Word: kyrenia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Turks and Greeks extended last week beyond the island to United Nations conference halls in Geneva and New York City. In each arena, military and political, Turkey was emerging as the decisive victor. On the island, the invading Turks continued to pour men and equipment into their corridor between Kyrenia and Nicosia. By week's end the Turkish force was estimated at 30,000 men backed by 300 tanks. In political talks in Geneva, the Turkish government delayed attempts to scale down its Cyprus force and took advantage of the situation by broadening its Kyrenian beachhead in open defiance...
...spite of the death and debris that has badly crippled Cyprus (see box) and caused at least a thousand victims on either side, small Greek forces continued to hold out against overwhelming Turkish power. Skirmishes raged round the Kyrenia area as ill-equipped Greeks defended such small Greek Cypriot villages as Karavas, Lapithos and Agridhaki. High on Mount Kyparissovouno, nine miles west of Kyrenia, mortar shells ignited massive forest fires...
When they were not breaking the ceasefire, some Turkish troops systematically looted shops and homes in Kyrenia, a former Greek Cypriot enclave and the most important town Cypriot Turks have occupied since troubles began on the island. Residents of Kyrenia fled to refugee centers in tourist hotels that were protected by U.N. soldiers. Said Andreas Karioulou, 52, a noted diver whose discoveries off the island include a 2,200-year-old Greek galley: "It is hard to see your property go up in ashes. But I was born here, and I have no intention of leaving. The Turks should...
Embarrassing Loss. One of the most dangerous places for foreign non-combatants was the resort of Kyrenia, where Turkish forces waded ashore to attack Greeks holed up in the ancient Byzantine waterfront fortress and the police station. TIME Correspondent William Marmon and TIME Photographer David Rubinger joined 300 tourists and alien residents who had taken shelter in the Castellis Dome Hotel. Many were British, and with typical cool they quickly formed a twelve-man committee to organize food supplies, provide protection and give medical care. One of the committee's first moves was to close the Dome...
Marmon and Rubinger were among the hundreds of foreigners rescued from the resort by British ships. By then, Turkish soldiers were in control of Kyrenia, formerly a Greek Cypriot enclave...