Cyprus Still Divided

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In the summer of 1974, while the U.S. passively stood by, Turkey launched a brutal invation of the Republic of Cyprus, using U.S.-supplied arms and equipment to grab nearly 40% of Cyprus' sovereign territory and force 170,000 Greek-Cypriots from their homes and property.

Cyprus remains divided to this day. The Turkish army occupies the northern third of the island in violation of international law, and Turkey has illegally settled that land with more than 180,000 Turks from Anatolia. Successive U.S. administrations have acknowledged these actions to be illegal but the U.S. has yet to rectify the situation.

Why did Washington fail to prevent the invasion and the subsequent settlements despite having the knowledge and power to act? The answer lies in a tangled web of domestic politics, the realpolitik of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the repeated refusal of American presidents to demand that the rule of law and fundamental human rights be upheld in Cyprus.

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Category:

Education

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• cyprus
• turkey
• invasion
• 1974
• greece
• educational
• politics
• foreign
• policy
• united
• states
• britain
• kissinger

[MrSmoothcriminal88]

A documentary made by americans about the country they divided..no thank you!

[cabeca1978]

@MrSmoothcriminal88 its actually pretty accurate.

[XDreamCy]

Interesting Documentary. Yet again the States and others play God with the lives of other people. History repeats its self again and again.

Does anyone know who this documentary was made by ?

[cabeca1978]

@XDreamCy american hellenistic institute. It's been airing on PBS stations in the US.

[MsVchristi]

Impressive video. Will it be seen by those who could make a difference?

[cabeca1978]

@MsVchristi we can only hope.

[rockchickgocrazy11]

HATE YOU FUCKING TURKY FACES!!!!! WE WILL FUCKING FIGHT TO GET OURR LAND BACK,

[WhiteNeckMedia]

the black history of Cyprus.am impress ,for the very first time an american production speaks the truth.there is a lot of crimes of turkey that are not tole in the video.

Freedom in Cyprus

[herky62]

This is one of the most accurate and unbiased documentary i have ever seen in regards to the Cyprus problem ,

It is about time that this problem came to an end ,

Mr Obama ,do something .

You can not be oblivious to this .

[shatteredlamp12]

@MrDenocan The creators of this documentary do not side at all with the Greek ultra-nationalists, therefore it's not hypocritical of them to not mention the killings and torture of Turkish Cypriots that you refer to.

[rockchickgocrazy11]

check out terri destiny, the stolen lands, she sings about it, we will have out land back. no matter what.

[MrDenocan]

I find it very hypocritical of creators of this documentry. They did not add single Turkish Cypriot who tortured by Greek ultra-nationalist goverment or any person who lost their family members to systemetic killings in 60s-74.

And thinking that unification was unjust to Greek Cypriots is rubbish at best. Only drawback for Greek Cypriots was their GPD is 23.000$ and Turkish Cypriots was 16.000$ even with amborgo over more than 30 years there is not much difference between them.

[MrDenocan]

@zebmtl My friend, you need to add that systematic killing of Turkish citizens of island and you will have the full picture.

[RidiculouslyLuis]

Hopefully Cyprus may be united once more.