Tag: Isolation

In a piece published on 21 July, the leading Turkish Cypriot news outlet Kıbrıs Postası reported on the upcoming release of DISPLACED: A Turkish Cypriot Story, confirming that the documentary will premiere on YouTube on 1 August, with its official trailer released the same week. The outlet described the film as one that recounts the experiences of Turkish Cypriots from the 1950s through to 1974 and its aftermath, told through the first-hand testimony of those who lived through those years.

The article set out the ground the documentary covers, noting its central themes of displacement, loss and endurance – of abandoned homes, burned villages and destroyed livelihoods. It listed the key chapters of the story the film moves through: the years of EOKA, the events of Bloody Christmas in December 1963, the Larnaca Missing Bus, the siege of Erenköy, and the attacks on areas such as Geçitkale and Boğaziçi, before reaching 1974 and the massacres at Taşkent and at Muratağa, Sandallar and Atlılar, and closing on the 1975 population exchange agreement.

Leading Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kıbrıs Postası has reported on the launch of the Freedom and Fairness for Northern Cyprus Email Your MP platform, describing it as a new tool enabling Turkish Cypriots and supporters across the United Kingdom to reach their local MP directly.

The article covers the five key issues the platform raises: the absence of direct flights between the UK and Northern Cyprus, restrictions on direct trade, the difficulties of sending post directly, the exclusion of Turkish Cypriot athletes and teams from international competition, and the unresolved property issue which has persisted for over fifty years.

If you haven’t already, use the platform today and contact your MP in under 10 seconds: https://emailmp.freedom-and-fairness.org/