I can highly recommend this series, it is factual and based on the genocide of the Turkish Cypriot people by the Greeks. It is captivating and heart breaking. A must watch.
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Genocide of Turkish Cypriots by the Greeks
suitesluxem14 April 2021
Perfectly done... keeps you speechless. Don't miss it.
sukrancetik520 April 2021
Another very accurate TV series from TRT1. Screen writing astonishingly good as well as editing, cast, historic sense of a particular period of time etc. However it's more than a movie, it sets the history right. And this reality would be never forgotten because when we forget these massacres, these merciless acts keep happening again like Sarajevo, like other parts of Bosnia, like Hocali etc.
It is sometimes very hard to watch especially if you witnessed that period with your own eyes. I can't describe my feelings about it. Please make whole world witness this horrible events as well as real heroes achievements. Sometimes people prefer to believe bunch of lies but I hope at least some of them wake up to the reality after this film.
It is sometimes very hard to watch especially if you witnessed that period with your own eyes. I can't describe my feelings about it. Please make whole world witness this horrible events as well as real heroes achievements. Sometimes people prefer to believe bunch of lies but I hope at least some of them wake up to the reality after this film.
Gripping, Emotional and Informative!
gmk-030393 April 2021
This is a very Informative TV drama series produced by a reputable TV channel in Turkey; TRT. It is based on True Events from the period of Bloody Christmas, where brutal attacks of genocide was carried out on Turkish Cypriots by the now Internationally recognised Greek Cypriot terrorist group; EOKA, whose purpose is Enosis meaning unification with Greece. It shows the survival, struggle and resistance of Turkish Cypriots against the terrorist organisation between the years 1963 and 1974. The series is gripping and emotional, full of action and powerful performances by the actors and actresses.
A must watch!
jdavut3 April 2021
inaccurate
pepinomoonaki16 March 2023
Turkish propaganda that doesn't say the truth ahout intercommunal relationship. Unite cyprus now. Greece and turkey get out of Cyprus.
It is important for any series that talk about pre 1974 Cyprus, to be inclusive and portray the reality. Yes nationalists always existed but most people lived in piece and loved eachother. Making this to be so insecurate not only for the greek speaking cypriot community but also the turkish speaking cypriot community is unacceptable. The characters speak "mainland" Turkish instead of the island's dialect and the characters seen as bad are the ones using the dialect (incorrectly might I add)
It is important for any series that talk about pre 1974 Cyprus, to be inclusive and portray the reality. Yes nationalists always existed but most people lived in piece and loved eachother. Making this to be so insecurate not only for the greek speaking cypriot community but also the turkish speaking cypriot community is unacceptable. The characters speak "mainland" Turkish instead of the island's dialect and the characters seen as bad are the ones using the dialect (incorrectly might I add)
Excellent !
ahmetosman-3330815 April 2021
I find the review titled 'disappointing' very disappointing!
Yes there was genocide against the Turkish Cypriots and this series reflects that very fact. Turkey came to the rescue. Denying this bitter fact doesn't make any sense.
Yes there was genocide against the Turkish Cypriots and this series reflects that very fact. Turkey came to the rescue. Denying this bitter fact doesn't make any sense.
Just disasterous
Slarpos20 May 2021
We are very used of using surplus drama and falsifying some events to make a more intriguing story, but in this occasion the dear producers went really bananas. This is a series that even forced the daughter of Rauf Denktas, Ender Denktas, to get furious for disrespecting the turkish cypriots, and her father as well. Let's not even start about the absolute falsification of every single event that took part in that era in Cyprus. A one sided piece of trash. Shameful.
Absolutely fantastic!
ipekgokce12 April 2021
As a Turkish Cypriot I am astounded by the level of detail and how beautifully this show is shot. This series shows our history in a entertaining and dramatic way blaming it thoroughly enjoyable. Anyone watching it not familiar with The history of the island should visit North Cyprus after Covid as there are museums dedicated to subjects in the series especially the bath massacre. Fantastic series and can't wait for the next episode!
To whom who calls "trash"
gokselemrah3 June 2021
Fact not Propaganda
m-ozfirat24 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
An earlier reviewer dismissed this programme as rubbish well it is not it is a sincere telling of the genuine suffering of the Turkish Cypriots under the government of Archbishop Makarios III and the once terrorist now nationalist movement EOKA wanting to achieve the aim of unification with Athens either by ethnic cleansing, assimilation or annihilation.
The series gives the Turkish Cypriots a voice equal to that of their Greek counterparts.
The story starts in 1960 when Cyprus got its independence from Britain and follows a group of Turkish Cypriot characters well known politicians and ordinary people until the partition of 1974 - I say partition because an invasion would mean Turkey occupying the whole island including the Greek majority areas.
The only objection I have is that the road to1974 started in 1924 not 1960 I say this because colonial rule had a significant role to the partition. The Turkish Cypriot cultural institutions were abolished and impoverished the Greek institutions were given all the benefits of colonial rule.
Also during the second world war the demographics were altered the Turkish population was halved to 18% with an intake of mainland Greek refugees - and the series could of at the beginning of referenced this.
The series gives the Turkish Cypriots a voice equal to that of their Greek counterparts.
The story starts in 1960 when Cyprus got its independence from Britain and follows a group of Turkish Cypriot characters well known politicians and ordinary people until the partition of 1974 - I say partition because an invasion would mean Turkey occupying the whole island including the Greek majority areas.
The only objection I have is that the road to1974 started in 1924 not 1960 I say this because colonial rule had a significant role to the partition. The Turkish Cypriot cultural institutions were abolished and impoverished the Greek institutions were given all the benefits of colonial rule.
Also during the second world war the demographics were altered the Turkish population was halved to 18% with an intake of mainland Greek refugees - and the series could of at the beginning of referenced this.
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