The 50 year occupation of Cyprus and the US failure to call a spade a spade
Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what the failure of the US to use the word "occupation" to describe the 50 year presence of tens of thousands of Turkish troops in the northern part of Cyprus has meant for efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, and whether the State Department is ready to right this 50 year wrong.
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Show Notes
50 years ago, Turkey launched its invasion of Cyprus. Since then, tens of thousands of Turkish troops have occupied over one third of the island. Unfortunately, the US still fails to use the word “occupation” to describe this ongoing violation of international law in Cyprus. Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what this failure to speak the truth has meant for efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, and whether the State Department is ready to right this 50 year wrong.
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