Word: unificationism
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Consummate Skill. The dilemma of Caramanlis is one of exquisite ironies. It was the arrogance of his predecessors, the Greek military dictatorship that had masterminded the overthrow of Archbishop Makarios as a move toward unification of Greece and Cyprus, that led to the Turkish invasion of the island July 20...
The most startling turnabout, however, was the unexpected decision by the junta that had repressively ruled Greece since April 1967 to return the country to a civilian government. Though there had been rumbles of discontent in the military ever since the reckless Cyprus coup and especially after Greece's...
The most urgent of the government's tasks is to salvage Greece's pride from the wreckage of the junta's Cyprus ad ventures. For this it needs some cooperation from Turkey, especially at the Geneva talks. The Turks probably trust Caramanlis and Mavros much more than...
This amiable state broke down after World War II. Archbishop Makarios, then the religious leader of the island's Greeks, along with the legendary Greek General George Grivas, fostered a guerrilla force known as EOKA (an acronym from the Greek words for National Organization of Cypriot Fighters). They wanted...
The aim of the U.W.C. is immediate new elections for the province's assembly. The strike leaders believe that a majority of the new legislators would oppose any steps leading to unification of Ulster and the Republic of Ireland. The U.W.C. opposes the entire Sunningdale agreement, but particularly objects...