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Thank you

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	for all your contributions in Turkish language... Esc2003 (talk) 21:21, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

And in English... --E4024 (talk) 22:30, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

You are following my edits, deleting them, lying in my talk page and calling me names?

Do you want to share with us why are you following my edits, deleting them, lying in my talk page, and calling me names? Pampos40 (talk) 22:07, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

You are constantly deleting a war crime

Do you want to share with us why you are constantly deleting a war crime, that is admitted by a turkish source? Pampos40 (talk) 21:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for your contributions to North Nicosia. Alakzi (talk) 02:27, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Ortaköy

Hi, could you check that my caption here is correct? Alakzi (talk) 23:24, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

And here. Alakzi (talk) 23:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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Dates of operation of Geçitkale as civilian airport

Hi GGT. I created Geçitkale Air Base some time ago, but I couldn't find what the period it served as Northern Cyprus' civilian airport was. Would you be able to find a source in Turkish, perhaps? Alakzi (talk) 20:55, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

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Yaşar Kemal's ethnicity

Thanks for improving this article. I couldn't find a source for Kemal's ethnicity in the article. Is he of Kurdish descent? Did he consider himself to be ethnically Kurdish? Alakzi (talk) 13:45, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if we should use anything Alexyflemming's produced. I quite doubt that photo is his own or that it's out of copyright; see c:User talk:Alexyflemming. Alakzi (talk) 20:49, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2015

Hi GGT. Thanks for adding the results to the article, but where exactly on the High Election Committee website did you find them? I've been looking for them on the site, and can't find them. Could you provide a direct link? Cheers, Number 57 15:19, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks! Number 57 18:46, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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Module:Location map/data/North Nicosia

Please check that the bounding area coordinates are correct. The pin is north of its actual location here. Alakzi (talk) 17:35, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Municipal logo

Am I prohibited to attach municipal logo to a picture? If so, why? The warning was caused by "I am not a confirmed user". Now, I confirmed via e-mail, I am a confirmed WP user. I think, no problem should arise anymoreFormulaein (talk) 15:32, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

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Lost cause

A topic ban may be overdue. You might've seen the Sean Paul concert group on Facebook; some people just lead a bigoted life. Alakzi (talk) 17:54, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response. Yep, unfortunately saw that, it's really tragic for Cyprus that such a mentality persists. Anyway, he's been indeffed so I guess that's it, would have reported him anyway but I wasn't confident enough with the system to do it right away. Thank you. --GGT (talk) 14:17, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Embargo against Northern Cyprus

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Northern Cyprus IS a country

1. Google Search: ""Northern Cyprus" Country": 856,000 results!
2. The definition of country in WP: A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated peoples with distinct political characteristics. Hence, the definition of "country" exceeds UN membership.
3. The sources from UN cite Northern Cyprus as a different country as well:
World Happiness Report 2015 of United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) ranked Northern Cyprus 66th among 158 countries, directly above the Republic of Cyprus, which was ranked 67th. UN SDSN World Happiness Report 2015 p.27: 2012-2014 country rankings:
http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/WHR15.pdf

Also, In international statistics/mentionings/references, Northern Cyprus is regarded as a different country:
4. Gallup Happiness Index of Countries 2014: (C:67 NC:64; NC is better)
5. Gallup Healthways 2014 Country Well-Being Rankings: (C:82 NC:49; NC is better)
6. [www.electionguide.org/countries/id/252/ IFES Election Guide Country Profile: Northern Cyprus]
7. Amazon, Northern Cyprus Country Coat Of Arms
8. Talinn Tech University: Country Specific Requirements: Northern Cyprus
9. Northern Cyprus: Travel to a New Country
10. Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Northern Cyprus
11. Northern Cyprus walking: Ramblers Worldwide Holidays: North Cyprus is a country of great warmth
12. K9 Country Kennels Northern Cyprus
13. Citta Slow: Countries Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
14. My first visit to an unrecognized country: Northern Cyprus
15. Official Government Web Pages by Country: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
16. Northern Cyprus: Country Set to Repeal Sodomy Law
17. birminghammail: Northern Cyprus – a country which...
18. Gesis; Country: 196 Cyprus 197 Northern Cyprus
19. Northern Cyprus: Country Set of Banners
20. Northern Cyprus as a transition country...
21. country road in the NW of Northern Cyprus
22. BOOKS: Comparative E-Government; Christopher G. Reddic, Country Background Information: ...Northern Cyprus...
23. Northern Cyprus .... the country...
24. International Practice Group; Country: Northern Cyprus
25. North Cyprus is a safe and friendly country...
26. Voxeurop: Can a country be built on casino revenues? Yes, say the leaders of Northern Cyprus
27. Argophilia: As for Northern Cyprus, the country...
28. BOOKS: Religion and Civil Society in Europe; Joep de Hart,Paul Dekker,Loek Halma; The following countries... Northern Cyprus...
29. Global Sourcebook for International Data Management, Graham Rhind; Northern Cyprus - Country information
30. Placebeam; Northern Cyprus, Type: Country
31. Culture and sport in Northern Cyprus: ...The country...
32. The Philatelic Frog; Display by countries - Stamps: Northern Cyprus (TRNC)
33. OffStats - The University of Auckland Library: Statistics By Country: Northern Cyprus
34. Bicycle Supplies; Select by Country: Northern Cyprus
35. 123rf Northern Cyprus: Country Stock Vectors
36. CMS Dreams; Country: Northern Cyprus
37. An Assessment of Output Performance in Northern Cyprus; Hakan Mihci, Devrim Karaman; An Assessment of Output Performance in Northern Cyprus: ...of the country...
38. Alibaba; Polyester Northern Cyprus national flag silk screen print... Country flag
39. QPoster; What is the country code of Northern Cyprus?
40. Car Supplies: Select by Country: Northern Cyprus
41. University Ranking by Academic Performance: 2010-2011 Ranking by Country: Northern Cyprus
42. Tel Code: Country: Northern Cyprus
43. Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB); Country: North Cyprus
44. Global Taekwondo Federation; Member Countries: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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List of Countries redirects to List of sovereign states that includes Northern Cyprus. See also:
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Sandallar turkish cypriots.jpeg

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Best of the Season to you

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		Best of the Season to you GGT and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Dr. K. 20:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your wishes, Dr.K., καλά Χριστούγεννα και χρόνια πολλά! I wish you all the best for the new year. --GGT (talk) 14:37, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

