"Galling take on history highlights our weaknesses
LAST WEDNESDAY marked the tragic anniversary of the breakout of intercommunal clashes in Cyprus in 1963. This year something unexpected happened. Over the past 40 odd years, on the Greek Cypriot side, there was almost no mention of the events of those days, at least not by the government, the pro-government press and the state television station.
To the official side, this was a taboo issue that needed to be kept under wraps. At the most, there used to be a brief and vague reference, where the events were described as “the Turkish insurgency,” the now popular term coined by the person who played a leading part in them – Archbishop Makarios.
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