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[Paphitis]

just after the First World War was followed by a Greek Cypriot boycott of elections for the legislative council and local authorities in the island. In 1931 Greek Cypriot frustration erupted in violence. After the elections of that year - which the Greek Cypriots did contest - the Enotists strengthened their position on the legislative council and Nicodemus, the Bishop of Citium, issued an uncompromising Enotist manifesto urging that no obedience was due to the laws of a foreign ruler. Three days later Nicodemus made a speech inciting Cypriots to break the laws. The following evening - October 21 - rioting started in Nicosia. Dyonysios Kykkiotis, a chief priest, kissed the Greek flag, declared Enosis, and led the rioters to Government house, where they smashed windows and then threw in combustible materials, burning the building to the ground.
The rioting was halted with the arrival of two Royal Navy ships and the landing of troops from Egypt. The governor, Sir Ronal Storrs, then deported ten ringleaders, without warning, including Nicodemus and the Bishop of Kyrenia and two elected members of the legislative council. Six Cypriots had been killed and 30 wounded. The repression which followed was disproportionately severe. Two thousand islanders were imprisoned, the Greek Cypriots had to pay £66,000 for property destroyed in the main towns and 70 villages, the constitution was suspended, political parties were outlawed, the Press was censored, and the Governor ruled by decree.

Halil, stop it. You are doing all my work for me!! You are proving a most useful Turk!!

[Nikitas]

"When did Grivas collaborated with the Germans? Any links? "

It is a historical fact that Grivas was one of the founders of the X movement in Greece. Instead of leaving Greece after the German takeover and go to North Africa, as most of the Greek forces had done, he chose to stay.

During the occupation he led the X movement which was regarded by the Germans as a non entity and never officially adopted by them. After the liberation the X movement was used by the British against the communist former guerillas of EAM, during the civil war. During a meeting of right wing organizations in Athens, in 1943 under Captain Donald Stott, X participated and signed a joint agreement to harasss the retreating Germans and to stop the guerrillas from gaining power.

After the war Grivas tried to set up a political party and in the elections of 1946 and 1950 got less than one per cent of the vote.

Grivas was a passionate anticommunist, royalist, and pro.... British for most of his life as were his closest collaborators in Greece.

[halil]

The British government under pressure from its own Conservative backbenchers was afraid that concessions over Cyprus would be seen as a sign of weakness by Arab countries and would offend Turkey. Turkey’s concern, however, as more for her own security than that of the Turkish community in Cyprus. She feared that if Cyprus joined Greece and a communist government took over in Athens, the island may be used as a springboard against her by a Russo-Greek alliance.
Eventually, Greece’s U.N. Resolution was shelved - and Greek-Cypriot frustrations erupted once more into violence. A general strike was proclaimed and the worst riots since 1931 flared up. It now remained only for Grivas to launch his campaign. In November 1954, Grivas arrived secretly in Cyprus and in January, 195, he met Makarios in Larnaca and heard from the Archbishop that the Athens government was now in full sympathy with their aims and had established a permanent liaison with their organisation.

[Tim Drayton]

"When did Grivas collaborated with the Germans? Any links? "

It is a historical fact that Grivas was one of the founders of the X movement in Greece. Instead of leaving Greece after the German takeover and go to North Africa, as most of the Greek forces had done, he chose to stay.

During the occupation he led the X movement which was regarded by the Germans as a non entity and never officially adopted by them. After the liberation the X movement was used by the British against the communist former guerillas of EAM, during the civil war. During a meeting of right wing organizations in Athens, in 1943 under Captain Donald Stott, X participated and signed a joint agreement to harasss the retreating Germans and to stop the guerrillas from gaining power.

After the war Grivas tried to set up a political party and in the elections of 1946 and 1950 got less than one per cent of the vote.

Grivas was a passionate anticommunist, royalist, and pro.... British for most of his life as were his closest collaborators in Greece.

Does the "X" stand for anything, or have any significance, in Greek?

[halil]

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[halil]

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[halil]

This was the moment that Grivas had been waiting for. He called his movement E.O.K.A. The National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters - and in the early hours of April 1, 1955, the guerrilla war began. Bomb attacks all over the island wrecked government offices, police stations and military installations, and the radio transmitter in Nicosia was blown up. E.O.K.A. Announced its existence in pamphlets signed “Dighenis” the name of a legendary Greek Cypriot hero which Grivas took as a pseudonym. The attacked persuaded Eden, now Prime Minister, to back down from his original position that the Cyprus question did not exist and he invited both Greece and Turkey to the conference table. Talks between the three sides began on August 29, 1955.
Eden encouraged the Turks to adopt a strong line so that Britain could appear as the moderate arbiter between the two sides. The Turkish government took the hint. Not only did it lay claim to Cyprus in the event of a British withdrawal, but it also whipped up anti-Greece riots in Izmir and Istanbul. On the day of the riots, Harold Macmillan, Eden’s successor s foreign Secretary, offered to give Cyprus a new constitution. This would have meant greater powers of self-government, but held out no prospect of a change in the islands international status.

[denizaksulu]

Turkish Cypriot Leader Talat

says regards to Bafidis ,

We are trying to bury the TMT ...................

There, thats better!

OK. That is a good start; The easy bit. Next...............

[Paphitis]

"When did Grivas collaborated with the Germans? Any links? "

It is a historical fact that Grivas was one of the founders of the X movement in Greece. Instead of leaving Greece after the German takeover and go to North Africa, as most of the Greek forces had done, he chose to stay.

During the occupation he led the X movement which was regarded by the Germans as a non entity and never officially adopted by them. After the liberation the X movement was used by the British against the communist former guerillas of EAM, during the civil war. During a meeting of right wing organizations in Athens, in 1943 under Captain Donald Stott, X participated and signed a joint agreement to harasss the retreating Germans and to stop the guerrillas from gaining power.

After the war Grivas tried to set up a political party and in the elections of 1946 and 1950 got less than one per cent of the vote.

Grivas was a passionate anticommunist, royalist, and pro.... British for most of his life as were his closest collaborators in Greece.

The follwoing link might be of interest to you:

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/History/G ... ilWar.html

[denizaksulu]

just after the First World War was followed by a Greek Cypriot boycott of elections for the legislative council and local authorities in the island. In 1931 Greek Cypriot frustration erupted in violence. After the elections of that year - which the Greek Cypriots did contest - the Enotists strengthened their position on the legislative council and Nicodemus, the Bishop of Citium, issued an uncompromising Enotist manifesto urging that no obedience was due to the laws of a foreign ruler. Three days later Nicodemus made a speech inciting Cypriots to break the laws. The following evening - October 21 - rioting started in Nicosia. Dyonysios Kykkiotis, a chief priest, kissed the Greek flag, declared Enosis, and led the rioters to Government house, where they smashed windows and then threw in combustible materials, burning the building to the ground.
The rioting was halted with the arrival of two Royal Navy ships and the landing of troops from Egypt. The governor, Sir Ronal Storrs, then deported ten ringleaders, without warning, including Nicodemus and the Bishop of Kyrenia and two elected members of the legislative council. Six Cypriots had been killed and 30 wounded. The repression which followed was disproportionately severe. Two thousand islanders were imprisoned, the Greek Cypriots had to pay £66,000 for property destroyed in the main towns and 70 villages, the constitution was suspended, political parties were outlawed, the Press was censored, and the Governor ruled by decree.

Halil, stop it. You are doing all my work for me!! You are proving a most useful Turk!!

Re Bafidis. I had been stating from the beginning that Halil was impartial. Now do you believe me?