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@Euclidthalis: Thank you so much for your kindness! As a Turkish proverb says, offering a cup of coffee is a favour that is remembered for forty years. --GGT (talk) 13:39, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

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I had a look at your article Cerattepe with a view to possibly reviewing it for DYK, though I didn't do so. I noticed a red link to Hatila Valley National Park and created an article for that instead. I cannot establish the exact coordinates of the park nor exactly where it stands in relation to your mountain, but I found a map which I have added to my article which shows the area, and on which I reckon I can work out where the Hatila Valley is. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:52, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cwmhiraeth, thank you so much for reading the article and I am so happy to hear that it helped the creation of another article. I used Google Maps to find out the coordinates of the park and in the map you found, it is probably one of the rifts towards the northeast. This also helped me establish the coordinates of the hill roughly and they really seem to be close. --GGT (talk) 14:45, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I explored around on the Google Map and had a look at the accompanying photographs. Very nice, but still difficult to understand the topography. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:27, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, you may be blocked from editing.

By all means. I encourage you strongly to adhere to a collaborative, not confrontational style, though. And well, if I do get reported for all my sensitive edits, it means that I am done with - imagine another user coming and accusing me of anti-Turkism due to my expansion of Assyrian genocide, or my elaboration of human rights violations against both communities and destruction of cultural heritage on Turkish invasion of Cyprus and so forth, and then being accused of pro-Turkish again because I write on Northern Cyprus and Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre and so forth (actually, don't just imagine this, see above). Oh horror! --GGT (talk) 22:53, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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this is just a list of those that are designated. yes, TAK is not mentioned, but we need an independent source saying that the UN deliberately does not consider TAK terrorist with its analysis

We don't need it, I have asked many times and also last time when tried to add the same info about the PKK, some Turks attacked me. You can simply go to Wikipedia contributors chat and asked them.Ferakp (talk) 00:55, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Victims

Please don't write the numbers concerning terrorism victims like 4, 5, 6. Use four, five, six. Thank you. --176.239.115.13 (talk) 13:48, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. Just trying to add as much detail as possible to the article, sorry about the errors that can happen, please feel free to go over it and copy-edit. --GGT (talk) 13:52, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

• You removed "The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism considers TAK the "special urban terrorism wing" of the PKK" together with its reference, saying it was a repetion. Where is the repetiton, I can't see it? Thanks. --176.239.115.13 (talk) 15:56, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Second sentence of the second paragraph of the "relationship with PKK" section. I was the one to insert that so there is no reason why I should the information from the article. --GGT (talk) 16:35, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Why you should what? --176.239.115.13 (talk) 16:42, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

• remove. Sorry, my bad. --GGT (talk) 16:42, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

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Even though I don't agree with you that we should remove the 17,000 missing figure because in your personal POV the sources are outrages (their reliability should be first discussed among all involved editors in my opinion) I won't be reintroducing the 17,000 missing or the sources since I don't see the issue that much significant. However, regarding the issue of placing more prominence on the outdated info over more up-to-date info, I have attempted a compromise edit, I didn't place your figure at the bottom, but not at the very top ether. Instead, in the 2nd row from the top, with the latest (most up-to-date) Turkish claim being at the top right above your figure. I hope this is a satisfactory compromise proposal. EkoGraf (talk) 21:43, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

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Do you think that attack should be added to the 2016 terrorism template? I know that after happened after the clock struck. And I know that the answer is technically obvious. But since the attack was planned and executed before midnight, it may fall into the 2016 category. At best, we can place the date as (Dec 31-Jan 1) or something, right? Étienne Dolet (talk) 00:13, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi EtienneDolet, firstly thanks for your efforts on the coverage. Your points are valid and I do think that would be fine (even technically the attack was in 2016 in UTC); even though the reader could find it a bit idiosyncratic, it would be useful for future reference from other articles etc. --GGT (talk) 00:16, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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My reassurances on that, and I truly hope the same for you, regardless of the part of the world you live in. Happy new year to you too. --GGT (talk) 00:26, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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Hope all is well. I respect your edit. To create a balance, we should have the N. Cyprus President's remarks. I have two slight concerns, which I didn't want to raise by reverting or creating a fuss on the TP. 1) Akinci's condemnation part should be shortened. A simple sentence will do in my opinion. 2) I don't think it belongs in the "Other political entities" since the matter is concerned more with Erdogan's response rather than the newspaper itself. Let's not forget, if it weren't for his "give the necessary response to this" statement, perhaps no one would've attacked the office of that newspaper. In other words, Erdogan's WP:WEIGHT is much more than that of anyone else's in this matter. Let me know what you think. Étienne Dolet (talk) 05:20, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi @EtienneDolet:. My sincere apologies for this being terribly late, this is quite a busy period for me. Hope all is well for you as well and thanks for your constructive stance.

It was of course only because of Erdoğan's targeting of the newspaper that it was attacked. The attack, however, still did take place in Northern Cyprus. Furthermore, the events of 22 January, as they are beginning to be called commonly in Turkish Cypriot press, went beyond an attack on only the newspaper - the mob tried to attack Akıncı, who was there in an attempt to calm the situation and encourage reinforcement of security, and later planted the Kayı flag, a symbol used commonly by the Grey Wolves, on the Turkish Cypriot parliament whilst it was in session. Erdoğan made the statement and that was it regarding Turkey, it is Turkish Cypriots who had to live with the horror of the violence and the humiliation of the attack against their institutions (you may wish to browse recent articles and columns in newspapers such as Kıbrıs Postası, Yenidüzen, Kıbrıs). It is press freedom in Northern Cyprus, completely distinct from press freedom in Turkey, that was called into question as a result of foreign interference, and at the end of the day this incident is going to be mentioned in human rights reports for Northern Cyprus, not Turkey. And it was in response to this that a Peace and Democracy March (of substantial size for N. Cyprus) that was organised. So no, the matter has more to do with Northern Cyprus than with Turkey at the end of the day, and as such it should remain in the "other political entities" section and the attack on Akıncı should stay.

I see that part of the Akıncı statement has been removed. That is OK, in hindsight the quote may have been too much.

