CYPRUS SUMMER 1974 Movie

[@rumelihotelbozcaada1097]

Not a word in your diary about EOKA?

[@a.p.3004]

Not a word about EOKA and TMT. Let them EOKA and TMT rot in hell. They destroyed Cyprus.

[@mortuylufilozof]

1963??

[@planetvix]

@@mortuylufilozof I was two years old in 63 and even though my parents thought I was smart I was not yet writing a journal…:) our family was separated at that time- another story but my father had to leave the island after death threats, leaving my mother behind with my brother and myself.

[@s_ensiz]

What she didnt really mention was that the Turks where opressed for years in Cyprus, thats the reason for the invasion.

[@alptekinevmez5692]

Why didn't you say anything about EOKA and ENOSIS dear. and mass graves filled with Turkish Cypriots' bodies who killed by Greek militia. You passed that part with only words "life was ongoing in the island " as nothing was happening. Is it fair and honest?

[@thanospappos1078]

Don't mix EOKA A and EOKA B.

[@a.p.3004]

You are always ready to tell us the same story....EOKA....ENOSIS....EOKA... ENOSIS. There's more to Cyprus and Cypriot people than EOKA and ENOSIS. There is hospitality, friendship, caring, loving, beautiful people, beautiful place. EOKA...ENOSIS....TMT...TAXIM GO TO HELL.

[@planetvix]

Thank you for your input…The diary was simply written in real time as it unfolded and the film reflects that. Of course the story is much longer and yes, Enosis and Eoka are a major part of the history but I could not include everything/ just what was in front of me at the time as a 13 year old observer.

[@ellieadkinson3657]

Haunting. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@panostheodoulou1166]

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I was also 13 at the time at school in London, but remember it all. Hope we get it all back in our lifetime. We should not give up.

[@davidsewellclarke4997]

Hi my name is David Sewell Clarke, I was in Cyprus at that time I went to school in Dhekelia King Richards school, My Late Father was posted there as part of the UN, he was a Royal Engineer opposite the old Internal airport, our house was 1.000 yards away from the Airport we lived in our next doors corridor for a week untill we were evavacuated to stay in a Primary school in Dhekelia my mother and my siblings were the second plane to leave from RAF AKROTIRI . I married a Greek woman in 1989 moved to Greece her late father was from Smirni . Now I'm divorced my sons are half Greek, even though I'm not Greek my Heart is British and Greek . Filikia kai efharisto . Nteivint. Ellada Kypros Sagapou poly mou leipes.

[@macbrack04]

I was one of those RAF airmen at Akrotiri SBA who gave up our beds and rations for the civilian evacuees...Edward Woodward the actor got my camp bed....

[@mbiggsmobile]

Great story, My father served in the RAF at Akrotiri and I remember very well being evacuated from our house in Limassol to live for a couple of weeks on the base before being repatriated back to the UK on August 16th 1974.

[@planetvix]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it and it brought back memories.

[@makevfx1413]

This is amazing like everything you do, Publish this beautiful book of yours so that we can read. You are so authentic such an inspiration. missing you a lot, but so proud of you.

[@TeOmAniA]

Great Documentary, great story. I am a Turkish Cypriot, you did not mention WHY did Turkey invaded ? Was it for sport ? Was it because they were bored ? Was it because they had nothing better to do ? You see my family lived in that era as well and you should very well know what was happening to the Turkish population , Burning Turkish villages, killing innocent people on the streets. As you mentioned most people were friends yes, but there is the truth of people who were being killed because they wanted to cleanse the island from impurities ( Turks ) The island should Unite asap but i just cannot believe how every one always forgets what was happening before the invasion and why did it happen. If Turkey would have done this out of thin air world war 3 would have started back then . Again great story great documentary. Kind regards

[@hillaryclinton9458]

thelfinion Probably the best comment i've seen all day :D HELLAS OLE OLE OLE

[@TeOmAniA]

thelfinion I am an athiest, so I dont care for that religion mambo cambo...... Any ways mate you guys hate as much as you like the day will come The island will unite again then we will talk have some drinks by the sea and talk about this face to face....

