Abstract

THE NOUN ‘Turk’ has a peculiar meaning for a significant number of Greek Cypriots. Among other things, it connotes something feared, untrustworthy, and even hated. Some people are all too happy to blame the Turks for almost anything. No distinction is made, for example, between the 1974 invasion force, the military establishment in Turkey, the current occupying force, and the average Turk. It is a classic case of condemnation by association. The acts and decisions of a few at some historical point stain all their kin for posterity.