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Article by Loucas Charalambous in Sunday Mail 8/5/2005

IN THE 14 years I have been writing a newspaper column, nothing seems to have had as much impact as my comment of two weeks ago about the ‘Akritas’ organisation. Many readers contacted me and asked if I could write more about it, also asking where they could find additional information about the group.

This response was disheartening, in a sense, as it showed ignorance about the most important events of our recent history. In another sense, it was very encouraging as it could be an indication that people are finally waking up. There are now people who do not accept the official myths – they want the truth.

Luckily for them, an excellent book by Makarios Droushiotis, The First Partition – Cyprus 1963-1964, is now on sale. I recommend it wholeheartedly to the readers of the column (it is in Greek but an English version will also be available at the end of the year). When they read it, they will understand how Cyprus was led to partition by its own leadership. After all, it is important that they find out about the old achievements of our president.

What does the official mythology say about the period? It claims that the Turkish Cypriots mutinied against the state. What is the truth? The truth is that the people who mutinied against the state were its very leadership – Makarios, Yiorkadjis, Papadopoulos, Lyssarides, Sampson. The ‘Akritas’ story is a unique case. I have never heard of another state in the world where the president and half the members of his government set up an armed group with the intention of dissolving their own state.
Just seven months after the establishment of the Republic, government ministers Yiorkadjis and Papadopoulos, with the blessing of Archbishop Makarios, began recruiting members for ‘Akritas’. I mentioned in my previous column that the state objective of their ‘new struggle’ was the removal of the Turkish Cypriots from the common state. They recruited former EOKA members, who were often misled. Some were told the objective was to fight communism, while others were told that the aim was the “completion of the struggle” for enosis. The target of enosis was bound to move the young, former EOKA fighters.

Of course, they did not want enosis. This was proved in the period between 1964 and ’67, when these same men obdurately fought against any proposed settlement involving union with Greece – regardless of how viable this was at the time. President Papadopoulos opposed such a solution for the same reason he fought against the Annan plan last year – with a solution he would have lost power, which is what would have happened if there had been union with Greece.

An old friend brought me one of the original recruitment forms, which he had been asked to complete in order to join the Nicosia branch of the group, which was led by Christodoulos Christodoulou. When he visited his future ‘group leader’, he saw that the cabinets in his office were stacked with guns and hand grenades. He asked what the objective of the new organisation would be and he was told that it would fight against communism. Shocked by what he had seen, he did not give in his recruitment form and left Cyprus, to study abroad. “I immediately understood that these irresponsible men would lead the country to trouble,” he says today.
On December 23, 1963 ‘Akritas’ went into action. Blood of the young was shed in abundance on both sides. The foundation stones for partition had been laid. Today, 42 years on, the one state has become two. This is the big achievement of Papadopoulos and his friends.

“We hear our people supporting, in Greek, the arguments of the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish side,” Papadopoulos said very recently. The form, which Papadopoulos used to recruit members of ‘Akritas’, was also in Greek. You see, the Turkish side’s arguments were always better supported in the Greek language.

Very interesting article, reality check for some, any comments?

[brother]

What has been said in this article is very well known by many, hence my always stating that for any viable solution tassos has to be removed or forced.

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brother whats really alarming is the way the majority or GCs still believe what he says, the man is an out right liar and will never commit to a solution that would mean sharing power. He will use ever tactic in his text book to delay and stay in power, when will GCs wake up and say enough is enough and get rid of him.

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brother whats really alarming is the way the majority or GCs still believe what he says, the man is an out right liar and will never commit to a solution that would mean sharing power. He will use ever tactic in his text book to delay and stay in power, when will GCs wake up and say enough is enough and get rid of him.

VP i totally agree and the forum is littered with my statements against this terrorist turned leader tassos, but like we blindly accepted the last 10 years of denktas even though he was not doing the right job for us the tc and we learnt the hard way, i guess the gc will be going through the same process but the only difference is this twit is on the international stage and he will hurt cyprus more than anything else can, his recent lies forced the SG Annan to call him a liar which to me was international political suicide but as you know with "teflon tassos" nothing sticks or the GC community would have known who he really was and he would have only been able to dream of being the ROC president.

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brother but at this very important juncture in the Cyprus issue to have such a man as one of the key players is not just a disadvantage for GCs but very dangerous for us TCs as he is still devoted to a certain mentality which was the cause of this mess in the first place. So the lack of trust and I can go as far as animosity felt towards such an individual will only reflect negatively on the TC community as a whole when evaluating the pros and cons between unification or recognized partition.

[brother]

Your arguement is sound and i cannot and will not argue against it but i live with the belief that sooner or later he will be exposed or make a unforgiveable mistake that will force him to resign, i can now hear many thinking wishful dreaming but this is politics and today you are on top and tommorrow you are nothing, but time will show.

I believe with Turkeys 5 october date approaching many events will unfold and this will be the time to see where we are heading as tassos has staked everything on turkeys E.U aspirations and the ROC e.u membership as a tool/weapon.

[Piratis]

Article by Loucas Charalambous

No need to read further. Just this first line shows this article has nothing to do with the truth and everything to do with how this well known traitor got paid by the Turks to promote their propaganda.

What is the aim of this article other than giving excuses to the Turks so they can continue their occupation?

[brother]

No need to read further. Just this first line shows this article has nothing to do with the truth and everything to do with how this well known traitor got paid by the Turks to promote their propaganda.

i thought we were beyond this attitude of calling people traitors.

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Piratis move up a gear my friend, you may have those feelings but calling someone a traitor is very 1960 and EOKA orientated, you may not like his articles but many do including GCs, it was a GC who recommended him and the mail to me the first place. Hes brave enough to address the other side of the coin, you may be do well good to read and digest what he has to say provoking thoughts that you would automatically block out, not allowing you the opportunity to view things from a different viewpoint, try it, it might just work.

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Doesn't this article mention how Dr Kucuk came back from Turkey in the late 50's and had plans for partition back then???