Actually, in my opinion, it needs to be made clear that despite the police not interfering, the violence did not enjoy any support from mainstream Turkish Cypriot public. All political parties except the YDP (for obvious reasons) expressed disapproval or condemnation. So maybe something like "This attack was met with disapproval from prominent Turkish Cypriot politicians of various political parties, as well as President Mustafa Akıncı, who was attacked when he was at the site to request extra security. This prompted a 5,000-strong Peace and Democracy March." might do with proper sourcing. Well anyway, I hope that the current version in the article is OK with you, though, and otherwise I hope that this has been convincing enough and I trust that any edits you make on that part will be alright.

And whilst we are here, thanks for the Turkification section on the Atatürk article. I will sooner or later respond to your points on the talk page, but as I am sure you understand, that will require a slightly more sophisticated and committed examination of sources and if necessary subsequent discussion, for which I need more time :) Apologies for the delay there as well. --GGT (talk) 23:01, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

No problem GGT. I had an idea. Maybe we can mention the Afrika incident twice in the article? I know it's usually never suggested. But Erdogan's speech can easily fall under the Media restrictions section. Étienne Dolet (talk) 02:40, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

I understand your point @EtienneDolet:, and this is a fair idea, but I still have reservations. The title of the section reads "Media restrictions and arrests in Turkey". This is not "media restriction in Turkey" although it is media restriction by Turkey. And it is not that this sort of attempt at restriction abroad is without precedent: Böhmermann affair is treated within the context of Germany-Turkey relations rather than media restrictions within Turkey. It would follow that this should also be treated in a similar manner, although of course the situation in Northern Cyprus is vastly different. I guess it would be fine if it the section is renamed "Media restrictions and arrests" only and care is taken not to conflate this with restrictions within Turkey. On another note, the Afrika incident is receiving sustained coverage regarding the prosecution of the perpetrators and the inaction of the police, and may be notable enough to have its own article. I will see what I am able to do. --GGT (talk) 13:22, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

It's okay. No need to stress over this. I'm fine to leave it as is for now. Étienne Dolet (talk) 20:55, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

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Secondly, recognition only matters if it has international standing or effects on international relations. Nakhichevan is not an independent country and thus cannot pursue a foreign policy on its own. Their recognition is symbolic and is undue for the lead. There are parallels with this in other articles: the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is recognised by a number of US states, but we do not mention this in the lead. It should be mentioned in the "foreign relations" section, which it is.

Thirdly, I see that you have an interest in articles concerning Turkey and Northern Cyprus. We do have great deficiencies in such articles of ours and I would appreciate your contribution. I must say that your recent record on talk pages have not really been constructive and more constructive contributions would be advisable and desirable. Thank you for your great work on 1951 Turkish Football Championship, for instance. --GGT (talk) 22:10, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Greek Cypriots flag

Hey. I am Greek.

The flag that I add as one of the Greek Cypriot flags is correct. It is used not only by Greek Cypriot organization in Greece, but also by many Greek Cypriots around the world. This flag is also used by a lot of Greek Cypriots and I think is more correct.  File:Flag of EOKA.tif A. Katechis Mpourtoulis (talk) 10:22, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

That flag is used by all those promoting Enosis. It 's the Enosis-flag. Look at the photo here. Τζερόνυμο (talk) 14:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Hey there!

Hey there! I 'd like to ask if you got access to the genocide files by harry scott gibbons. I am searching into the involvement of GreeK military officers on Tochni massacre and M.Drousiotis cites Gibbons, p.488 for that. Meanwhile, There has been a lot of discussion regarding the origin of turkish cypriots in the recently translated article of Τουρκοκύπριοι (Turkish Cypriots) Most of it was focus on the interesting research by Heraclides. In my POV, there are a lot of drawbacks in the referred concusions that TC and GC share the same pre-ottoman gene pool. First, the research was not conducted to invastigate on that subject hense, methodological deficiencies ensue. Second, the method of collecting and analysing Gene haplotypes has been different btween GC and TC. But anyway, that is just my opinion, have you read anything about in on TC press or elsewhere? Ah! and something else: I have added to the Τουρκοκύπριοι (Turkish Cypriots), the "Cretan Syndrome"[2], you can have a look. I used Sotos Ktorides work, but Niyazi Kizilyürek has a fine summury of it, which I include in the citation. I thought it might interest you! Cheers!Τζερόνυμο (talk) 19:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Hi Τζερόνυμο. I don't currently have access to it, but I just checked and my local library has a copy of it apparently, so I might try to have a look if you need (worst case scenario: it will be quite easy for me access it when I'm in Cyprus, which should be in a couple of months). But having a brief look at Google Books, I found this passage from the book, which is probably what you are looking for: "Fuat Hussein Kafadar was 19 and lived in Tochni, known by the Turks as Tashkent, roughly halfway between Limassol and Larnaca. He told me his story. "At about 11 in the morning of August 14, the day the Turks started their second offensive, all the men were rounded up by armed Greek Cypriots. Some of them were from our or neighbouring villages. We were taken to the Greek primary school, where there were some mainland Greek officers." However, I should note that Gibbons isn't really a reliable source by himself. His book very much reads like Turkish nationalist propaganda, there is no evidence that such a journalist was actually active with the Daily Express in that period, and the supposed publisher of the book, Charles Bravos, doesn't really stand much scrutiny, let's say. The book does contain a number of valuable pieces of oral history as well as references to that period's newspapers, but the oral history should be used with caution, e.g. when validated by being cited in a reliable secondary source like Drousiotis. This link sort of proves the point about the book's unreliability.
• However, his interview in this case appears to be valuable as the survivor gave similar interviews to many sources. [cyprus-mail.com/2017/06/15/sole-survivor-1974-tochni-massacre-firing-ten-minutes/ This] article would probably be of interest to you. Kafadar, the same survivor, makes a similar statement: "A Greek officer then appeared, telling them not to be afraid." And here, he has a much more detailed interview with Sevgül Uludağ in Turkish, and Uludağ is a bicomunally and internationally respected, absolutely reliable journalist. The quotation is: "Okulun içindeyken – ki esir olarak gittik – üç yıldızlı bir Yunanlı asker geldi, adam geldi bir konuşma yaptı. Dedi ki “Arkadaşlar hiç korkmayın, bugün siz esirsanız, yarın da biz esir olabiliriz. Askerlikte esirlere kötü muamele yapılmaz” diye bir şeylerden bahsetti, belli yani asker olduğu. Adam çekti gitti." I will translate it for convenience: "When we were at the school - and we went there as a prisoner - a mainland Greek officer with three stars [on his insignia] came, that man gave a speech to us. He said, "My friends, have no fear at all, if you are prisoners now, we could be prisoners tomorrow. In military, there is no mistreatment to prisoners". He spoke of such things, and I mean it was obvious that he was a [professional] soldier. Then he went away."
• Regarding the origin of T/Cs, I am taking the liberty of leaving my comment on that up until when I have more free time. And thank you very much for the source on the Cretan syndrome. I am hoping to personally get a copy of Kızılyürek's book on the development of nationalism in Cyprus as well as Bülent Evre's detailed analysis of the development of Turkish nationalism in Cyprus in the future, but oh well, can't much about that at the moment. --GGT (talk) 22:36, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks GGT for your insight on Gibbons. I knew that he was not neutral, but I didnt know that he was reliable on facts either. Certainly I dont wish to enter in this kind of uncertain territory... But it is still frustraiting that the book is missing from GC libraries. The interview in Cyprus Mail has been translated and reprinted in all major GC media. Caused sensation. The article in hanadisKibris seems very interesting and I ve already used it in the GC article on the massacre, thank's for the translation. (and I webarchived the page[3]) Τζερόνυμο (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

