{"id":2318,"date":"2022-07-03T12:11:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T09:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penna.cydialogue.org\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2022-07-18T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:33:16","slug":"the-bravado-of-the-bankrupt-ruined-and-impoverished-trnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penna.cydialogue.org\/the-bravado-of-the-bankrupt-ruined-and-impoverished-trnc\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BRAVADO OF THE BANKRUPT, RUINED AND IMPOVERISHED TRNC!"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s not just the TRNC, many countries in the World are experiencing serious economic and social crises…<\/p>\n
For example in Sri Lanka…<\/p>\n
Ajeewan Sadasivam, a Sri Lankan taxi driver tells the BBC that he has been waiting in line in front of a petrol station in the capital Colombo for the past two days…<\/p>\n
\u201cI sleep and live in my car. Sometimes I leave to get food and then return to keep waiting. I haven\u2019t been able to shower for days,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
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We aren\u2019t there yet!<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s becoming harder to say that \u201cwe won\u2019t\u201d!<\/p>\n
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We shouldn\u2019t ignore the possibility of experiencing a serious electricity crisis…<\/p>\n
You shouldn’t say, \u201cSir, we won\u2019t experience such a thing because our motherland is with us”; chances of an \u201celection-related\u201d social and economic crisis erupting in Turkey are very high…<\/p>\n
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There are also interesting developments around the world in terms of \u201csaving money\u201d or \u201cpurchasing goods for a lower price\u201d…<\/p>\n
Australian supermarkets have reportedly warned shoppers that leaving behind the stalks of broccoli in a bid to save money could be classified as \u201ctheft\u201d.<\/p>\n
A photograph shared on Twitter by Melbourne-based radio station 3AW<\/em> showed a sign warning customers that they \u201cmust not break the stems of the broccoli\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is classified as theft,\u201d the sign reads.<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n We have to prepare for worse days…<\/p>\n But according to experts, it\u2019s not a very easy thing for people to give up their habits…<\/p>\n It won\u2019t be easy for us as well…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n But we have to \u201cmake it easier\u201d…<\/p>\n Like breaking off the stalks of broccoli not to pay more…<\/p>\n Or slicing the rind off melons or watermelons much more carefully…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Such as finding more affordable \u201cshish [kebab<\/em>]\u201d alternatives to \u201cmeat\u201d; that is if there is anyone left who can still afford to barbecue.<\/p>\n Or to stop eating meat, instead offering it only to your guests, friends or the children first, with the excuse that it \u201cupsets your stomach\u201d.<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Economic bankruptcy must change our habits and it has already done so…<\/p>\n Since social media made its way into our lives, we made a big deal out of sharing the food on dining tables, our celebratory engagements…<\/p>\n Firstly, fewer photographs are being posted…<\/p>\n Secondly, the \u201calcohol brands\u201d in the photographs shared are now much cheaper…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n A kilo of meat now costs \u20ba250 …<\/p>\n A tub of yoghurt is now sold for an average price of \u20ba50<\/p>\n A litre of a good bottle of alcohol costs around \u20ba400 …<\/p>\n Charcoal, pitta bread, and salad ingredients cost twice or even four times more than they used to last year…<\/p>\n The price of soft drinks has also gone up…<\/p>\n A small bottle of mineral water costs \u20ba5!<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n A family of four going to the beach, paying \u20ba150 each for entrance; to drink a bottle of coke for \u20ba40; pay \u20ba180 for a hamburger; \u20ba400 for petrol to drive to and from the beach, \u201cthat\u2019s half of a minimum wage\u201d…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n So what\u2019s going to happen?<\/p>\n Yes, we will need to save…<\/p>\n And we have to learn to do so…<\/p>\n But where is this going to end?<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Let me explain it to you in simpler terms…<\/p>\n We will have fewer barbecues…<\/p>\n We will have fewer trips to the barber…<\/p>\n Private schools will be preferred less…<\/p>\n We won\u2019t be eating watermelon that often…<\/p>\n Hellim (halloumi<\/em>) slices will have to get thinner…<\/p>\n We won\u2019t be going on holidays or day trips…<\/p>\n And naturally, the number of unemployed will grow.<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Unhappiness will hit the roof…<\/p>\n The crime rate will rise…<\/p>\n Divorces have increased significantly already and will continue to increase…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Well, then what is the solution?