[MGSA-L] "Attila 1974: A testimony on film" (Michael Cacoyiannis) and "The Day of the Invasion" (Costas Montis)

Christos D. Katsetos cd_katsetos at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 20 15:52:39 PDT 2011


"Attila 1974:  A testimony on film" directed by Michael Cacoyiannis

This timeless documentary captures the Turkish military invasion of Cyprus, also 
known as Attila I, on July 20, 1974 and its disastrous aftermath.  The northern 
part of the island remains under full-blown Turkish military occupation 37 long 
years  later.

[Part 1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhXGGXZRslc
[Part 2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvqsiXTMJ4
[Part 3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svvs02ezk9w
[Part  4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8SkewMXQA4
[Part 5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsaXd3AiBA4

In the spirit of the day, in the URL http://www.costasmontis.com/audio.html 
find:

(i) audio clips of two songs titled "The Day of the Invasion" and "Keryneia 
1974" based on lyrics by Costas Montis with music by the late composer Marios 
Tokas, performed by Yiorgos Dalaras;  
 
[ii] poems (recited by the poet himself) including _Turkish invasion_, _Mother 
of missing
person_, and _Deserted military camp_; 

-AND- 

[iii] excerpts from Montis' acceptance speech during the conferral of an 
honorary 
doctorate by the University of Cyprus.

http://www.costasmontis.com/audio.html

RELATED LINKS

* [MGSA-L] "I'm convinced that eighty percent of the madmen in the world live in 
the Eastern Mediterranean" (Henry  Kissinger)
http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2007-August/008529.html

* [MGSA-L] Makarios was a 'red flag' in the eyes of Henry Kissinger
http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2007-July/008497.html
* [MGSA-L] 'Dead End:The Decline and Fall of the Greek Lobby in  America' by 
Christopher Hitchens [ten years old but still timely]. 
http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2007-August/008524.html  * See 
George Gilson's review of the book by Michalis Ignatiou and Costas Venizelos 
titled _ The Secret Archives of Kissinger: The Decision to Partition Cyprus_ 
(Livanis Editions, 2002) in Athens News [03/2002] 
http://news.pseka.net/index.php?module=article&id=882  * Timeline of the 1974 
Invasion of Cyprus 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_1974_Invasion_of_Cyprus  * [MGSA-L] 
Atilla II: A defensible course of action or inaction? 
http://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/public/mgsa-l/2005-July/005554.html  * See 
excerpts from James Callaghan's (1987) autobiography titled _Time and Chance,_ 
pp. 339-355. http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/callaghan.htm

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