Word: turkishly
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...left behind nothing resembling a Trojan horse as a symbol of Greek cunning, but only anger and disappointment. After relying for seven years on the troops to ensure its dominance over the Turks, the Greek Cypriot majority was furious at Greece's military rulers for buckling under to Turkish demands for a withdrawal of the great bulk of them. Said Synagromos, a leading Greek Cypriot newspaper: "The battle for Cyprus has unfortunately been lost for good...
...Turkish Advantages. In Nicosia, stunned Greek diplomats conceded that the age-old Greek aim of enosis (union) between mainland and island was dead...
Western sources in Nicosia, Cyprus said that the recent Greek-Turkish agreement for withdrawal of Greek forces from the eastern Mediterranean island may hang in the balance...
...that they have illegally infiltrated into Cyprus during the past seven years, leaving only the 950 that they are entitled to station there under the island's 1960 independence accords. They also agreed to disband the 11,000-man Greek Cypriot National Guard, to pay damages to the Turkish Cypriot villagers of Ayios Theodores and Kophinou for the Nov. 15 attack by Greek General George Grivas and his Guards men, and to keep Old Hawk Grivas off the island. For their part, the Turks agreed to withdraw from the island the 1,500 troops in excess...
...Early Iron Age, Classical and Roman Empire," "The Byzantine Period," and "The Islamic." A lecture series during December includes discussions of rugs and textiles, architecture, and painting. Topkapi, a film set in an Istanbul palace-museum, will be shown over the next two weekends. Five concerts of native Turkish music will be performed on traditional instruments during December, and recorded tours are available...