Word: cypriotes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Surrender, you Turkish dogs, or we will kill you all!" This cry blared from a loudspeaker on an armor-plated bulldozer in the Cypriot coastal town of Ktima. From behind sandbags in the town's Turkish quarter, embattled partisans screamed back: "Come closer, you Greek swine, and you will...
...Security Council last week finally agreed on a peace-keeping force for the strife-ridden island of Cyprus. But someone must have forgotten to tell the Cypriots, for guns were blazing and men dying in the magnificent green hills rising above the seaport of Kyrenia. There the slopes are dotted with villages that are alternately Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot. At the top, Turkish Cypriots hold the medieval castle of St. Hilarion. "The Greeks are besieging us, but we have enough food and ammunition to last more than a month," said an angry Turkish Cypriot student. A Greek Cypriot leader...
...third, and I have forgotten all about it." Forceful Tampering. Diplomats at the U.N. would be equally happy to forget all about the Cyprus problem, which last week was returned to the Security Council after U Thant's failure to provide a solution through backstage jockeying. The Greek Cypriots, led by their President, Archbishop Makarios, stubbornly insist that any draft resolution contain a reminder that all U.N. members must refrain under the Charter from tampering by force with the territorial integrity and independence of other members-a device by which Makarios hopes to bar Turkey from interfering with...
...island's security and return to normal, but also for facing certain other unpleasant situations." Guesses as to what these last might be ranged from repelling an invasion by Turkey to attacking the 7,000-man British garrison to trying to wipe out some of the isolated Turkish Cypriot positions, such as the schoolhouse in Polis where 700 men, women and children are surrounded by Greek Cypriot partisans. A British diplomat said, "Frankly, we don't know what's behind it," but added with feeling that anything that made Greek Cypriot irregulars into a disciplined force...
...become a strong link between Greece and Turkey and a factor of stability in the Middle East. It might well have if Makarios had not decided that the constitution was unworkable because it conflicted "with internationally accepted democratic principles and creates sources of friction between Greek and Turkish Cypriots." Most observers agree that the constitution is an unwieldy and difficult document. In an effort to safeguard the interests of the Turkish community, who make up 20% of the population, the constitution requires that 40% of the army, 30% of the civil service, and 30% of the police be drawn from...