Saturday 15th July 2017 Today is the 43rd anniversary of the coup in 1974 when Greece's military junta along with fanatical Greek Cypriots looked to overthrow the government and push Cyprus into a union with Greece. In the ROC sirens will sound at 8:20am, the time the coup started. Given the past history of this island the coup of course sent alarm bells ringing throughout the Turkish Cypriot community. Sure enough not only was there fighting amongst Greek Cypriots who were for and against the union with Greece but also attacks on the Turkish community started. On the 20th July 1974 Turkey as a guarantor power intervened and the rest is history. All these years on and the Cyprus problem has still not been resolved with the latest and some say last chance, final round of
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