What. may I ask. have the Turks accomplished? They have created their own union of Cyprus with the continent. a union which has precipitated gross violations of human rights. violations perpetrat. ed against Turkish and Greek Cypriots. With their union. the Turks have created 200.000 refugees and destroyed the Cypriots way of life. The Turkish invasion disrupted the Cypriot economyan economy that employed nearly 100 percent of the work force. Burning of crops. displacement of farmers. and razing of fruit orchards disrupted the agricultural sector of the economy and reduced its resiliency and harshened the refugee burden. Mr. Speaker. the Greek Cypriots have done an admirable job of relocating and creating new lives for the Greek and Turkish Cypriot refugees. By 1980. more than 80 percent of the refugees in southern Cyprus had been housed. fed. clothed. and employeda tremendous accomplishment. Mr. Speaker.
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