History of the Cyprus troubles -book recommendation required

twoexpats


Joined: 09/04/2009
Posts: 189

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 08:39

Could anyone recommend a book or literature which provides an accurate and impartial account of the events leading up to the creation of TRNC?

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 09:01

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=30%20hot%20days%20cyprus&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CHQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyprus-conflict.net%2F30_hot_days%2520-%2520pt%25203.html&ei=uCS6Tt2hB4eM4gTpouSFCA&usg=AFQjCNFrCxfZjZHtnX-f_urpa9grrB8ntQ



Try this one,



Paul.

swannee7


Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 394

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 15:39

'Accurate' and Impartial' sadly are 2 adjectives rarely found in any accounts relating to the 'Cyprus problem' and creation of the TRNC. Good luck anyway and hope Newlad's link proves helpful.

grahamsteptoe


Joined: 22/10/2010
Posts: 110

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 16:17

Try 'The Cyprus Emergency' by Nick van der Bijl.

spud50


Joined: 02/05/2008
Posts: 213

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 16:17

I have read several books about the history of Cyprus. One given by a Cypriot friend was 'The Genocide Files' by Harry Scott Gibbons. Having read this I bought 'The Cyprus Conspiracy' by Brendan O'Malley from Amazon. I won't make a comment on either, simply to say that I found them interesting and despite the people who knock 'The Genocide Files', both books tell a similar story. I have also read 'The Death of a Friendship' by Turkan Aziz. This was written by a Turkish Cypriot nurse and was very interesting.

iceman


Joined: 15/08/2008
Posts: 724

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 16:22

I always recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what really went on...It is not bias or fabricated and is all real life stories of the missing from both sides.



Sevgül Uludağ, "Oysters with the Missing Pearls," İkme Bilban publishing house, 2007, Cyprus, ISBN 9963 9158 6 8



Sevgül Uludag, 53,is winner of 2008 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women in Media Foundation



http://iwmf.org/archive/articletype/articleview/articleid/727/sevgul-uludag-cyprus.aspx



http://iwmf.org/archive/articletype/articleview/articleid/752/cypriot-journalist-hopes-her-work-brings-peace.aspx



http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=144205

MoonageDaydre


Joined: 09/07/2011
Posts: 70

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 17:37

A good introduction can be found in 'The Cyprus Enigma' by Ray Sanderson, its been through several editions (my copy is from 2004)

I would also recommend 'The Cyprus Conspiracy' by Brendon O'Malley & Ian Craig, bear in mind it was written after some facts were facts came to light under the '30 years rule' in the UK.

An excellent writer on Cyprus history is Makarios Drousiotis, he's written several books and has a website (in Greek, Turkish, and English) where you can order them: http://www.makarios.eu. For what you want I'd recommend his book 'Cyprus 1974 - Greek Coup and Turkish Invasion' though for historical background his book on 'The First Partition - Cyprus 1963/4' is worth a look. He also has some very insightful articles on his website about the current talks.

Finally, you might want to look at 'Echos from the Dead Zone' by Yiannis Papadakis for a more anthropolgical look.

All these books attempt to give an even-handed account of Cypriot History.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 21:22

You freak me out Moonagedaydream,



Paul.

twoexpats


Joined: 09/04/2009
Posts: 189

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 08:38

Thanks to all for your recommendations. Paul's initial suggestion proved extremely informative. I will work my way through some of the other recommendations over the winter months.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 17:08

No probs two ex,enjoy your studying,



Paul.

tighmonadh


Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 17:52

If you want to read a very good account of what happened in 1974 I would recommend "30 Hot Days" by Mehmet Ali Birand.

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 19:51

What a good choice mess 11,



Paul.

Cobbler


Joined: 15/11/2009
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 19:59

If you want some history from the US ambassador ito Nicosia whilst Cyprus was still a UK colony some very revealing information here, much of it makes a complete nonesense of the view that "the Greeks started it".

http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/frus/frus58-60x1/15cyprus2.html

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 20:50

i will try and put something together for you.

i was here before and leading up to, during and after the intervention. i worked for the united nations in nicosia at that time and lost men too.

catch you soon.