Many of them to this day do not know what happened to their brothers. their fathers. their sisters. their mothers on that dreadful day in July of 1974. On July 20. 1974. the Government of Turkey sent troops to Cyprus and assumed control of more than onethird of that island. On that day over 200.000 Greek Cypriots became refugees in their own country and are still denied the right to return to their homes. The assault dislocated many in the Greek Cypriot population. Over 1.600 Greek Cypriots are missing and are still unaccounted for as a result of this invasion.
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