1974 Cypriot coup d'état: Difference between revisions

The newly established regime has been described as an extremist [[puppet state|puppet regime]] of the Greek junta.<ref name=coakley>{{cite book|last1=Coakley|first1=John|title=Pathways from Ethnic Conflict: Institutional Redesign in Divided Societies|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317988472|page=131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VXcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA131}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Madianou|first1=Mirca|title=Mediating the Nation|date=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136611056|page=39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5lDaSGNZrkC&pg=PA39}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Förster|first1=Larissa|title=Influence Without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response|date=2013|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9781935352037|page=161|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4hNtC_7VyIC&pg=PA161}}</ref> On 15 July, between 8 am and 9 am, the coup leaders proclaimed their victory on the state channel [[Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation]], saying "The national guard intervened in order to solve the problematical situation. [...]. Makarios is dead." However, before his flight, Makarios announced that he was alive from a private broadcast in Paphos. The new government heavily censored the press and stopped left-wing newspapers being printed. Only right-wing newspapers ''Machi'', ''Ethniki'' and ''Agon'' continued publishing, and their style was very propagandistic. Sampson did not openly announce his intention of ''enosis'' in the days following the coup, but instead focused on suppressing any support for Makarios and heavy propaganda to vilify his government.<ref name=emili>{{cite conference |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/hellenicObservatory/pdf/2nd_Symposium/Emili_Jungling_paper.pdf |title=Perception of the facts about the coup in Cyprus (15th of July 1974) in the Cyprus daily press |first=Emili |last=Jüngling|date=June 2005 |conference=2nd LSE PhD Symposium on Modern Greece: “Current Social Science Research on Greece” |location=Hellenic Observatory, [[London School of Economics]], London |access-date= 16 April 2015}}</ref>

 

 

Following the coup, the newly established junta started a crackdown on Makarios supporters, resulting in a number of deaths and a "significant number", according to Frank Hoffmeister, being detained. The number of deaths from the coup remains a disputed issue,<ref name=hoff/> as the Republic of Cyprus lists the deaths due to the coup among the missing due to the Turkish invasion. According to Haralambos Athanasopulos, at least 500 Greek Cypriots have been placed on the list of 1617 Greek Cypriot missing people and their deaths blamed on the Turks and Turkish Cypriots.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Athanasopulos|first1=Haralambos|title=Greece, Turkey and the Aegean Sea: A Case Study in International Law|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450039|page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnlyjuKJa8YC&q=1974+cypriot+coup&pg=PA15}}</ref> According to ''[[Milliyet]]'' on 19 July 1974, violent clashes had broken out in [[Paphos]], and even excluding Paphos, the death toll due to Greek Cypriot infighting was about 300 civilians and 30 Greek soldiers, whose bodies were brought to Athens.<ref name=milara>{{cite news|title=Kıbrıs'ta Türk Evlerinin Aranmasını Protesto Ettik|publisher=Milliyet|date=19 July 1974|page=7|language=tr}}</ref>