To add insult to injury. not only do they refuse to withdraw their troops. but Turkey has recently begun a military buildup on Cyprus. in both manpower and equipment. to where. today. there are an estimated 34.000 to 35.000 Turkish troops on Cyprus with the number of tanks having more than doubled for a total of over 300. Furthermore. in an effort to further consolidate their illegal presence on the island. Turkey has moved in more than 60.000 mainland settlers. who are threatening to turn the Turkish Cypriots themselves into a minority. while occupying the homes and properties that the GreekCypriots were forced to leave behind when they were turned into refugees in their own land. In addition. Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership is subjecting the Greek Cypriots to further indignity by systematically and intentionally destroying the Christian and Hellenic cultural heritage in the Turkish occupied part of the island.
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