The missing people of Cyprus

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Between 1963 and 1974, more than 2,000 people in Cyprus went missing during clashes, a coup and the Turkish invasion.

Only about half of them have been found.

Rachel Naylor speaks to Nick Neokleous, the President of the Organisation of Relatives of Missing Cypriots, whose brother, Pavlos, went missing in 1974.

(Photo: A Cypriot woman holds a picture of her relatives, who went missing in 1974. Credit: Laura Boushnak via Getty Images)

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0:00.0	He is Brian Cox.
0:02.8	Hello.
0:03.3	And he understands science.
0:05.3	I'm Robin Ince and I don't understand it quite so much.
0:09.0	Could it tell us something about the nature of matter?
0:11.3	Nope.
0:12.0	Okay, good.
0:14.2	Together we'll be joined by a collection of experts and non-expert guests.
0:18.6	What's going on?
0:19.8	Don't worry.
0:21.7	Taking a look at some of the most wonderful things
0:24.4	in the scientific world.
0:25.9	Science with Funny Bits, The Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. B.C. World Service and now the Witness History Podcast with me, Rachel Naylor.
0:41.0	In the 1960s and 70s, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus was a volatile place.
0:46.5	More than 2,000 people went missing during clashes, a coup and the Turkish invasion.
0:51.5	One of them was Pavlos Nyocchious.
0:56.0	It's September 1974 and Greek Cypriot student Nick Neocchious gets a phone call from his brother
1:01.8	in the middle of the night. He has bad news for Nick. Their
1:05.8	brother, Pavlos, is missing.
1:07.7	Being naive or not knowing a lot. I said if he's missing as long as he's alive
1:16.3	I'm sure he could get by. My brother was a very friendly, very genuine person.
1:24.0	You could get on with anybody, even an enemy if you got to know him.
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