C Y P R U S PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE by Sotos Voskarides CYPRUS UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY.

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C Y P R U S PAST – PRESENT - FUTURE by Sotos Voskarides CYPRUS UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY

M Y T H O L O G Y

O U R A N O S ( S K Y ) C R O N O S OR CHRONOS ( T I M E )

A S T R O L O G Y

M Y T H O L O G Y

FIGHT between CRONOS & OURANOS

CRONOS attacked his father OURANOS on mount OLYMPOS

CUT HIS GENITALS

And threw them … … into the Mediterranean sea

From the aphros (foam -of sea ) Aphrodite arose.

G E O L O G Y

E U R O P E ( MYTHOLOGY )

H I S T O R Y

Since Cyprus has a strategic location in the Midle East has been occupied by

Hitties Assyrians Egyptians Greeks Persians British (Richard the Leon heart) French (Lusignans) Italians (Venetians) Ottomans British

1878 : British buy Cyprus from Sultan 1920 : Declared a British Colony 1950 : People ask to unite with Greece (referendum) : Revolution against British 1960 : ‘Independence’ 1963 : Intercommunal fights 1967 : Military regime in Greece 1974 : Coup of military against Cyprus Government AND Invasion by Turkey 1983 : Declaration of ‘Separate State’ by Turkish Cypriots 2004 : Referendum on solution plan by UN (Greeks said NO, Turks said YES) 2008 –now : Negotiations

See you in Cyprus

THANK YOU for your attention