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Northern Cyprus as Trauma Redux
Special to the Armenian Weekly
From Izmir and Sivrihisar to Cyprus, to seek a safer home with better prospects... but that came to an end in December of 1963, and again after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974—yet another in a series of displacements for genocide survivors.
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Thank you for taking the time to write this article. My father also grew up in Cyprus (Larnaca) and I have an aunt from Nicosia. After my father’s passing I’ve been trying to connect to anything that’s Cypriot-Armenian and cherish my small bottle of Zivania which reminds me of all the stories I heard about life in Cyprus. The flip side is this article also fanned the flames of anger towards the Turks for their occupation. I hope that the remaining Armenians can continue to keep their legacy alive.
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