GREEK CYPRIOT REVOLUTION 1 APRIL 1955 (EOKA)



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n the early hours of 1st April 1955 the silence of the slavery of Cyprus which lasted for eight centuries was interrupted by the explosions of bombs planted by the EOKA fighters. Those explosions echoed the desperate voice of Cyprus which no in a dynamic way demanded its freedom from the Colonial Government - a demand which was in compliance with the declaration of Human Rights and the self-determination of peoples that followed the Second World War, as well as with the British Governments promises to offer Cyprus to Greece during the First World War.
The EOKA struggle, which started on April 1st 1955 and continued until Februay 1959, was headed by the political leader, Archbishop Makarios III and by the military leader George Grivas Dhigenis. This struggle was the culmination of a long peaceful struggle of the Cypriot people who in vain were d
emanding through written notices, talks and diplomatic communications their self-determination. The negative attitude of the British Government was as disappointing as it was provocative in so far as the British Government by their own behaviour had created expectations of freedom in the people of C
yprus by calling upon them to join the British Army during the Second World War in order to fight from freedom, a call which by implication also included the freedom of Cyprus. Following the failure of the talks and the refusal of the Colonial Government to accept a petition of the Cyprus Ethnarchy
Council which demanded the holding of a referendum that would give the opportunity to the Cypriot people to express its political wish, the Ethnarchy Council itself proceeded with the organization of such a referendum on 15th January 1950. The referendum results confirmed the desire of the overwhel
ming majority of the Cypriot people for the union of Cyprus with Greece. The British Government refused to accept the Referendum results conveyed to London by a Committee specially set up for this purpose and ignored completely its conclusions. On the contrary declarations by high-ranking British O
fficials, like that of the Prime Minister Anthony Eden in 1953 which stated that as far as Britain was concerned the Cyprus issue (meaning the Union of Cyprus with Greece) was a "closed" matter and also that of Henry Hopkinson, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in the House of Commons in 1954 statin
g that Great Britain would "never" give up Cyprus, constituted a blatant retraction on earlier British promises given during the two World Wars. The British Colonial policy left no other option to the Cypriot people but to resort to an armed struggle. Basically, Cypriots are a peace-loving people,
inexperienced in warfare. The armed forces at their disposal were minimal compared to the military might of the Colonial government. Consequently, the EOKA struggle was limited to guerilla warfare and to passive resistance. For four years the people of Cyprus, and especially the young, fought with
bravery, self-sacrifice and heroism. Neither the superior enemy, nor the gallows, the inhuman tortures inflicted on the freedom fighters, the detention in concentration camps without trial, the massive taxation, the blowing up of premises, or the bribery attempts, were able to shake the fighting spi
rit and conviction of the people. The EOKA struggle ended in 1959 with the signing of the Zurich and London Agreements by which Cyprus was declared in Independent Republic, member of the United Nations. Unfortunately certain provisions of the Agreements were undemocratic and violated human rights.
Consequantly the republic of Cyprus from the very beginning had to face administrative and other difficulties. In 1974 Turkey, using as a pretext the coup against the lawful Government, invaded the Republic of Cyprus occupying since then 37% of its territory. In the occupied area Turkey has been sys
tematically endeavouring to alter the demographic composition of the population and to destroy its cultural tradition.