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British Cyprus

Hey there. I am writing an article on British Cyprus for el.WP. Current article in el.WP is a stub. En.WP article is not much better. Here is it in my sandbox. Notice that in Sources, there is an empty section, which is Τουρκόφωνη meaning turkish literature. I am sure there are reliable secondary turkish sources on that period, and if you happen to know any, pls provide it with a bit summury that I can use in the article. I 'd be really grateful. Cheers. Τζερόνυμο (talk) 11:53, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Τζερόνυμο! Hope all is going well. Sorry, I haven't been active on en.wp for the past month. I checked out your work on British Cyprus on el.wp, and it looks great, congratulations for that, and I'll be hoping to use that as a basis for a future expansion of the English and Turkish-language articles. I myself haven't actually read a lot of scholarship produced in Turkish that covers the British period as a whole. I am aware of a translation of Tabitha Morgan's Sweet and Bitter Island: A History of the British in Cyprus; the original English work could be added to the Further Reading section. A brief search has revealed a two-volume work by Şükrü Sina Gürel, Kıbrıs tarihi, 1878-1960: kolonyalizm, ulusçuluk, ve uluslararası politika, published by Kaynak Yayınları, a reputable Turkish academic publisher. On the basis of the sheer scope of the work, it seems fit for the Further Reading section, although I will myself look into the book when I can get my hands on it. There is another that I have just found out about: Ahmet C. Gazioğlu, Kıbrıs Tarihi İngiliz Dönemi (1878-1960), Lefkoşa, 1997. I am familiar with Gazioğlu's work on Ottoman Cyprus, it was pretty solid for the time when it was published but has since been superseded by more professional scholarship; I do not know how that translates into his work on British Cyprus. Regarding more specific aspects: I can recommend adding to the Further Reading section Milliyetçilik Kıskacında Kıbrıs by Niyazi Kızılyürek (2002, İletişim Yayınları), which gives a good account of the genesis of nationalism in Cyprus and its development in the British period. There is also Kıbrıs Türk milliyetçiliği: oluşumu ve gelişimi by Bülent Evre (2004, Işık Kitabevi), which is a good account of the development of Turkish nationalism in Cyprus. I don't currently have access to any of these but I am familiar with them and can get hold of them pretty easily if you need help with any of these topics, I am myself thinking of working on those :) If you're looking for information on non-political areas, just let me know and I can hopefully provide you with anything you need on culture, literature, sports etc. --GGT (talk) 23:19, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Tochni massacre

Merhaba καρντάσι(greek for kardaş). Have a look at the Tochni massacre. I created it recently and it's rather messy. If you can give a hand...I 'd be thankful. Τζερόνυμο (talk) 08:09, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

@Τζερόνυμο:, geia sou file mou! I hope that you’re well. Sorry, I just saw this message. I’ll be definitely contributing to that article pretty soon, happy to see your work again :) By the way, I’ll be paying a visit to the Turkish Cypriot State Library pretty soon, so if you’d like to make use of any sources on these lists, just drop a message on what you’re looking for and I’ll make sure I try and help you with that whilst I’m there. —GGT (talk) 00:34, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks mate. Well Cyprus:the untold stories by Sevgül Uludağ (070.4495693/ULU/05) 81192. It should be a great source! I just hope it's in English. And maybe Cyprus, 1963-64 by Aytuğ Plümer (956.9304/PLÜ/03), there is an en. edition. I am interested in the tCypriot narrative since it is unknown to the gCypriot people. Τζερόνυμο (talk) 05:51, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Bloody Christmas article

Hello. I don't know how familiar you are with the Greek Cypriot perspective on events, but the term "Bloody Christmas" is never used. The Greek expression would be "Matomena Christougenna" but I don't know anyone using it. So, it is an exclusively Turkish Cypriot take on things. As I said in my edit summary, I have no problem with the Turkish Cypriot perspective being presented, but then so must the Greek Cypriot be presented too.

There are some Greek Cypriot journalists and professors who indeed claim that Greek Cypriots and Makarios are responsible (like Hadjipavlou, Constantinou etc.) but they are an extreme minority. Again, I don't know how familiar you are with the Greek Cypriot mainstream view.

You must know that the United Nations Security Council in its March 1964 Decision (No. 186) officially accepted the Greek Cypriot version of events. Is that "denialism"? Or are you going to claim that the Republic of Cyprus is the "Greek Cypriot Administration"?