[@hillaryclinton9458]

Teo C When the Island Unites it's when Greeks ethnically cleanse Turks in revenge. We are waiting

[@TeOmAniA]

Ethnic cleanse ! Man you are fucked up !!! You know what , there are issues here and i am not the one who has issues ! Who the fuck wants Ethnic Cleansing in this world ? fascism is the new hip thing i guess..... Have a great day my friend

[@hillaryclinton9458]

Teo C Get out of Cyprus. It's not your land, you are thieves. We will ethnically cleanse you like you ethnically cleansed everyone

[@johnnycee888]

Just...WOW! No other words to express this very unique and most impressive testimony. Thank-you so much Victoria...I am completely humbled. I Cr 13:8a, Love never fails !

[@planetvix]

Johnny Cee Many thanks for your kind words!

[@elenajon001]

Thank you Victoria for sharing your story.

[@traveltheworld22666]

Such an interesting story.. my father was from Strovolos Nicosia... they moved to England just before the war. But some of my uncle's family were not so fortunate.

[@7mattof]

Very nicely done. Congratulations and thank you for making this film.

[@planetvix]

Matthew Stowell and thank you or watching xx

[@iskendertaskn3]

Greek extremist group EOKA forced Turkish Cypriots out of their homes and killed those who were in their way as well as British and Turkish Cypriots and even some of their own people who were opposed to the idea of unifying the island with Greece. Following a military coup on the island conducted by the leader of the EOKA, Nikos Sampson, Turkey sent a peace mission to aid Turkish Cypriots in the north in 1974. During the Turkish military's operation in the north, 498 Turkish soldiers were killed and about 1,200 people wounded A total of 270 Turkish Cypriot civilians also lost their lives and 1,000 people were wounded.

[@a.p.3004]

EOKA+TMT=BAD.

[@ChristosCMelbAustral]

I think you got your facts wrong my friend.

[@Umut19868]

@@ChristosCMelbAustral i think you are wrong. greek people was killed turkis people. search that "bloody christmas"

[@miel1074]

You are not "half this and half that "!! You are a Cypriot! No one has the right to take that away from you because your heritage is Armenian!

[@keremcantekin]

Is it possible to read the diary, without going to museum? As a Turkish citizen working in north, I am not allowed to move south.

[@planetvix]

www.planetvix.com/cyprus-summer-1974.html

[@keremcantekin]

One thing that sound kind of strange is, the gang part. At 1974 the author was 13. So she was part of the gang at 13, ride in car with her friends, with motorcycles, with her along with other, also Turkish Cypriot friends. Maybe it is my culture, and people I met in USA, but it look a little bit too independent life style for a 13 year old girl. Maybe she lived in a community, where 12-13 year old kids had such a degree of freedom. But it sounds a little strange to me.

[@planetvix]

@@keremcantekin welcome to the 70s my friend! Yes, I was young but I was tagging along with two older brothers. :)

[@kieranculligan6351]

I was a 12 year old evacuated from Famagusta to Dhekalia with my sister we stayed at the camp nearly a month before evacuation to Episkopi where we lived. My experience voiced by this lady is weird. I think my sister kept a diary of the time also she would have been 15.

[@ChrisKrzentzPresents]

Bravo. Great documentary. My father was Armenian too from Aleppo. My mother is a Greek Cypriot. I was in Nicosia, Cyprus as well in the summer of 1974.

[@texasnapa]

I was 18 years old serving aboard a US Navy amphibious war ship, we had all the fire power to stop the invasion including, additional war ships, US Marine infantry, tanks, helicopters, Navy UDT and Marine Force Recon. We were just off the coast for two weeks and we were never ordered to engage. I did not know how bad it was, but we did eventually evacuate hundreds of people. Our administration dropped the ball on this, more over abandoned the Greek people. I have been doing research to find out what happened during the invasion, thank you for putting this on line.

