50th Anniversary of EOKA, Commemorative Issue
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Title
50th Anniversary of EOKA, Commemorative Issue
Description
1st April 2005 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first explosions set off by the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters who became famously known as EOKA. (ACRONYM OF ETHNIKI ORGANOSIS KYPRION AGONISTON), and one could say that that was the beginning of the modern history of Cyprus.
Costas Montis in his book “Closed Doors” writes: From that night we regularly heard the bombs and dynamites. Assoon as darkness fell the noise began. We waited impatiently to hear the explosions and we grew anxious
if they were delayed.
EOKA’s aim was the union of Cyprus with Greece but the prevailing political, military, and superpower interests were diametrically opposed to the aspirations of the people of the island.
The political and clandestine intrigues of all involved both internally and externally created national resentment among the Greek and Turkish populations the ensuing consequences of which are still haunting them to this day. The early heroes paid with their lives for the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus and far from achieving enosis, 37% of the island has been under occupation since 1974.
The stamp depicts a refugee leaving her home and taking the key to her house with her in the hope that she would one day return. The painting is by Kyriacos Koulli who was born in 1918 in the now occupied village of Mousoulita.
Costas Montis in his book “Closed Doors” writes: From that night we regularly heard the bombs and dynamites. Assoon as darkness fell the noise began. We waited impatiently to hear the explosions and we grew anxious
if they were delayed.
EOKA’s aim was the union of Cyprus with Greece but the prevailing political, military, and superpower interests were diametrically opposed to the aspirations of the people of the island.
The political and clandestine intrigues of all involved both internally and externally created national resentment among the Greek and Turkish populations the ensuing consequences of which are still haunting them to this day. The early heroes paid with their lives for the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus and far from achieving enosis, 37% of the island has been under occupation since 1974.
The stamp depicts a refugee leaving her home and taking the key to her house with her in the hope that she would one day return. The painting is by Kyriacos Koulli who was born in 1918 in the now occupied village of Mousoulita.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
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Contributor
Designer: Antonia Hadjigeorgiou
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Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
jpg
Language
en
Type
Identifier
2015CS3
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
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Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “50th Anniversary of EOKA, Commemorative Issue,” Αψίδα, accessed November 4, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44136.