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[MR-from-NG]

On the fateful day of July 15, 1974, at around 8.15am, the EOKA junta emerged in Russian T-34 tank columns in the streets of Lefkosa (Nicosia) as they headed towards the presidential palace to oust President Archibishop Makarios. About 650 officers in the 15,000-strong junta were professional soldiers from Greece.
Ertan Karpazli / World Bulletin
40 years ago today, on July 15, 1974, inter-communal violence erupted in Cyprus amid a Greek Cypriot attempt to annex the Mediterranean island with Greece after a coup by the right-wing Greek military junta. This put Turkish Cypriots, who had already been forced into enclaves, under threat.
The Turkish Cypriots had previously had to deal with eleven years of oppression at the hands of the Greek Cypriot authorities, after President Archbishop Makarios forced them out of the government in 1963, in breach of the 1960 Cyprus constitution, which gave Turkey, Greece and the UK guarantor status on the island.
Shortly after the Turkish Cypriots were ejected from all official positions, Cyprus-born anti-communist Greek military general Georgios Grivas arrived at the island in 1964 to lead EOKA - a group he had originally set up in 1954 to fight against the British occupation - to complete the struggle to achieve the Greek Cypriot dream of Enosis - union with Greece.
Grivas then organized a number of attacks on Turkish Cypriot civillians, assaulting two small villages on the critical Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia intersection. He also killed a number of Turkish Cypriot resistance fighters in Kofinou and Agios Theodoros, prompting an ultimatum from Turkey.
He was then recalled back to Greece in 1968, only to return three years later in 1971, but this time with a different agenda. Grivas had come at odds with Makarios, who he felt had wavered from the Enosis dream.
On his return, Grivas set up EOKA-B and began attacking the Cypriot government, even attempting to assassinate Makarios. Grivas died of heart failure in January 1974, but EOKA-B continued to mount pressure on the government and had become increasing under the direct control and influence of the military junta in Athens.
On the fateful day of July 15, 1974, at around 8.15am, the EOKA junta emerged in Russian T-34 tank columns in the streets of Lefkosa (Nicosia) as they headed towards the presidential palace to oust President Archibishop Makarios. About 650 officers in the 15,000-strong junta were professional soldiers from Greece.
Gunfire quickly broke out, with clashes killing 98 people that day, and Makarios was forced to evacuate the palace, fleeing to Paphos, from which he quickly boarded a British helicopter which took him to RAF Akrotiri on the sovereign bases, and later escaped by plane to Malta and then to London.
That afternoon, Nikos Sampson was named president. The new regime immediately took over radio stations and declared that Makarios had been killed, but of course Makarios soon refuted the claims when he arrived in London.
Turkey wasted no time in raising the alarm, demading the immediate removal of Nikos Sampson, the withdrawal of 650 Greek officers from the Cypriot National Guard, the admission of Turkish troops to protect their population, equal rights for both populations, and access to the sea from the northern coast for Turkish Cypriots.
Turkey also appealed to the UK, as a co-guarantor of peace according to the constitution, to enter into a joint venture to return Cyprus to its neutral status. However, Britain declined this offer, and refused to let Turkey use its bases on Cyprus as part of the operation.
Five days later, on July 20, Turkey sent 40,000 troops to partake in Operation Atilla to oust the military junta and restore the constitutional government. Within three days, Turkish warplanes and ground troops completely dismantled EOKA and Nikos Sampson was forced to resign.
Two years later, Sampson was sentenced to twenty years in jail, the first three of which he spent in Cyprus before being allowed to go to France for medical reasons. He returned to Cyprus in 1990 to complete his sentence but was released in 1993. He died in 2001 at the age of 65.
After Turkish troops captured the northern half of the island, Turkish Cypriots in the south fled north whereas Greek Cypriots in the north fled south. The Turkish Cypriots declared a federal state and elected Rauf Denktas as leader. After nine years of failed talks to restore the joint government, the Turkish Cypriots declared the independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983, which is only recognized by Turkey.


And this is from a GC gentleman.


George Philis I heard today on the radio about a greek cypriot who got arrested and was going to be killed by the EOKA militants in mid-July.... and he said he is alive because Turkey intervened - his "life or death" was a matter of 24 hours. I share this here because I want friends to know that people in the south are just now beginning to hear different stories from multiple sources in the media. I don't know if it's too late, but there is an open discussion about history - some people accusing others of revising history... yet others are covering up history.... and yet others are misrepresenting history I write various articles for newspapers literally every week

[kurupetos]

who said anything about terkey, we are talking about the coup in the banana republic dear boy. if you are going to be allowed out of the cage at least keep up with the subject matter. it jusy isnt crikit ennen.

