Cyprus: Coups and clubbing
We hear Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot perspectives on the island's 1974 coup and subsequent invasion. Bekir Azgun, a Turkish-Cypriot writer, remembers the events.
On the 20 July 1974 Captain Adamos Marneros landed the final flight at Nicosia Airport.
Nicoletta Demetriou talks about returning to her family home in 2003.
Then, a Cypriot Olympic sailing hero Pavlos Kontides takes us back to the London 2012 Games.
And finally the 'Godfather of Ayia Napa', DJ Nick Power, tells us how the island became a party destination.
Max Pearson presents this week's Witness History interviews on the history of Cyprus. Our guest is Dr Antigone Heraclidou, senior research associate at CYENS Centre of Excellence in Cyprus.
(Photo: Greek Cypriot soldier killed in the 1974 conflict. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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