I assume good faith and have shown it. Please respect the work of other users. Why should people like Pavlos Tzermias (a member of the Academy ofAthens) be considered less reliable than Olga Demetriou? You use an article by Loucas Charalambous as a source; this is like me using an article from Sener Levent. Again, I did not erase any of the things you added, I just added sourced content and you casually dismissed it. 2A02:214C:8058:700:F823:B14B:566E:3FD7 (talk) 19:41, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your message and for your constructive edits. Some your edits are indeed acceptable to me. For instance, I'm totally fine with "with some Greek Cypriot media calling Papadopoulos's claim a blatant lie". Some will obviously not be, and I am positive that we will be able to resolve these on the talk page, where it is more appropriate to discuss this so that other interested editors (if any) can get involved as well. For instance, the removal of the word "denialist" is totally unacceptable for me as it is backed up by a very respectable source. As you have said we have no right to suppress reliable sources that conflict with a certain viewpoint. I am a bit busy at the moment but will get involved in more detail very soon, for the time being I am not doing anything about your changes. I am aware of Tzermias' work and indeed I have skim read bits of the German version of his History of the Republic of Cyprus before. It's been some time though so I am hoping to get hold of it soon from my university library, so that my comments are more informed. Just want to briefly say that our framing here on Wikipedia should be and has always been based on third-party, neutral sources, not centre-right Greek scholars like Tzermias or centre-right Turkish scholars like Ismail. In some cases, such as 1974, that will be inevitably be construed by some as anti-Turkish, and in others, such as 1963, that will be inevitably construed as anti-Greek. In the meanwhile I will kindly ask of you to: 1) fix the first two sentences of the "official Greek Cypriot discourse" section, which has been broken by your modification and 2) think of any way that would be acceptable for you to have the concept of denialism somewhere in there, so that we can work from there. My best regards. --GGT (talk) 00:38, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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My apologies if my rv appeared aggressive. Nevertheless, data such as total sum of fatalities etc. should be better placed at the bottom of the history section. I'm trying to work this out (and the rest of the article as well).Alexikoua (talk) 17:03, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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Happy new year GGT! Wishing you all the best! Cinadon36 (talk) 06:43, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

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	We may disagree on a lot of things, but I find your conduct around here very honest and civil. We need more of that around here and I appreciate that. Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:18, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Ah @EtienneDolet:, this is so kind of you and did put a smile on my face. Similar sentiments go out to you from me as well, and we definitely need more of that around here. Hope you're keeping safe. --GGT (talk) 23:25, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Northern Cyprus/ Is it a country or not?

Hello, I see that you mostly edit pages related to Cyprus. I recently had a dispute in Southern Europe. I believe Northern Cyprus is a country even though it is not legally recognised. Even in its own page it is defined as a de facto sovereign state. Since Cyprus is included in Southern Europe, I thought Northern Cyprus should also be included because they are both on the same island. But Subtropical-man and TU-nor thought differently on the matter. They both claim that Northern Cyprus is not a country. You can check the history page there. So, I wanted a third opinion. Could you please share with us your views? Thanks.

--176.88.47.54 (talk) 01:52, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

@176.88.47.54: - a good trick. Northern Cyprus is was recognized only by the Turkish people and you ask Turkish user from Cyprus about opinion? It's like asking a communist people - are communism is good or no? This is not neutral. Please, be serious.

Maybe, Northern Cyprus works like a state, however, this is not official state. This is region or simply - northern part of Cyprus - supported by most sources in the world - these are facts and these meets of the any rules of the Wikipedia! We will not insert controversial regions to article of Southern Europe, which officially!!! are not countries and which are debatable! Sorry.

PS. You are Turkish people [4], you have no neutrality or objectivity at all, you only use the Turkish point of view. I'm sorry, but it's not like the whole world are wrong and you are right.Subtropical-man (✉ | en-2) 01:59, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

You have no right to judge my or anyone else's neutrality based on my assumed ip location and assumed ethnicity or nationality. It's clearly very racist and biased. This is Ad hominem without a doubt. You looked up my ip location to attack me personally rather than my argument. You avoid genuine debate by creating a diversion and use my assumed ethnicity and location as a way to discredit my argument illogically. This sort of behavior is unacceptable, very impolite, uncivil, disrespectful and rude.--176.88.47.54 (talk) 03:23, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

@176.88.47.54: I noticed that you are very biased. You think Northern Cyprus similarly works like a state, so it must be a state and period. You use tricks, you ask a Turkish Cypriot user for a neutral statement [5]. This is not a personal attack, the user - Cypriot Greek and Cypriot Turkish are a side in dispute. Please ask to third opinion neutral users, not from Cyprus.

Also, opinion by user GGT is no needed, you are trying to enter Northern Cyprus as a country to various articles, starting from Southern Europe. A broad and clear consensus is needed here, not only opinion by user GGT. Subtropical-man (✉ | en-2) 11:25, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

I do not use any "tricks" asking user GGT is not a trick their opinion is as valid as yours we do not know if you are a Cypriot Greek or not, it matters not where you, me or GGT is from, it does not prevent anyone from being neutral or logical. I am not biased because Northern Cyprus does not "work" "like" a "state", I never claimed that "it worked like a state therefore it must be a one" it is a de facto state, this is also clearly defined in the Montevideo Convention and the wikipedia page plus recognized by itself and one other state. You do not put forward any arguments to refute mine you just ignore them and keep repeating the same things on your talk page while using ad hominem to attack my and GTT's neutrality here. I won't argue with you here or in your talk page anymore since you are not willing to listen. Plus it is not easy to find a third party who isn't from Cyprus but is interested in Cyprus since there are not many. 176.88.47.54 (talk) 13:20, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

@176.88.47.54: - First: I'm from Poland, you could go to my user page and read about native language, I am also active in Polish Wikipedia (12,000 edits), however, you prefer divination from coffee grounds and accuse me of being Greek. I have nothing to do with Cyprus, Greece or Turkey - it's a big plus that I'm in this case as Wikipedia:Third opinion.

Second: I will simplify this case: there are many unrecognized countries, in Wikipedia we do not include them in articles like Southern Europe like as ordinary/typical countries. And this is right. I understand your arguments, but this is not enough. This is an encyclopedia. No other encyclopedia writes anything about Northern Cyprus as country/state in Southern Europe! The status of Northern Cyprus is unofficial and disputable, which is why there is no consensus to treat unrecognized states as normal country on Wikipedia and each other encyclopedias. I'm sorry.

