Word: cypriote
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that were his trademarks. Some American diplomats denigrated him as the Castro of the Mediterranean. But last week, after Archbishop Makarios III, President of Cyprus, died suddenly of a heart attack ten days before his 64th birthday, even enemies could agree with the tearful epitaph of one mourning Cypriot. "To the world," cried the man, wiping his eyes as he left Nicosia's Cathedral of St. John, where Makarios lay in state, "he was Cyprus...
Makarios had been President for 17 years, the only elected President that the sun-drenched island had ever had, and so his unexpected death created yet another lurching crisis. No one else had the loyalty and affection of the 515,000 Greek Cypriots who comprise four-fifths of the population. No one else had the political power to accept compromise with the Cypriot Turks who make up the remainder of the population and who have held some 40% of the island territory since a massive Turkish invasion of Cyprus was made in their behalf...
During the talks, Makarios defended the demand of the Greek Cypriot refugees to return to their former homes in the Turkish-controlled part of the island. But he accepted as a reality a separate Turkish ethnic state that will be a legitimate part of an eventual two-state federation. Denktas. said he was willing "to reduce the Turkish Cypriot-held share of the island from 40% to about 33%-and perhaps more. Both leaders agreed that further talks, scheduled to be held next month in Vienna, will cover such complex issues as the return of some refugees to their former...
...Greek Cypriots in the south are hardly less fearful, but they have reacted to defeat with astonishing resilience. From the new Greek-Cypriot airport at Larnaca, planes take off daily with businessmen seeking export sales of clothes, plastics and wines. Many Greeks lost factories and homes in the north, but they are hustling so hard that per capita income in the Greek part of the island is back to its pre-1974 level ($1,200 per year). Businessman Theo Hadjilambrou, 38, says jokingly, "When we Greek Cypriots see one of our group living a little better, the others work...
...under pressure from Ankara, which is concerned about a $1 billion arms aid bill that is held up in the U.S. Congress pending some progress in the Cyprus negotiations. Makarios needs continued international support to maintain his political position in the face of strong gains by the Greek Cypriot Communist Party. "The Greek Cypriots now realize they can't return to the old Cyprus," says a foreign diplomat in Nicosia. "The Turks now understand they can't act like conquerors. The war is over." When he arrives in Cyprus from Athens and Ankara, Clark Clifford may find both...