YATRON. for calling this special order on the Cyprus situation. Unfortunately. it is all too necessary. It is necessary because the tragedy and the travesty on Cyprus continues. We are fast approaching the eighth anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the summer of 1974. At that time more than onethird of the Cypriot population. 200.000 people. were driven from their homes. deprived of all their possessions. and reduced to the status of refugees. More than 2.000 people. including 8 American citizens. have been missing since then. The Turks seized 40 percent of the land mass of Cyprus. representing 70 precent of the economic wealth of the country.
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