Third: I hope you understood what I wrote. Your arguments is a bit like a child... "but but but Northern Cyprus is de facto state, but, but, but, why not?" - sorry, but being de facto state is not enough to any encyclopedia. When in the future Northern Cyprus will be officially recognized by most countries and the UN, we will be able to write about Northern Cyprus (as country) in the articles. There is no chance for this at the moment. Therefore, stop pushisng your point of view, because you are wasting time of other users. Subtropical-man (✉ | en-2) 18:03, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

• @Subtropical-man: I don't care what this discussion was about content-wise, but statements/personal attacks like "Northern Cyprus is was recognized only by the Turkish people and you ask Turkish user from Cyprus about opinion? It's like asking a communist people - are communism is good or no?" are extremely offensive and are not welcome on Wikipedia, and particularly not welcome on my talk page. You don't get to assume other people's interests or viewpoints or anything based on what you perceive to be their ethnicity and you certainly don't get to decide how I identify in terms of my background (and as it happens, a Turkish user from Cyprus is not how I identify). This is unacceptable and indeed borders on ethnic discrimination. But what's even worse is what follows: "You are Turkish people [1], you have no neutrality or objectivity at all, you only use the Turkish point of view. I'm sorry, but it's not like the whole world are wrong and you are right." I really shouldn't need to explain why this is outrageous. I expect you to fully retract these statements, otherwise I will be seeking administrative attention. --GGT (talk) 18:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

  Dear GGT, some of my words may be offensive, I didn't think about how the reader would feel. I'm sorry. When I was writing my content, I didn't intend to use personal attacks at all. I didn't want to attack any ethnic group at all, I have respect for everyone. However, I have the right to state that persons very closely associated with Turkey, they may have difficulty achieving 100% neutrality and objectivity in the matter of Northern Cyprus (self-proclaimed state, formed by Turkish separatists with the help of the Turkish government). In this case, the activities of 176.88.47.54 had clear signs of Wikipedia:Meatpuppetry. Please read, I quote: "disputes on Wikipedia often bring new editors to the site. Some individuals may promote their causes by bringing like-minded editors into the dispute". This is not a personal attack, because I accused someone of using a trick: bringing like-minded editors into the dispute. I try to base on facts and arguments, in this case, breaking the rule of Wikipedia:Meatpuppetry is very likely. Seeking a third opinion is based on engaging neutral people, in this case: not related to Greek and Turkey (two parties to the dispute). Yes, Greeks and Turkey people are two sides to the dispute. This is not an personal attack, this is a statement of facts and this is supported by many sources. Greeks and Turkey people can participate in the discussion in topic of Northern Cyprus, however, they don't meet the requirements to be third opinion because they are parties to the dispute. Simply. Subtropical-man (✉ | en-2) 19:29, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

  No, dear @Subtropical-man:. Firstly your comment is straight out insensitive about my background - you don't get to assume that I'm closely associated with Turkey just because I'm a Turkish speaker originally from Cyprus. The fact is that I am not and it is super patronising for you to think that I would be (you may want to do some reading about the relationship between Turkish Cypriots and Turkey in the recent years). Of course, I might very well have been, but that still does not give you the right to assume that I would act in any way except for accordance to Wikipedia policies. You just assumed that I would have the same views as the IP just because of my background and that is not acceptable. Not all Turkish Cypriots think the same way, just as not all French people think the same way, and to suggest otherwise is nothing short of discrimination. Have you gone through my contribs and found any recent evidence of ethnic bias/non-adherence to NPOV? Greeks and Turkey may be parties to the conflict but I am not Turkey, I do not intend to be a representative of Turkey, I am just a Wikipedia user, just like you, and it is flat-out unacceptable for you to behave any differently towards me in any discussion just because of my background, not because of anything I say or do. I also still haven't seen you take back your outrageous statements . --GGT (talk) 19:44, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

  You wrote: "Not all Turkish Cypriots think the same way" - it does not matter, you don't meet the requirements for being the "Third Opinion" in this case. Third Opinion in the Cyprus case is a person not associated with Cyprus at all, simply. You wrote: "still haven't seen you take back your outrageous statements" - What do you expect me? to delete content? please delete them yourself - this is your talk page. I can't delete posts that someone replied to. I apologized for offensive content in my first posts (created a week ago). Content in my new post [6] - is not a personal attack. I wrote generally about Greek and Turkey (two parties to the dispute), not about you. I wrote what I think and I have the right to do so. Subtropical-man (✉ | en-2) 19:57, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

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Will need your help here :) Beshogur (talk) 14:01, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Just came in to do this, Beshogur! Will be ready to get it on the main page in time for the second round :) First wanted to get the Turkish version ready as that's getting way more views. --GGT (talk) 18:19, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, I am working for a new list article User:Beshogur/List of massacres of Turkish people, here. If you want to contribute (add massacres against TC), you are welcome. Beshogur (talk) 17:23, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Beshogur. Are you sure that this is something we do? I haven't been able to find such articles regarding e.g. antisemitism and I'm not sure about how appropriate the article is. Regarding massacres against Turkish Cypriots, you have a relatively comprehensive list there. The only major one that's missing is probably the Kumsal massacre. --GGT (talk) 01:45, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

@GGT:, this is regarding Turkish people, not only TC but other minorities. Beshogur (talk) 12:52, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for your detailed summary during the revert. Totally accept your point. Perhaps more suitable to just create a list article for it. Best regards, Sseevv (talk) 23:57, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

No worries Sseevv, thanks for collating the list in the first place, it definitely was a very interesting one and it did break my heart to remove it. Best wishes. --GGT (talk) 00:01, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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I appreciate your feedback on Kemalist historiography and this edit you've made on the article. However, I feel like the language you use in edit summaries is a bit confrontational. I don't want to give specific instances by quoting them but I believe you will understand what I mean. Thank you. Best regards. --John the Janitor (talk) 11:51, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi John the Janitor. Thanks a lot for the message and thanks for your work on the article. I do apologise if it comes across as confrontational. That being said, I do see profound problems on an intellectual level in writing an article on Turkish historiography with minimal reference to Turkey-based writing and policy-based problems in taking such liberties in terms on interpreting what the source is saying. Now the first one is a practical problem that I can help fix, and that is exactly what I intend to do. With the second one, though, I do believe my language needs to reflect the severity of the problem - this is a very sensitive topic whose Wikipedia coverage tends to get a lot of public attention in Turkey, and the entire Turkish-speaking Wikipedia community often gets targeted if our editorial standards here are less than ideal. And having worked on these areas for a number of years now, it is frustratingly often that I see the latter kind of inappropriate over-generalisation. So I do hope that you will understand where I am coming from and will edit content going forward with this sensitivity in mind. --GGT (talk) 12:06, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm looking forward to further collaboration on the article. Best regards.--John the Janitor (talk) 12:08, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

