Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nicosia's International Airport, which handled most of the tourist travel, was heavily damaged and will be out of service for months. In addition, the airport is situated in a disputed zone which both Turkish and Greek Cypriots now claim. In Famagusta, four major hotels along the town's "Golden Mile" of hostelries-the Venus Beach, Blue Sea, Salaminia Tower and Aspelia -were nearly destroyed. The Ledra Palace in Nicosia, acknowledged queen of Cypriot hotels, is a shell-pocked shambles. A construction program under which 35 additional hotels were to be built throughout the island has been suspended...
...position where we can ensure that any new solution to the Cyprus question does not conflict with the interests of Turkey or with the interests of the Turkish community on the island. For example, it is a fact that the Turks on Cyprus can no longer live under Greek rule. This fact should be made part of the new constitutional solution for Cyprus. Separate government for Greeks and Turks on the island is essential after all that has happened...
...TURKISH-GREEK RELATIONS...
...believe there is a strong, latent affinity between Turks and Greeks. We share some of the same folklore and lived under the same government for centuries. I believe in Turkish-Greek friendship. Even during the fighting we tried to say nothing to hurt the Greeks. There have been no public demonstrations against Greeks in Turkey...
...think that Constantino Caramanlis, the new Premier of Greece, is the sort of man with whom we can work. In the past, he has shown he realizes the need for friendship with us and contributed much to it. He may have to do certain things that the Greek people may not easily accept. I assume the Greeks realize that Premier Caramanlis has inherited an accumulation of mistakes for which he is not responsible. The military regime in Athens made it impossible for us to have a dialogue with the Greeks. But now we have a new opportunity...