Suits you right, you little dickhead. But, don't worry, we won't solve it through negotiations.

Now go buy yourself some good running shoes. You will need them...

[Lordo]

oh i see you mean like in 74 and how you run as soon as you saw the terks coming over monodahtilo mountains. when you finally grow some balls i would be worried but so long as you sport a fanny we is just fine as we are boollimmu.

we did not run away when the ratio was one in four reh shillovosgobullo, now that its is one to one i dare you to start. how long are we going to wait to see how brave you are.

[Sotos]

MR-from-NG. what you posted contains lots of lie and is written in a Turkish newspaper

[kurupetos]

oh i see you mean like in 74 and how you run as soon as you saw the terks coming over monodahtilo mountains. when you finally grow some balls i would be worried but so long as you sport a fanny we is just fine as we are boollimmu.

we did not run away when the ratio was one in four reh shillovosgobullo, now that its is one to one i dare you to start. how long are we going to wait to see how brave you are.

In 74 the Angloamericunts allowed you to do what you did. It won't happen again you little c*nt.

Read this:

[Lordo]

some people are born stupid but educate themselves to be better and not make the same mistakes their ancestors had made. you on the other hand was born an ass, has propagated asses and will die an ass. i wait in anticipation your first bullet fired towards invading the north of the border and expelling the terks from cyprus. when you do i will be right behind you. dont worry about a thing you will not be shot by the eoka-c***s in the back this time.

[kurupetos]

some people are born stupid but educate themselves to be better and not make the same mistakes their ancestors had made. you on the other hand was born an ass, has propagated asses and will die an ass. i wait in anticipation your first bullet fired towards invading the north of the border and expelling the terks from cyprus. when you do i will be right behind you. dont worry about a thing you will not be shot by the eoka-c***s in the back this time.

Little creature, your time is near...

[insan]

in 1974 the whole of the ng was in the hands of the coupist. there was no resistance to the coupists. any soldier who resisted was shot. the only resistance existed in the police force who were very lightly armed and had no chance against the coupists and were pro magarios.

we really have to stop re-writing history to fit better the myths we create.

http://books.google.com.cy/books?id=17ciO6lCxT0C&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=pro-makarios+group+cypriot+national+guARD&source=bl&ots=VaFHLEykIV&sig=5X-CpAQfHdyNMlhwPX7YUcu9fKM&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=EDDIU6eJKKfo7AaWtIG4DQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=pro-makarios%20group%20cypriot%20national%20guARD&f=false

We all know that in 1974 before the Turkish military intervention; the GC community was a deeply divided community into two main political camps,,, namely pro-Grivas and pro-Makarios...the situation in GC NG was same... there are CIA reports regarding this issue... you don't have to be rocket scientist to guess such a situation would exists among the members of GC NG under such conditions... even hundreds of pro-Grivas extremists of NG were prisoned by the order of Makarios... he was exerting to get rid of the influence of extremist Greek officers on GC NG...

On the otherhand, we well know that some 500 pro-Makarios GCs and 10000 "loyalists" which probably were from GC NG prisoned until the 20th of July but then freed in order to increase the defense ability of GC national gyard loyal to Grivas and his "son" Sampson...The left wingers which mainly fought against coupists were the pro-Makarios paramilitaries but Makarios who was informed about the coup by Bulgarian intelligence 3 months before it happened, should have some plans about how to lead pro-Makarios faction of NG in case of a coup... however it seems failed... and we all know that the truths kept secret by left-wing leaders in the name of "so-called national interests."...

[Lordo]

insan in 1974 there was no magarioz faction in the gc ng. all the officers were from greece and all supported the coup. all soldiers had to follow the orders of their officers and anybody who refused were shot. the only support magarioz had was in the police force which is why grivas was bombing police stations before july 1974.

[insan]

insan in 1974 there was no magarioz faction in the gc ng. all the officers were from greece and all supported the coup. all soldiers had to follow the orders of their officers and anybody who refused were shot. the only support magarioz had was in the police force which is why grivas was bombing police stations before july 1974.

So, you don't believe the then UN officers who reported the existence of a 25 pro-Makarios armed members of National Guard on 17th of July? what a joke! Have you checked the source, or you afaraid of facing with the truths...?