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You've changed the wording in the lead to "some contemporary literature", however, the article body does not contain any sources that suggest this POV to be legitimate. So, I didn't understand why you've toned down the wording there. Best regards.--John the Janitor (talk) 13:42, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi John the Janitor. We don't have a source that specifically states that a majority or the entirety of the literature calls this view into question. We know that they mention several sources that dispute it, which is sufficient to say that there is some literature that rejects it. We also know that there is still some historiography that does not reject this view. --GGT (talk) 13:48, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Even if it is true, that's currently not verifiable in the article. We cannot evaluate the legitimacy of that POV unless they are mentioned in the article with reliable sources.--John the Janitor (talk) 13:53, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

I also don't agree with toning down the "magnifies" to "focuses", because, the body of the article supports that it is done to glorify and create a personality cult around him. Best regards.--John the Janitor (talk) 14:15, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

John the Janitor: I think this is best discussed at the talk page so that any other interested editors would be able to have their say. I’ll raise it there in due course. Regards. —GGT (talk) 15:15, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks a lot for the edits and for this message User:Klbrain, it's my bad that I failed to notice the note on the talk page of the proposed target article. I've dropped a note on the relevant talk page. --GGT (talk) 17:51, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

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You re-created several Turkish village stubs which I had redirected because they were sourced to Koyumuz [7][8][9][10][11]. Could you tell me why you think these redirects were inappropriate, and do you have immediate plans to expand them or at least add reliable sourcing? –dlthewave ☎ 12:25, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Dlthewave, thanks for getting in touch, I am happy to clarify.

These redirects were inappropriate as they contained further information that was not sourced to Köyümüz i.e. that on the ethnic makeup of the villages. You have not integrated this sourced information into the respective district articles, and thus your edits constitute a removal of sourced information. Previous discussions have resulted in a consensus to redirect the one-sentence geostubs sourced entirely to Koyumuz, but this cannot be used to justify mass, semi-automated removal of any and all information on Turkish villages (also note the result of this AfD), and you have previously been warned by Ymblanter about this.

I must say that I am very concerned about how you have been going about these mass redirects. Per WP:AWBRULES, you must assume full responsibility for every single edit you make with the tool. I have noted many edits where I don't think due care has been exercised. For starters, this is probably the most concerning example - a completely erroneous redirect that stood for 19 days until I noticed it. As Ymblanter noted, you have removed reliably sourced population stats from the villages in Bartın district (see my comment here). It is your responsibility to reinstate this information, whether by self-reverting or integrating it into the district article. You have also removed the ethnicity information on a number of villages in the Bala, Adıyaman and Baskil districts. I have reverted some of these, but it is again your responsibility to retrospectively go through your edits to reinstate any missing information. Further examples of removal of information include this and this.

As long as you do not "lose" any information during the process, I don't necessarily mind the redirects - note that I am not indiscriminately reverting them. We have, in fact, had AWB-facilitated removals of unreliably sourced information on Turkish geostubs on tr.wiki for years, so my problem is not with you, what you are doing or how you are doing it - it's about the fact that you're removing other information. If you're concerned about the use of Koyumuz on these articles but are not willing to integrate the ethnicity info elsewhere, a good way to go forward would be to remove the source and add cn tags. But it is not my responsibility to clean up after others' semi-automated edits. I strongly suggest that you retrospectively go through your mass redirects before making any further semi-automated redirects. If these concerning edits continue, a real conversation will need to be had about your access to AWB. Regards.

--GGT (talk) 13:43, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. I'll strive to avoid errors when using AWB going forward, and I've opened an RfC at Wikiproject Turkey to try to reach consensus for stubs that go beyond a single sentence or cite government population figures. Your input is welcome.

Based on your concerns and those of others, I'll continue redirecting the one-sentence stubs sourced to Koyumuz but hold off on the others. I'd like to wait until we have consensus on what exactly should be merged before going back and reinstating anything. –dlthewave ☎ 19:02, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Dlthewave. I'll be awaiting the results of the RfC regarding the ethnicity information. That being said, the RfC does not cover reliably sourced population information as seen in the villages of the Bartın district. As such, I still expect you to self-revert or reinstate that information in another way. Regards. --GGT (talk) 19:18, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Ah SilentResident, a barnstar is not what I deserve, I deserve a trout! This is so kind and honestly made my evening, thank you so much. I still feel bad about how I approached you, that wasn't the best of me. And thank you for this sort of reflective editing - this is the sort of thing that makes it a joy to be around here even at the most contentious of times. Kalispera, and -whilst you're here- should you ever need to consult a Turkish-language source, just drop me a message! --GGT (talk) 23:46, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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	Hi GGT. I know you know how much I respect you. This is just a small token of my appreciation of you as an editor over so many years. Thank you for being such a great example to me but also to the wider wiki community. Take care my friend. Dr. K. 04:36, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your kind words, Dr.K.! This truly means a lot. That respect is of course reciprocal: it is always a pleasure to have you around here, and it is always a chance to learn. All the best. --GGT (talk) 21:36, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Akuşağı, Baskil

On 8 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Akuşağı, Baskil, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the villagers of Akuşağı in Turkey have used their tractors to take tourists to a local attraction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Akuşağı, Baskil. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Akuşağı, Baskil), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Excellent work with the expansion of this article. Thank you! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:54, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Lugnuts! I was baffled by some of the responses at that time, and it's good to have this type of appreciation. Welcome back and all the best. --GGT (talk) 21:42, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi

Hi GGT, as a third party user, would you think about collapsing the discussion on the talk page of the historiography article. Earlier discussion before the new subheading went quite a-bit out of the scope of the article. Best regards.--John the Janitor (public) (talk) 12:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I haven't read some of the latest exchanges there. Let me have a look and see what I can do. --GGT (talk) 13:08, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, John the Janitor (public), probably that best would be if you post this question on the article TP, at least that approach together with our consent there would give you more credence in case if someone new starts wondering why is the part of the discussion collapsed.--౪ Santa ౪^99° 18:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

@Santasa99: I asked for your consent and I thought you were positive.--John the Janitor (public) (talk) 19:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I still am. Just saying, it would be better, trust me.--౪ Santa ౪^99° 19:13, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Sylvestre Bangui

On 17 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sylvestre Bangui, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that whilst serving as the Central African ambassador in Paris, Sylvestre Bangui held a press conference confirming that his government had massacred children and resigned? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sylvestre Bangui. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sylvestre Bangui), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Varosha, Famagusta

