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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...
...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 of the Cyprus House of Representatives, Makarios' deputy, Glafkos Clerides, sadly admitted that he did not expect any immediate efforts to put into effect the unanimous U.N. resolution on Cyprus, which calls...
...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...
...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...
...Cyprus, the Turkish community last week began to commemorate an anniversary of its own-the July 20 "liberation by the Turkish peace operation" (meaning military invasion) that brought about the island's division. The Turkish sector was ablaze with thousands of bright red Turkish flags unfurled for the occasion. Significantly, no one seemed to be showing any Cyprus flags. That contrasted markedly with the chastened Greeks, who displayed only the flag of the island itself: a gold map of Cyprus encircled by an olive-branch garland on a white background. For the first time ever, the blue-and-white...