[@planetvix]

wow- interesting! We did hear this as a rumor from land but it was never confirmed to me until I just read that... Thanks!

[@SopaSoupa]

Donald McGeough wow really interesting. so the administration knew that turkey would invade? and what about your research what else did u found out? id really appreciate an anwser. thanks in advance.

[@SopaSoupa]

I FLY TOO em kata ta alla emeis h ellhnes sas prodosamai. auto exetai san karamela polh apo esas.

[@SopaSoupa]

Theodoros Konstantinou lathos file moy oi praksikopoimaties ths xountas thelan ton paoadopoulo ektos dioth blepane oti tha kerdize ths dhmokratikes ekloges! poulinena tomaria tou polytexniou!

[@SopaSoupa]

Theodoros Konstantinou h ellada k oi ellhnes de sou ftene se tpt dioth k emeis apoikia ton agglosakswnon hmaste. eides oti den mas epetrepsan na sas boithisoume ola sthmena htan.

[@muratduman5067]

Savaş kötüdür insanlar ölür. Fakat savaşı biz çıkarmadık ..Bu arada Türk bayrağımız süper görünüyor :) Savaşı rumlar çıkardı biz sadece daha fazla insan ölmesin dedik..

[@UnitrustMedia]

Very interesting and good job!!

[@planetvix]

UnitrustMedia Thank you!

[@hakantercanerzincan]

@@planetvix 1. Turkey has never committed genocide in any period of its history, Armenian ancestors cut the belly of pregnant Turkish women with rifle butts and threw their babies against the wall, burned their people alive in the barn, gouged out their eyes, cut their throats, you have committed a great historical mistake by saying that the Turks committed genocide. 2. Turkey did not invade the island, remember that TURKEY is one of the guarantor countries of the island, why don't you mention this in your documentary? why didn't you say that? Also, Greek Cypriots killed Turks, women, children, old and young people before the peace operation. They used the same methods of genocide as their Armenian ancestors did. They killed and murdered the Turks, but you don't talk about it, besides, the murderer called Samson, who declared war even on his own people, waged war on his own people and killed his own people's soldiers and civilians. killed him, turkey used its right of guarantor and prevented the massacres on the island, even turkey brought peace to the Greek people on the island, even prevented the Greeks from killing themselves and those like him are only strong enough for the defenseless old, women and children. 3. Even the Greek constitutional court approved the peace operation of Turkey and found it lawful. I also remind you that. 4. The British rented the island from the ottoman empire and wanted to annex the island unlawfully and unjustly after the 1st world war. The time will come when Greece and Greek Cypriots will attack the Turks again and the rest of the island will pass to its rightful owner. 5. I wish you a more objective perspective on your life. Have a nice day.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

Wow! Very sad that this happened to you. War sucks.

[@anthosmaratheftis2]

Ευχαριστούμε!!

[@planetvix]

You are welcome! Thank you. x

[@barbaraterpapyan5777]

Bravo!

[@askannav2094]

What a beautiful, wonderful film.. Every Cypriot regardless of ethnic diversity should watch this film and think .. of what was lost by the Turkish occupation. It just goes to show that every Cypriot, whether you are of Greek, Turkish , Armenian, English has been affected & disadvantaged by the atrocity , which is the Turkish invasion & ongoing occupation of North Cyprus. Turkey should be ashamed of there actions!

[@behahoulousi7735]

A very simplistic view of events which do not take into account Turkey invaded due to a coup instigated by Greece which overthrew a democratically elected government. People also do not realise that Turkish Cypriots were made refugees three times prior to 1974.Many Turkish Cypriots were murdered by Greek Cypriots. Up until 1974 Greek Cypriots (those for or against union with Greece) were busy killing each other, this stiopped when Turkey stepped in. Up until 1974 Turkish Cypriots were living in enclaves and were for many years prior to 1974 being denied basic essentials. Please bear in mind the reasons for Turkey's peace operation and have an objective view which is not one sided.

