re turkey cyprus bosnia serbia greece armenia azeris tankut iastate edu sabri t atan writes in article c if u ky news cso uiuc edu ptg uxa cso uiuc edu panos tamamidis writes i have nothing against greeks but my problem is with fanatics i have met so many greeks who wouldn t even talk to me because i am turkish from my experience all my friends always were open to greeks well the history wars current situations all of them do not help well panos mr tamamidis the way you put it it is only the turks who bear the responsibility of the things happening today that is hard to believe for somebody trying to be objective well if you put things into historical perspective the turks moved into an area which was inhabited by greeks this is how the history between the two nations started some centuries ago since then it has been a continuous battle between the two nations from my perspective i can t see why i should say that greeks have been responsible for what has happened between the two nations of course it would not be reasonable to argue that the hostility should drag till we kick the turks out of this area this isn t going to happen so the best would be to improve the relations between the two countries a golden oportunity exists with cyprus if things can t work there there isn t any possible way that could work between our nations when it comes to conflicts like our countries having you cannot blame one side only there always are bad guys on both sides what were you doing on anatolia after the ww anyway do you think it was your right to be there i always avoid to discuss such things i consider it a waist of my time besides as i said i do not want to open a new flame i am not saying that conflicts started with that it is only not one side being the aggressive and the ither always suffering it is sad that we both still are not trying to compromise i remember the action of the turkish government by removing the visa requirement for greeks to come to turkey i thought it was a positive attempt to make the relations better i thought it was a smart move to receive more money from greek tourists i bet that this week there should be about tourists from greece in turkey each one will leave at least so go and figure what this means to your economy if you had kept the visa requirement how many greeks would bother to visit turkey the greeks i mentioned who wouldn t talk to me are educated people they have never met me but they know i am bad person because i am from turkey politics is not my business and it is not the business of most of the turks when it comes to individuals why the hatred come on do not extrapolate from your limited personal experience you err if you think you d get a reasonable conclusion tankut atan tankut iastate edu panos tamamidis
