miltiades wrote:YFred wrote:Georgadjis joined the ranks of EOKA in his twenties and assumed the nom de guerre Laertes. He became regional commander of EOKA operations in Nicosia, not that different to some of our forum family members.
Sorry, I should have qualified regarding murderous activities of regional comander of EOKA. I took it for granted that these kinds of murders were covered in the GC History syllabus. Silly me.
Absolute rubbish Fred. EOKA was revered by the overwhelming population of Cypriots , including my self , for it had as its sole aim the freedom of Cyprus from the British. What do you find so unacceptable or bizarre in the actions of a resistance organization dedicated to the liberation of their nation. Mistakes were made not least ignoring the wishes of The T/Cs , but look at it from the point of view of the vast majority of the Cypriot people . Do you consider that it would have been appropriate for the 80 % of Cypriots to request the concurrence of the T/Cs prior to commencing the struggle.
I have posted before on a number of times that the struggle against the British was not only justified but the moral duty of the Cypriot people to demand their freedom. WITH HINDSIGHT WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL WAS MISPLACED BUT THE ESSENSE WAS CORRECT.
EOKA was and still is respected by the overwhelming majority of the Cypriot people . Do not confuse EOKA with what followed , EOKA B.
A hell of a lot of propaganda rubbish has been posted by a number of sites , even one recently claiming that there had never been Cypriots !!!!
Also claiming that the Ottomans on arriving in Cyprus found only 20 thousand G/Cs !!!
Bullshit and propaganda go hand in hand Fred . My older brother was an active EOKA member , I as a young teenager enlisted and took the oath of EOKA Youth , ANE . Neither my brother nor I harbour and murderous tendencies and neither has regretted one millisecond of our involvement in the struggle against the British .
Miltiades, I did not confuse Eoka from Eoka-B. They are the same organisation. Yorgacis was top guy in the first and had connections with Eoka-B whilst in government. Eoak-B had the same leader as Eoka. Really to insist that they are different is rather childish.
The amazing thing is that a Yorgacis as a minister took part in attempting to Murder the president and with the full knowledge of that, all he gets is forced to resign. He than gets murdered himself and the killers are allowed to escape. To top it all Yorgacis is celebrated.
But the real crime is perpetrated by the current government for not teaching the GC children the history of Cyprus between 1960 and 74 and the media have only publicised it in 2009.
Decent GC should be very embarrassed about this but it seems the morals are not very high, I am afraid.