HHF Presents Hellenic Heritage Foundation

Everything you need to know about Cyprus: its distinctiveness, culture, history and how it fits into a larger Hellenic world.

The Republic of Cyprus gained its independence from Great Britain in 1960. This episode looks at the road to nationhood and how coexistence between the ethnic Greek and ethnic Turkish populations was troubled from the start.

The events that led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on July 20, 1974 and what happened to Cypriot citizens on both sides of the Green Line.

The 1974 invasion created many Cypriot refugees – both Greek and Turkish. This episode examines the Cypriot diaspora across the globe, how it maintains its ethnicity and ties with the island.

Cyprus and its politics and economics since 1974. The role Canadian peacekeepers played in Cyprus and efforts to bring lasting peace through a bizonal bicommunal federation.

Hosts Bill Molos and Sandra Gionas start the 50th anniversary retrospective journey into the events at the Athens Polytechnio in November 1973.