[@a.p.3004]

@@behahoulousi7735 stop your turkish nationalism. EOKA+TMT= SAME SHIT.

[@hakantercanerzincan]

@@a.p.3004 EOKA is a shit you are right but TMT is an organization and its successful use EOKA fired the first bullet and EOKA committed the massacre whatever the Turks did, instead of defending, they would have killed the last mother before they died in the palm shade

[@a.p.3004]

@@hakantercanerzincan EOKA=TMT. The bosses were the same. Anglo-American imperialism.

[@hakantercanerzincan]

@@a.p.3004 trying to add mystery to the event TMT never committed a massacre He defended his own people while eoka killed civilians, women, children, made a massacre, do some research

[@dharmender3248]

Nice country I been cyprus

[@hamdialbayrak6223]

What is missing in this story is the situation of the Turkish minority. Within _ days of Nikos Samson about 3000 turkish villagers have been killed by greek cypriots including women and babies of - months. Turkey had no other way to stop this onslaught

[@Ginagirl10]

Very interesting film!! my maternal and paternal grandparents and my dad were all born in Kharpert and left for Aleppo in early 1930's. I was born in Aleppo and migrated to US with my parents in 1967, received my degree in Chemistry in 1974 and was working at Cyprus Mines Corporation in Culver City when the Turks invaded Cyprus. The mine was separated from the factory ...one was in Cyprus the other in Turkey! I wonder if you are related to the Avakians from Aleppo... My mother in Law's maiden name was Avakian.

[@tabakera68]

Sad story :-(

[@paulgonzales3386]

does anyone knows the song in the beging

[@planetvix]

check out the playlist...kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6mxo4KIg5qFb7M

[@samcoupe4608KB]

I was three!

[@ciaran567skills2]

I’m watching this video while I’m on holiday in Cyprus

[@planetvix]

how long are you here? My book launch is on June 27th at CVAR on Ermou St in Nicosia. Come and say hello and have a glass of wine.

[@bluehomeland]

In 1974, they gave the necessary lesson against the Greeks who killed the Turkish civilian population without saying women and children. Currently, the date is 2022 and we will not hesitate to teach the same course if necessary. We are ready and waiting.

[@jonialbx]

What goes around, goes around & around & Comes all the way back around

[@tonyukukhan]

Yes.. That was 'the' high life Greeks Cypriots were living while their terror organisation EOKA and Greek Army was bombing Turkish villages indiscriminately from mountains with artillery fires..

[@a.p.3004]

EOKA+TMT=SAME SHIT.

[@johnnycee888]

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Romans 12:19. Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. Proverbs 11:31. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. Isaiah 63:4.

[@stephenhulme6583]

As some one who knows because i was there at the time waving silly blue flags.And picking up bodys from both sides. notice i said both sides.some of the comments below are made from people who were not there at the time. not all but most of them. The hate is still there in some people but most cypriot s have let go, maybe the older ones like me still remember.Yes i am english and lost nothing but i still saw what BOTH sides did to each other.

[@SopaSoupa]

Stephen Hulme youre a hero to me man, bravo! what exactly happend in your opinion? that it has to become to the coup and to the invasion? do u think there where traitors? in both sides? greek and greek cypriot?

[@stephenhulme6583]

Oh we are upset. having just read your comment you are not to bright are you. Now this means you can come back at me swearing and ranting. Me and the world look forward to your pearls of wisdom.

[@stephenhulme6583]

Is this the best you can do.I have seen your comments on other film clips about cyprus And the word FAGGOT crops up all the time. I am right YOU ARE NOT TO BRIGHT ARE YOU. I look forward to your next rant.

[@SopaSoupa]

***** was your first comments pointing at me? Why am i bullshit talking? I know exactly what happend but that doesnt mean that it represents any brit, thnk about it. First of all look at kissingers plan to nwo that say that they love conflicts like that. Why? Cause they didnt want independent countrys to become developed or pay off their debt cause they make more money out of this mess. Thats how it runned and thats how it runs even today!

