Let’s not forget to whom we owe a debt

We are marking 50 years since the dramatic events of July 1974 in Cyprus. We must never forget that the hours of great joy for the restoration of democracy in Greece were the hours of great sadness and tragedy for Cyprus. And also we must not forget to whom we owe a debt. As memories fade, the danger of forgetting is visible. Knowledge of history has already begun to decline and, more dangerously, to fall prey to easy-to-digest conspiracy theories.

So, first of all, we owe to all those who saved the honor of the country and lost their lives in Cyprus that dramatic summer. Those young men from Mouzaki or Palamas who were loaded onto ancient aircraft to go to war, but were killed by friendly fire due to the criminal disorganization of Cyprus' defense. It was unbelievable that their bones were buried with the wreckage of an aircraft for decades, which was a product of this...