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Only refering to ... ( 3 days ago by stu281)
Only refering to the style not the content. Of course not the historical truth. The chap refered to in this footage was a good soldier who fought with honour. I take it you have read about him? I have.
the only way to ... ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
the only way to solve this, is for turkish cypriots and greek cypriots to be left alone by the tossers of turkey and greece and even eoka who cost us half an island,we dont want u.
Array ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@nphilippou
but in 1974 they killed there own people cos they listened greece's military junta, and lost half of our island
Array ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@greekcypriot004
esei eise o vlakas gamimenos pusto kalamara,tisboutanas
Array ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@ByzantineRuler
thats why when the turks invaded eoka b dropped there weapons and ran off, that saved my brothers life cos he was a makarios supporter, the eoka prick was ready to shoot him until the turks came in, so please forget eoka gamma, cos we will lose the rest of our island.
Array ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@olympiakarantou
i agree
Array ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@sekerim1
because u are a gert delick!!!!
@SteliosAlexandrou ... ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@SteliosAlexandrou
but in 74 they were killing there own.
@ACABapollongate1 ... ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@ACABapollongate1
cyprus is CYPRIOT
Array ( 3 days ago by jamyc19)
@nicefella29
i'm english with agreek backround,and my friend, they are both as bad as each other, thats turks from turkey and greeks from greece and also eoka from cyprus, a relative of mine was raped in our church were they were hiding by turkish soldiers, she then went and gassed herself cos she did not want to have a baby of a turk, how sad, now tell me what u think.
Array ( 2 days ago by jamyc19)
@dinoaxd
eise gaithouri re legamenos, ellatha bote na eine mana,eine mana tis boutanas!!!!
Array ( 2 days ago by jamyc19)
@MAXHTEC100
oxi then eine ellada re skile
Array ( 2 days ago by jamyc19)
@peterbb69
its called i'm a knob
''who gives a toss ... ( 2 days ago by SteliosAlexandrou)
''who gives a toss m8 innit?'' u av the worst culture ever..nobody knows better than me..drink get pissed fight mums n daughters go out for a shag together, mums encourage daughters to shag, i see 55 year olds get in fights, so rude, wot kind of a fucked up culture is this?all u do is blame the pakis for the state the uk is in when 50% of brits are FUCKED UP CHAVS!!!
listen..as i ... ( 2 days ago by SteliosAlexandrou)
listen..as i commented to the guy above..stay in england with the fucked up chavs. cant even believe ur sayin that? say one better thing as regards the culture of the people in the uk compared to cyprus?there is no sense of family or fuckin respest
an kai den exw ... ( 2 days ago by dinoaxd)
an kai den exw katalavei tiota apo osa prospatheis na gariseis, apla tha pw, oti eisai krima
katara kai ana8ema ... ( 2 days ago by dinoaxd)
katara kai ana8ema ston tragopapa, afto ton 8libero rasoforo kai olous pou ton stirixan sto xepoulima tou pleon wraiou agwna twn ellinwn kypriwn gia enwsi me tin mitera patrida
Array ( 1 day ago by greekcypriot004)
@jamyc19
...kai esy o prodotis pou KATHGOREIZEIS THN ELLADA gia osa eginan sthn Kypro. DEN FTAIEI H ELLADA!! Mhn les "tossers of Greece" oute "H Ellada den einai h mana".....H ELLAS EINAI H MANA MAS RE ANOMALE, NA MATHEIS ISTORIA!! If you want to fucking blame someone, it is the Greek Junta who mastermind
ed an enosis plan without proper military readiness, strategy, naval power, and authority. POTE MHN VRIZES XANA THN ELLADA, EINAI H PATRIDA MAS KOMMOUNISTI, POUSTOPRODOTI
Array ( 1 day ago by greekcypriot004)
@jamyc19
YOU DISGUST ME, LEARN SOME HISTORY, THESE ARE THE BRAVE HEROES THAT FREED CYPRUS AND GAVE THEIR BLOOD FOR OUR LAND LONG LIVE EOKA ZHTW H EOKA ZHTW O GRIVAS DIGENIS ZHTW O AFXENTIOU ZHTW MIA KYPROS ELEUTHERH KAI ELLHNIKH
Array ( 1 day ago by greekcypriot004)
@jamyc19
CYPRUS IS GREEK!!
@SteliosAlexandrou ... ( 1 day ago by greekcypriot004)
@SteliosAlexandrou
BRAVO FILE MOU, I olive in England, habe never called myself English before, I am Greek Cypriot and proud to be part of a culture that has taught so much to the world. Fuck England!
''who gives a toss ... ( 1 day ago by SteliosAlexandrou)
''who gives a toss m8 innit?'' u av the worst culture ever..nobody knows better than me..drink get pissed fight mums n daughters go out for a shag together, mums encourage daughters to shag, i see 55 year olds get in fights, so rude, wot kind of a fucked
 up culture is this?all u do is blame the pakis for the state the uk is in when 50% of brits are FUCKED UP CHAVS!!!
Array ( 1 day ago by jamyc19)
@greekcypriot004
listen let me backtrack,what eoka done in 1955,yes i agree, but in 1974, even to this day eoka b members still regret what happen, some of them are my uncles, there words are we gave half of cyprus to turkey and is upseting,we have to admit mistakes,ilive in the uk, and ashamed of the uk for supporting the turks, but the bottom line is that we have to take blame for the invasion of cyprus, the turks were always looking for an excuse and got it,so 1974 was a mistake by eoak b.
Im sorry to hear ... ( 1 day ago by nicefella29)
Im sorry to hear that.. I suppose theres 2 sides to every story.. But what pisses me off the most about some of the greeks who have commented on here is the ones who live in Britain and disrespect it so much, its good enough to earn our money and raise their children here. Thats like me coming to your house and eating at your table and then talking about you behind your back,. That is how a two faced rat behaves.




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