Hellenic Forums Omogenia - YASOU - Hellenism: The missing Cypriots... after 34 years Turkish Invasion ( 1974 )

As a result of the 1974 Turkish invasion in Cyprus, 1619* Greek-Cypriots were reported as missing. Most of them were soldiers or reservists, captured during the battles by the Turkish invasion force. Among them were also Greek Americans however, were many civilians, women and children, arrested by the Turkish invasion troops and Turkish-Cypriot paramilitary groups, within the area controlled by the Turkish army after the cease of the battles and far away from the military front. Although motion pictures and photographs showing these people either being arrested or being transferred to and imprisoned in Turkey do exist, none of them has ever returned. This is not a memorial page. There is hope that some of these people are still alive. This site includes a searchable catalog of the missing persons, together with their photographs (where available) and the date and place of their disappearance. Please browse through it and, if you have or can acquire any information regarding the fate of any of them, please report it to the Pancyprian Organization of Parents and Relatives of Undeclared Prisoners and Missing Persons.