and its dissemination  to the countries surrounding  Eastern Mediterranean, they  aimed towards  its expansion to countries as far as India to the East   and Gibraltar to the West.  Hellenic   culture  and  language  have been dominant  on the  small  island ever since,  despite  different peoples who came, conquered Cyprus  and were  either assimilated by the indigenous population or fled.  Turks invaded Cyprus in 1974 under false pretenses, with the purpose of pursuing  ethnic cleansing  in the provinces of Kyrenia and Famagusta. They have  since  installed     geopolitical, cultural,  religious alterations  to a separate state created by the force  of arms in the north,  which has  only  been  recognized by Turkey.  The Republic of Cyprus, although unable to exercise jurisdiction  over the  entire territory, continues to be recognized  as the sole government  of  the island by the international community.  As a Member State  of the United Nations Organization and of the European Union, the  Republic of Cyprus  enjoys  full rights granted by international law,  despite   Turkey’s  refusal to recognize it.

Everything was built on our land by us and our glorious ancestors, over  centuries of  continued  Hellenic cultural  domination  on the island. A fact recorded  in history and evidenced by the inscriptions and the  style of architecture on  monuments that have come  to light  over the years  in archaeological excavations. There is no doubt that the entire expand of land and  whatever  lies under it, as well as the sea and submarine wealth of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) prescribed by the United Nations convention of the law of the sea,  belongs to the legitimate inhabitants of Cyprus and to nobody else.