Your edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varosha,_Famagusta&diff=1068941370&oldid=1068836675) mentions "WP:UNDUE". "at best this is a mere acknowledgement that a claim exists.". However, first, the case in court still continues, and IPC has not decided anything. Second, do you have any objection to move the related paragraphs to "Court cases" heading, if so, why?88.227.219.0 (talk) 20:43, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi, as you've rightly pointed out, the proceedings are still underway. If the case were to be concluded in Evkaf's favour, that would merit inclusion. But just this, based on a Kıbrıs Postası article likely based on an Evkaf press release, is definitely placing WP:UNDUE weight on the Evkaf POV. --GGT (talk) 21:22, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

It is said that the TRNC Official Gazetta published the related decision but I could not find the relevant website.88.227.219.0 (talk) 19:36, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Referencing Cyprus' geographical descriptions via Cyprus' geographical article in WP

Hi GGT. There is a discussion you requested here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trikomo,_Cyprus#Usage_of_geographical_reference_in_the_geographical_description
Your opinion is welcome88.227.219.0 (talk) 19:36, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for D. I. Antoniou

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DYK for Rodolphe Iddi Lala

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Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Halyna Sevruk

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Olympics

Hello. I've begun a deletion sorting page for articles about the Olympics which are nominated at AfD. Hope you find it useful. No Great Shaker (talk) 13:39, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Gambian literature

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DYK nomination of Étienne N'Gounio

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DYK for Gambian literature

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— Maile (talk) 00:02, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Étienne Ngounio

On 8 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Étienne Ngounio, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a former member of the French Senate ended up being exiled to the northern Central African Republic by the future emperor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Étienne N'Gounio. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Étienne Ngounio), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi!

Merhaba my friend! I was around and stopped by to say hi! Happy to see you are active in WP! Cheers! Cinadon36 13:15, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Şevket Yorulmaz

On 29 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Şevket Yorulmaz, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Şevket Yorulmaz scored 99 goals in 173 matches whilst playing for Beşiktaş? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Şevket Yorulmaz. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Şevket Yorulmaz), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK nomination of Gastria

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DYK for Gastria

On 27 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gastria, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gastria in Cyprus is "not old", but is home to Bronze Age tombs and a medieval castle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gastria. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Gastria), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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Racist & Islamophobe George Horton

Merhabalar @GGT,

Thank you very much for your explanation! However, he really says in his The blight of Asia where the title itself is already racist towards a population "it was the religion of the Powers of Darkness". I only added that actually. So researcher who used his account but not have mentioned his racism and imaginary concepts are also unreliable. Anyway besides this topic I see that you are from Cyprus and are editing Cyprus related topics. I will also edit and add some research. I thought you might be interested too. Here have a look at this website: Economy, environment, and landscape in the Cypriot longue durée (hua.gr)It has population details from the Ottoman Era.

Kind regards,

Utku Utku Öziz (talk) 11:09, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the message, Utku Öziz. My honest opinion is that anyone who reads the work of Horton cannot but help note the blatant bias in his works, and -I would like to believe for this reason- modern scholarship has somewhat moved away from his account. That being said, it is unacceptable on Wikipedia to draw our own inferences based on our own readings of the source - in fact, one may as well not even read the primary source in instances such as this. We can only put out there the critique that exists in a balanced way, and for Horton such critique is definitely not lacking, and indeed I had inserted this in the article around a decade ago. "So researcher who used his account but not have mentioned his racism and imaginary concepts are also unreliable" - it's not really good academic practice to make such sweeping assessments of reliability, this would need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis (WP:HISTRS would be a good place to start for guidance).

Thanks a lot for the source by the way! I wasn't really aware of this and will definitely check it out. All the best. GGT (talk) 15:31, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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		Your message here [12], strangely, was reassuring. Thank you for the hard work and for monitoring the Cyprus-related articles! - ❖ SilentResident ❖ (talk ✉ | contribs ✎) 19:41, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm replying to this awfully late SilentResident, but this is such a kind gesture and your concern for these articles is much appreciated. It's very much a team effort, and I do sometimes miss out on things! Hope all is well with you. --GGT (talk) 23:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Willi Ritschard

I have answered you, and I am awaiting reply.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 15:19, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Nergisî

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Is everything's all right?

Good evening, my friend. We all heard about what happened in the region. I haven't seen you active around here lately and I wanted just to check out with you and make sure everything's all right. Hope to hear from you soon. Please take care. - ❖ SilentResident ❖ ^{(talk ✉ | contribs ✎)} 20:12, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello @SilentResident:. This is such a kind message, thank you so much for your thoughts. I was fortunate enough that all my loved ones have been safe, although I do sadly know many families devastated by this tragedy. My little spare time has been divided between helping the aid efforts and keeping things going over at Turkish Wikipedia. Best wishes. GGT (talk) 22:05, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

I am glad to hear back from you. Everybody's thoughts are with the victims of the quakes. Take care! --- ❖ SilentResident ❖ ^{(talk ✉ | contribs ✎)} 23:57, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Thelma Bates (physician)

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Dealing with copyright violations

Thanks for cleaning up Pontic Greek genocide. When you remove material in the normal way (i.e. as an editor who's not an administrator), it remains in the page's history. While it's not as immediately obvious, it's still a copyright violation. To finish cleaning up, use the {{Copyvio-revdel}} template. Fill in the first revision number where the copyrighted material appears, the last one, and an url where the original material that was copied can be found. An administrator will review it, then remove all traces of the copyright violation. Cheers, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 15:54, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey BlackcurrantTea, thanks for the helpful message! I'm well aware of RD1 as it's standard practice over at tr.wiki as well (where I'm an admin) but didn't really know about the template so that's very helpful. The only problem being that I'm not convinced the article is fully cleaned up as there are whole other chunks that look suspicious - but I never found the time to fully go through the mess. GGT (talk) 21:24, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Cleaning up the most obvious copyvio was a quick first step. The quotes are still a problem, but at least they're attributed to their sources. I don't know if they'll need to be revdel'd once they're shorter. Regarding the template, you might be able to add the English version to tr.wikipedia and translate it there. It's available at eight other language wikipedias (see the template page for a list). Some use the English version unchanged; others have localised it. Cheers, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 06:15, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

FWIW

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DYK for Solution and EU Party

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