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

HittiesAssyriansEgyptiansGreeksPersiansBritish

(Richard the Leon heart)French

(Lusignans)Italians

(Venetians)Ottomans

British

1878 : British buy Cyprus from Sultan1920 : Declared a British Colony1950 : People ask to unite with Greece (referendum)1955 -59: Revolution against British1960 : ‘Independence’1963 : Intercommunal fights1967 : Military regime in Greece1974 : Coup of military against Cyprus Government AND Invasion by Turkey1983 : Declaration of ‘Separate State’ by Turkish

Cypriots2004 : Referendum on solution plan by UN (Greeks said NO, Turks said YES)2008 –now : Negotiations

See you in Cyprus

THANK YOU

for your attention