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Author | : Colin Thubron |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-07-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1448156114 |
Cyprus, spring 1972. Tensions are rising between the Greek South and the Turkish North. Within two years, the country will become divided. It is at this distinctive time in history British travel writer Colin Thubron embarks on a 600 mile trek across the country. Moving from Greek villages to Turkish towns, the author of Shadow of the Silk Road and Night of Fire provides a profound look into the people of Cyprus – from Orthodox monks to wedding parties to peasant families – against the landscape of a beautiful Mediterranean island on the eve of chaos and tragedy. A remarkable quest rich in literature, classics and architecture, Journey Into Cyprus ingeniously intertwines the history and politics of Cyprus and its mythical past with the tumultuous present – from the master of travel books and writing, Colin Thubron. ‘An accomplished linguist and historian, his passionate concern for antiquity in all its aspects - mythological, architectural, conceptual - lends weight and warmth to every chapter’ Financial Times
Author | : Agnes Smith Lewis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1887 |
Genre | : Cyprus |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Professor Jim Samson |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2015-10-28 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 140946573X |
This edited collection draws its authors from both sides of the island to give a rounded picture of musical culture from the beginning of the British colonial period until today. The authors consider: what is the role of different musics in defining national, regional, social and cultural identities in Cyprus; how do Cypriot alterities illuminate European projects of modernity; what has been the impact of westernization and modernization (and, conversely, of orientalization) on music in Cyprus? The book will be of interest to academics working in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and the history and anthropology of Cyprus and of the entire Greek-Anatolian region.
Author | : Andrew Borowiec |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2000-01-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 031300207X |
Borowiec portrays Cyprus as a permanent source of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean and a potential trigger for future conflict between Greece and Turkey. He describes the depth of animosity between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and analyzes the obstacles in the path of a search for a solution. Most casual observers see the conflict between Greeks and Turks on a strategic Mediterranean island as a struggle within a sovereign state. Borowiec concludes that there has never been a Cypriot nation, only Greeks and Turks living in Cyprus, separated by the hostility reflecting the traditional animosity between their motherlands. If these two groups could forget their past conflicts—as did, for example, Germany and Poland—there might be a way to end the partition of Cyprus. At the present time, however, the crisis is likely to continue with varying degrees of tension, threatening the entire Eastern Mediterranean and undermining NATO's cohesion. Borowiec traces the history of Cyprus from antiquity through Ottoman and British colonial rule and the post-independence period. He describes the break between the island's communities in 1963, the UN intervention of 1964, and the path toward the Athens junta's coup in 1974 which caused the Turkish invasion and occupation of the northern part of Cyprus. He compares the conflicting views of the protagonists—the Greek Cypriot majority and the Turkish Cypriot minority. Considerable attention is paid to the two separate economic and political entities on the island. Borowiec analyzes the futility of myriad international mediation efforts and suggests possible ways of creating a climate propitious to dialogue. This important new look at the Cypriot conflict will be valuable to researchers, policy makers, and scholars involved with the Eastern Mediterranean and conflict/peace studies.
Author | : John Thomson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 59 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Cyprus |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Ker-Lindsay |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2011-04-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019975716X |
For nearly 60 years, the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight. In The Cyprus Problem, James Ker-Lindsay--recently appointed as expert advisor to the UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Cyprus--offers an incisive, even-handed account of the conflict. Ker-Lindsay covers all aspects of the Cyprus problem, placing it in historical context, addressing the situation as it now stands, and looking toward its possible resolution.
Author | : Cynthia Cockburn |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781842774212 |
As Cyprus prepares to join the EU in 2004, the pressure is on to resolve the long-standing partition between the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot Republic of North Cyprus.
Author | : Andrekos Varnava |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021-01-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1785275534 |
This book explores the assassination of Antonios Triantafyllides, a leading Cypriot lawyer and politician, in British colonial Cyprus in January 1934. This event has been the infamous subject of rumours since its occurrence and a taboo subject for Cypriot society and historians alike, as the event has been silenced or dismissed. This book explores the assassination in its broadest possible context by situating it within the broader events within the British Empire, the region and the world more generally at that time. The basis for the exploration is a ‘community of records’ through which all the evidence is sifted, reading it both with and against the grain, in order to provide the most likely answer to who was really behind this mysterious cold case. Through rigorous analysis, this book concludes that those who most likely masterminded the assassination supported radical right-wing extremist pro-enosis nationalism and were subsequently also prominent in forming the EOKA terrorist group in the 1950s.
Author | : John Reddaway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Cyprus |
ISBN | : 9789759703066 |
Author | : Harry Scott Gibbons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"The book describes how the Greek fixation with Enosis--union with Greece--led to a one-sided war against the Turks and the brutal massacres of their men, women and children."--Provided by publisher.