Cyprus: Historical and political responsibilities of a national tragedy (Part 1)

Cyprus: Historical and political responsibilities of a national tragedy (Part 1)

The Greek national and nationalist consciousness regarding Cyprus was expressed in various forms and underwent several phases in its evolutionary course. Given the just historical, cultural, and demographic presence of Greek identity in Cyprus and the patriotism of the Greek Cypriots, the national vision was initially expressed as an anti-colonial struggle against the British colonisers (1931), which later gradually developed into an ideology wi…