Word: greeke
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They came from all over war-divided Cyprus and stood for hours under the blazing midsummer sun outside the blackened ruins of the presidential palace in Nicosia. Greek Cypriots-old women in black, stalwart white-haired peasants, city people of all classes and ages-had gathered to hear their President, Archbishop Makarios. With theatrical gestures and a tone of moral outrage, he denounced the coup attempt by Greek extremists that a year ago had led directly to the Turkish occupation of almost half of the island and the shattering of the then quiescent Mediterranean tourist paradise...
Many among the 20,000 people who heard Makarios speak last week were relatives of the 6,500 Greek Cypriots killed or missing during the coup and the subsequent Turkish invasion. They came expecting to hear Makarios denounce the now defunct Greek military junta and its allies in the Cypriot EOKA-B terrorist underground, whose reckless attempt to seize power had led to the island's division. They were not disappointed. "This is an ill-omened day and a mournful anniversary," said Makarios in his nasal twang. "When on the morning of that day the putschists struck...
Makarios' fiery denunciation of the junta and the EOKA-B may have provided emotional satisfaction for the Greek Cypriots. But he disappointed some of his audience by referring only obliquely to the sad facts of Cyprus' current condition, over which he has little control. One year after the coup attempt, there is virtually no prospect for a quick settlement of the Cyprus question-certainly none that would enable the 200,000 Greek-Cypriot refugees to return to their homes in the Turkish-held sector, which they fled during last year's war. Addressing a special session...
...Reality. Clerides represents the Greek Cypriots in the peace negotiations with Turkish-Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktaş. that have been taking place in Vienna under the personal supervision of U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. A third phase of the talks is scheduled to start this week, but there is little hope of breaking the deadlock that has existed since they began last April. Clerides has proposed a multiregional federation, with Turkish Cypriots free to concentrate in their own separate areas scattered throughout the island. That would allow Greek Cypriots to return to their homes. The Turks insist, however, that...
...Turks have every interest in maintaining the existing division of Cyprus. For one, they have long feared that enosis (the EOKA-B's cherished wish for union with Greece) would result in their persecution by the Greek majority. Now, though they make up only 17% of Cyprus' population of 634,000, the Turkish Cypriots occupy 40% of the island, including all of its prosperous northern areas. Clerides has complained bitterly that the Turkish government is settling thousands of Turks from the mainland in homes on Cyprus formerly occupied by Greeks...