Cyprus-Forum.com

[zan]

Digging for the truth behind the invasion
By Jacqueline Theodoulou

THE HOUSE Committee for the Cyprus File will in April officially begin collecting documents and data regarding the historical events of 1967-1974.

The Chairman of the Committee, Marinos Sizopoulos of EDEK, said after yesterday’s closed meeting that documents would also be received from abroad, while persons would be invited to testify.

According to Sizopoulos, 16 people that testified to the previous committee and who are still alive have offered supplementary depositions too.

Professors of the Cyprus University’s research team, Georgos Kazamias and Petros Papapolyviou, the Committee’s scientific adviser Rolandos Katsiaounis and the unions of the National Guard and Foreign Ministry all submitted archives to the committee yesterday, which will be examined for the collection of data for the period leading up to the Turkish invasion.

Regarding documents from abroad, Sizopoulos said that initially the Committee would collect information from the Greek Parliament and Greek archives in general, while he added that the Committee’s investigative teams were ready to begin collecting documents from the US and the UK.

The committee head repeated that the names of those who were called to testify to the Committee would be announced after their depositions.







Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2007

[Alexios]

From what i heard Zan, the Committee's aim for the time being atleast is to establish as clear an understanding as possible of how events from 1967 (Junta took control in Greece) to 1974, regarding the relationship between Cyprus and Greece during that period which led to the military coup and the subsequent Turkish invasion.

[zan]

From what i heard Zan, the Committee's aim for the time being atleast is to establish as clear an understanding as possible of how events from 1967 (Junta took control in Greece) to 1974, regarding the relationship between Cyprus and Greece during that period which led to the military coup and the subsequent Turkish invasion.

Thanks Alexios

It is confusing when the title says About the invasion though don't you think.

[Alexios]

Yes...I guess it was used as a historical landmark.It's clear though the aim is to cover the 7 year period the Junta were in power, otherwise they would examine events from 1960 atleast.

[EUropean666]

The greek parliament has look on it send to jail those who did the coup in 1974, what was turkey's response?

[Alexios]

The greek parliament has look on it send to jail those who did the coup in 1974, what was turkey's response?

Sorry European, what do you mean?

[EUropean666]

i mean that greece did a search in 1974 and during the 80's, it found the guilty ones and paid for the crimes in cyprus.

what about turkey? what about those who killed in 1974 invasion?

[free_cyprus]

zan
firstly it has go to back way before 1967-1974 maybe back to the fifties also we want them to look into proxy war between greece and turkey on the island of cyprus during the fifties...... we also want to know how many agents both greek speaking and turkish speaking were signed into their agencies............ also ask him to put forth all the crimes that cypriot agnets commited against their own people greek speaking and turkish speaking.ask them to ask turkey britain and greece. why they conspired and devided our island................better still ask him what the hell he is doing to resolve the cyprus problem as a cypriot and not as a greek or a turk that many of them proclaim to be

[polis]

Yes...I guess it was used as a historical landmark.It's clear though the aim is to cover the 7 year period the Junta were in power, otherwise they would examine events from 1960 atleast.

No the Turkish invasion doesn't just happen to be a historical lanmark. All events are purpotedly examined in relationship to the catastrophe of 1974, to the extend that they contributed or led to the catastrophe. Otherwise, the supposed investigation would have been a mere historical exercise. According to the official view, that is the ideological foundation of the post-war political system in Cyprus, all these events were part of a huge conspiracy that aimed at the destruction of Cyprus culminating in the invasion.

[polis]

i mean that greece did a search in 1974 and during the 80's, it found the guilty ones and paid for the crimes in cyprus.

what about turkey? what about those who killed in 1974 invasion?

What are you talking about?? From a Turkish perspective - from the perspective of turkish society - what issues do you think are raised with relation to those who kill, period?