Act now on Cyprus, Mr. President

For Immediate Release: January 21, 2009

Contact: Nikolaos Taneris, New York, Tel. 1-917-699-9935,

WASHINGTON--Yesterday, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Today, we are watching for how President Obama will lead on Cyprus—starting now.

The time for rhetoric is over and the real work begins. The Cyprus movement will stand behind this president if he acts boldly on Cyprus.

 This is the moment for everyone to speak up.

Send a letter to President Obama—tell him to keep his word to end the Turkish occupation of Cyprus.

We need immediate and decisive action. With Turkish murder and Turkish mayhem raging on, Cyprus can't wait a minute more—good intentions must become good policy now.

That means a strong peace surge that will end this crisis instead of "managing" it. President Obama must move quickly toward an end to Turkish occupation in Cyprus (not even one Turkish soldier should be in Cyprus), protection for civilians victimized by the Turkish military, and accountability for the Turkish war criminals (arrest the entire illegal pseudo-state in Cyprus and the Turkish military and the Turkish government and try them for Crimes Against Humanity) and its allies --the Turkish people and the Turkish so-called “Cypriots” should be forced to pay reparations.

As his inaugural speech made clear, the new president faces many challenges. So, what will compel him to act boldly on Cyprus?  Your voice. Only a powerful, unrelenting constituency of conscience can make Cyprus the priority it must be.

Be a Voice for Cyprus

President Barack Obama made statements regarding an end to "Turkish occupation", he must honor humanity by pursuing an end to the Cyprus genocide and Turkish occupation of Cyprus perpetrated by Turkey and the Turks.

Be a voice for Cyprus. Join us in declaring with one voice: Obama must make Cyprus a Day One priority.

*WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Send your letter to the White House now urging President Obama to take decisive action to help end the genocide.

BY MAIL: The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

BY FAX OR PHONE:

Comments: 202-456-1111

Switchboard: 202-456-1414

FAX: 202-456-2461

BY WRITING IN THE FORM AT THE ‘CONTACT US’ PAGE OF THE WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

SAMPLE LETTER, Please remember as always to maintain a courteous and professional tone:

Dear Mr. President

As a candidate you promised an end to Turkish occupation in Cyprus. I urge you to keep that promise by making Cyprus a priority from day one of your term to achieve:

Removal of all Turkish troops from Cyprus.

Return of all occupied Cypriot land stolen by illegal Turkish military invasions

 Reparations to all victims of Turkish Crimes against Humanity.

Sincerely,

(Your Name)

(Your Address)

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** Important: Please maintain a courteous and professional tone.

*** Please forward this web page to five or more friends or colleagues who you believe will act on it -- after five cycles, your e-mail can generate 23,580 letters.
(To avoid ">>>" please copy and paste the entire text onto a new e-mail when forwarding)

For Further Reading:

Cyprus 1974 –TurkishMurderers.com:

http://turkishmurderers.com/cyprus1974/

Occupied Cyprus Project – Kypros.net

http://www.kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/

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Let's not delay in raising our voices loudly.

In Solidarity,

Nikolaos Taneris, Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA)

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