Cypriots hold up photos of missing family members following Turkey’s 1974 invasion. Over 5,000 Cypriots were killed while hundreds of thousands of refugees were ethnically cleansed and forced into concentration camps. Excavations and DNA testing continue to this day to locate the thousands that are missing and to bring closure to their families.
BY NAYIRI PARTAMIAN
ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship Participant– 2016
On July 14th, just 24 hours prior to a coup attempt in Turkey and Erdogan’s authoritarian crackdown continuing to this day, Armenian, Greek, Cypriot and other people of good conscience gathered on Capitol Hill to remember the 42nd “Black Anniversaryâ€