[@SopaSoupa]

I FLY TOO an ayto katalabes apo osa eipa, tote ontws to malakas to parataw gia parti sou, sto xarizw. k pou hmouna ageneis? dld oti nanai. aaaa blepw ta ksereis peri kissinger opote den xriazesai epifwthsh. xeromai.

[@stu281]

Awesome

[@turkishgoldenheart277]

Why we invated cyprus ? tell the truth to everyone .

[@faithlessgr]

You invaded Cyprus because Greek Cypriot nationalists during the 60s with the backing of the military dictatorship in Greece and armed Greek forces operating on the island at the time were harassing and persecutting the Turkish minority on the island, those events that included, clashes, raids and shootings, became more frequent and more violent at the time of the coup that brought the nationalist Nikos Sampson to power. Following the 1st invasion in July those persecutions peaked and led to mass shootings and atrocities and as negotiatons failed and no solution was to be found, this led to the August invation. That is more or less the Turkish narrative. What that narrative fails to mention is that during that time there were also Turkish forces operating on the island, doing the exact same thing, carrying out raids and shootings and clashing often with the Greeks. Atrocities were carried out by both sides, before, during and after the invasion, to what extend we don't know and probably won't ever find out. But to answer your question that was just the pretext, the actual reason that you invaded Cyprus was because of the island's geostratigical and economical importance.

[@a.p.3004]

The "truth" is always half the story so stop thinking that everybody else to blame, and you are just angels. Greeks killed, turks killed, Cyprus destroyed. I want want peace, not division. No Greece, No Turkey, and most of all NO UK BASES. ONLY CYPRIOT PEOPLE.

[@truthertruther2519]

No Turkey no peace. Since the Turks in 1974 intervened in Cyprus. There’s been no murders ethnic cleansing of any kind!! If Turkey left the island of Cyprus today, I Garantee the troubles and killing will start within 6 months!! Good bless Turkey and long lasting peace!!

[@jenniferfinley785]

So was my mom

[@ahmetozguder1062]

You should expect this way before than summer 1974...in your diary why you don't write what happened before..how many Turkis people get killed by makarios soldiers .! Thats why Cyprus deserved ..now free and no conflict WOW that's call fredom

[@bogachanhanl5040]

Great story. sorry for all...

[@jurimiller3068]

victoria, you forgot the island turks, turks killed by island greeks. that was the reason for the turkish invasion. the "megali idea".

[@behahoulousi7735]

A very simplistic view of events which do not take into account Turkey invaded due to a coup instigated by Greece which overthrew a democratically elected government. People also do not realise that Turkish Cypriots were made refugees three times prior to 1974.Many Trkish Cypriots were murdered by Greek Cypriots. Up until 1974 Greek Cypriots (those for or against union with Greece) were busy killing each other, this stiopped when Turkey stepped in. Up until 1974 Turkish Cypriots were living in enclaves and were for many years prior to 1974 being denied basic essentials. Please bear in mind the reasons for Turkey's peace operation and have an objective view which is not one sided.

[@pcsocket462ecsviak7vza]

we got picked up by Westland Wessex choppers ....

[@nilufertokel3435]

when you live funnt time in holiday Dictators Nicos Samson's gerillas was killed Tuskısh Baby's... Sory for your holiday...

[@baharince3196]

She is armenian. They love us you know 🙂

[@orhanbatal4826]

BIG LIE

[@a.p.3004]

EOKA+TMT=BAD for everybody.

[@adanakebab2525]

im turkish im grandma is going to 1974 war.andd turkısh winner.greece is defand.lol greece.

[@productions4452]

Learn english

[@muratgunsen2972]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/laiWfJaoerJ0bNU birde bunu seyret....

[@macedonianhoplite4895]

THE CYPRUS IS GREEK

[@tolgadamatoglu1359]

FUCK OFF

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@tolgadamatoglu1359 it’s true

[@tarkparlaker8341]

😁😁😁

[@fenarinarman2070]

Cheapest.....