<\/p>\n The solution, for example, could be to study Cuba…<\/p>\n To seriously lean towards developing tourism…<\/p>\n Adopting a socialist planned economy…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Our resources are very limited…<\/p>\n We don\u2019t know the exact population…<\/p>\n We can\u2019t plan, we aren\u2019t planning…<\/p>\n We wait for \u201cTurkey to provide\u201d but she too is unable to give us anything…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n We are saying that \u201cthe Cyprus Problem must be solved\u201d, they, on the other hand, insist on an \u201cequal sovereign state\u201d so that it may never be solved…<\/p>\n We are saying that \u201cErcan is important and must be opened\u201d; they on the other hand are calling us \u201ctraitors\u201d…<\/p>\n And as an equal and sovereign state they present their four proposals to the Republic of Cyprus…<\/p>\n And they act as heroes in this nothingness, this bankruptcy, this poverty, this lack of planning, and in this disgraceful environment.<\/p>\n The law on one side, Darwin on the other!<\/b><\/p>\n Presidential elections will be held in the south next year…<\/p>\n A Greek Cypriot woman who announced she had converted to Catholicism and changed her name, also announced she was a candidate.<\/p>\n She said, \u201cOur borders do not end in Kyrenia, they end in Constantinople\u201d…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Beg your pardon, but even if you get the impression at first that this woman has serious mental issues; you can\u2019t help yourself from admitting that \u201cwe have similar minds on our side!\u201d<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Let us just point out that; putting aside the fact our sweet lady wants to \u201cprovoke\u201d the Turks and \u201cpump up\u201d the Greeks by throwing around the word \u201cConstantinople\u201d like a bomb, according to international law; that place is called \u201cIstanbul\u201d…<\/p>\n That beautiful city named Istanbul, according to international law and according to national \u201claw\u201d belongs to the Republic of Turkey.<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Sir, what about the issue of ownership of individual properties in Istanbul?<\/p>\n That\u2019s a separate matter…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n So aren’t our disturbed [people<\/em>] say similar things to this disturbed person who is aspiring to become president?<\/p>\n Please…<\/p>\n Look at the issue of \u201cVarosha\u201d!<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Just as there is no debate within the framework of international law that Varosha is the property of the “Republic of Cyprus”, almost all of the title deeds of the \u201cprivately-owned properties\u201d are \u201cregistered\u201d under names such as \u201cEleni\u201d and \u201cMavros\u201d…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n The minute you say \u201cNooo…this can\u2019t be, we spilt blood to take Varosha, it\u2019s ours\u201d or \u201cit belongs to my grandfather\u2019s foundation\u201d, you find yourself sharing the \u201cmindset\u201d of the sweet lady who I am really hoping will win the elections in the South!<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Varosha, within the framework of international law, is a territory whereby individual problems are resolved in a mutually accepted fashion.<\/p>\n To \u201cobject to this\u201d, is just as irrational as thinking that \u201cConstantinople is still Hellen property\u201d… Not just \u201cirrational\u201d; but beyond that, \u201cunlawful\u201d…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n Well, then what will you do?<\/p>\n For example, you could sit down, discuss and return these properties to their legal owners…<\/p>\n Settle this matter in a proper and lawful manner and you could earn the right \u00a0to open Ercan to direct flights…<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n If you insist on continuing the debate that \u201cVarosha belonged to my grandfather\u2019s foundation\u201d, then you might be left with no other choice but to respect our sweet lady\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n -*-*-<\/p>\n If you insist on \u201cgetting down to the core of the matter,\u201d instead of \u201csolving the issue and being happy together\u201d then make room for Charles Darwin; who knows, you could be forced to grant \u201cproperty rights\u201d to apes or even single-celled organisms!<\/p>\n [Translator’s note: photo inserted here] The President of the Association of the Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers and Architects (KTMMOB) Tun\u00e7 Adan\u0131r (see photo) said, \u201cThe \u2018unlicensed construction illness\u2019 of those governing the state is beyond treatment.\u201d Adan\u0131r said Ersin Tatar announced on a television programme \u201cthat plans were being made to lay the foundations of the new Presidential Complex and Parliament building on July 20.\u201d He said that the presidential complex was not among the priorities of the people and that the project approval had no legal basis… In other words, the country\u2019s presidential palace will be “without a construction permit!\u201d So, in other words, the state is \u201cillegal\u201d… Anyway, have a nice Sunday…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: THE BRAVADO OF THE BANKRUPT, RUINED AND IMPOVERISHED TRNC!<\/a><\/p>\n
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