Word: ecevit
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Such declarations got strident support from Ankara. Premier Btilent Ecevit, Turkey's new hero for his decision to send troops to Cyprus (see following story), noted that "many things have irrevocably changed." In Athens the new democratic government of Constantine Caramanlis had little choice but to accept the changes. "Mistakes have to be paid for," said Caramanlis in a reference to the former junta's rash decision to overthrow Makarios. Greek Foreign Minister George Mavros explained that "we did not go to Geneva for diplomatic glory. We went there to prevent a deterioration of the situation...
...aimed mainly at Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger took a long-distance but key part in the Geneva negotiations, exerting America's growing influence on the Eastern Mediterranean. Kissinger was on the telephone frequently with British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan as well as with Premier Ecevit in Ankara, who studied international affairs under Kissinger at Harvard in 1957. Kissinger suggested the compromise that kept last week's Geneva talks from failing. When the Turks objected to the eventual communiqué's calling for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from the island, he proposed it read...
...disintegration affected the whole island as a result of the fierce fighting between Turks and Greeks. Few utilities were functioning fully. The tally sheets of death and destruction were still being added up, and islanders on both sides were struggling to comprehend the "new realities" that Turkish Premier Biilent Ecevit warned of in the wake of the Turkish invasion. Thousands of residents-both Turkish and Greek-had been turned into refugees...
...Cyprus. Ankara rightly suspected the junta of plotting the coup against Makarios as a first step toward eno sis. To demonstrate the new regime's reversal of policy, in the Cabinet's first official statement Mavros recognized Makarios as President of Cyprus. Said Turkish Premier Btilent Ecevit in welcoming the new government in Athens: "I am convinced that this heralds the beginning of a new era for democracy and freedom in our region. We can easily bury the memories of the past...
Enosis or Taksim. Ecevit's sudden popularity could quickly sour after the euphoria of the successful invasion dissipated in the face of problems requiring solution. Foremost among them was how to bring peace to Cyprus short of stationing a standing army there. No one believes that Greek Cypriots would accept union with Turkey or rule by a Turkish Cypriot. One solution might be to have a Greek moderate acceptable to both island communities take over the presidency, or even have Makarios return. Another, less likely possibility is the old idea of double enosis-or taksim, in Turkish-under which...