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[Alexandros Lordos]

This thread is to be used for the preparation of the fourth part of the documentary, the constitutional crisis of 1963/4.

[insan]

Disputes on new taxation law. Proposal of GC leadership and the counter proposal of TC leadership. Disputes on seperate municipalities issue.
13 points of Makarios. What was the real aim of Makarios. A fairer and more democratic constitution or preparing the ground for Enosis? TC reaction. What was the main motives behind TC reaction? An excuse for Taksim or a panic of Enosis? What were the wrongs and mistakes of TC resistence movement against Enosis and majority rule? Implementation of Akritas Plan and its consequences. Landing of UN forces. Events of Tylliria and Turkish intervention. The reasons of TCs abandoning 112 villages and fleeing to enclaves.


These are the issues I'd like to find the answers concerning this period of Cyprus history?

[Alexandros Lordos]

I would add, on a more general level, that our documentary should strive to present this period as one where both sides acted irresponsibly. The GCs by striving to unilaterally enforce changes to the constitution, and the TCs by walking out instead of "fighting it" from within. (After all, it is not as if the 13 points were already enforced. If such changes were ever actually made, then the TCs could easily have invoked Turkey's support through the Treaty of Guarantee to scare GCs back into the constitution). This is my view of the situation. But again, the various historical details should be examined more closely, as Insan suggests, before we can put flesh and bones to this argument.

Do you all think that this is a fair way of presenting the period, or not?