🎙️ Episode 12 (Bonus) — Massacres of August 1974
⚠️ Listener discretion advised.
This bonus episode takes a deeper, unflinching look at the atrocities of August 1974.
The massacres in Maratha, Santalaris, Aloda, Tochni, Zyggi, Murataga, Sandallar, and Atilar.
Executions by Turkish forces in villages like Eptakomi, Prastio, Asha and Sinta.
The use of rape as a weapon of war, long silenced but now acknowledged by international courts and survivors on both sides.
The staggering human cost: refugees, missing persons, destroyed communities, and the grief that still divides Cyprus today.
This is a sombre episode — but one that must be told.
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22 Aug 2025
#012. Ten Brick Wall
🎙️ Episode 12 — Ten Brick Wall
In this episode, we return to the Green Line in central Nicosia and uncover the quirky but telling story of the “Ten Brick Wall” — a small UN peacekeeping dispute that became a powerful metaphor for Cyprus’ divided history.
From there, we trace the events of 21 July to 16 August 1974: the ceasefires that failed, the Geneva talks that collapsed, and the full-scale Turkish offensive that reshaped the island. Families fled, refugees filled the roads, and the UN buffer zone as we know it today was born.
👉 Support Cyprus Untold:
📽️ Watch Divided Island documentary via cyprusuntold.com/divided
🎧 Try Amazon Prime free for 30 days at cyprusuntold.com/prime
📚 Explore my reading list at cyprusuntold.com/educate
10 Feb 2025
#011. Group Tours Launch!
Announcement Episode:
1. Cyprus Untold podcasts will be back in 2025! Thank you so much for the messages of support & for wanting more!
2. In March this year Eleni & I will be launching our first ever group tours in Nicosia! Register your interest now to not miss out on a place: https://www.cyprusuntold.com/tours - we only have 12 places available per tour!
Find us too on Instagram (Cyprus Untold / Walk Talk Cyprus) & and do not forget to like, subscribe & share...wherever you get your podcasts!
Dinlediğiniz için teşekkür ederim
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Σας ευχαριστώ που ακούσατε
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Thank you for listening!
19 Aug 2024
#010. Walk With Us (Part 2)
Part 2 of our interview with Eleni Ellina from Walk Talk Cyprus. The first of a series of interviews with Cypriots from both sides the divide. More importantly, it is with people who were directly impacted by the events of July and August 1974.
To find about more about Eleni and her tour guide services in Cyprus please visit: www.walktalkcyprus.com
For more information about our future joint tours, please visit: www.cyprusuntold.com
Also find us on Instagram & and do not forget to like, subscribe & share...wherever you get your podcasts!
Dinlediğiniz için teşekkür ederim
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Σας ευχαριστώ που ακούσατε
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Thank you for listening!
19 Aug 2024
#010. Walk With Us (Part 1)
Part 1 of our interview with Eleni Ellina from Walk Talk Cyprus. The first of a series of interviews with Cypriots from both sides the divide. More importantly, it is with people who were directly impacted by the events of July and August 1974.
To find about more about Eleni and her tour guide services in Cyprus please visit: www.walktalkcyprus.com
For more information about our future joint tours, please visit: www.cyprusuntold.com
Also find us on Instagram & and do not forget to like, subscribe & share...wherever you get your podcasts!
Dinlediğiniz için teşekkür ederim
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Σας ευχαριστώ που ακούσατε
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Thank you for listening!
13 Aug 2024
#009. Spear Alley
Opening Greenline Tale: Spear Alley
Main Theme: This episode covers the events of the coup in Cyprus, July 15th 1974, and the subsequent days that follow leading to the Turkish military invasion of Cyprus. The first 24 hrs of invasion is then discussed and the actions of the protagonists, as well as the impact for ordinary Cypriots caught between the conflicting sides.
18 Jun 2024
#008. Silver Bunker
Opening Greenline Tale: Silver Bunker
Main Theme: This episode covers the key events preceding the invasion of 1974. We discuss the political escalations, how Turkey and Greece nearly go to war on numerous occasions. Plus, the momentous return of an individual still seeking Enosis for Cyprus. How will all this impact the future trajectory of the island and what does it all mean for President Makarios desperately trying to grasp onto power.
21 May 2024
#007. Blue Tractor
Opening Greenline Tale: Blue Tractor
Main Theme: In this episode Sam apologises and corrects a mistake made in an earlier episode regarding an infamous incident involving EOKA in the 1950s. The rest of the episode is dedicated to answering more listener questions and revealing that Cyprus Untold now has a dedicated site for businesses to submit their adverts for inclusion on all episodes – find out how here: https://www.podbean.com/cyprusuntold (https://www.podbean.com/cyprusuntold)
30 Apr 2024
#006. Interview Special (Part 2)
In this special episode Sam is interviewed on the 'Talking Around North Cyprus' podcast. His first appearance on another podcast, which the hosts Sara & Roger were kind enough to share the recording for us to publish on our podcast too. This is part 2 of an engaging conversation about Sam's thoughts on UNFICYP, the realities of the buffer zone 'on the ground', and what the future might hold for Sam returning to Cyprus to host guided tours!
23 Apr 2024
#006. Interview Special (Part 1)
In this special episode Sam is interviewed on the 'Talking Around North Cyprus' podcast. His first appearance on another podcast, which the hosts Sara & Roger were kind enough to share the recording for us to publish on our podcast too. This is part 1 of a really insightful discussion about Sam's experience of Cyprus, and his role working for the United Nations.
22 Apr 2024
#005. The 13 Points
Opening Greenline Tale: Tea Chest Wall
Main Theme: 1960-1964. An in-depth analysis of how Cyprus' newly founded constitution leads its 1st President to propose radical changes, and the disastrous consequences for ordinary Cypriots that follows.
Special Announcement: You can now become a patron of Cyprus Untold! Subscribe, or make a one-off payment here - Supporting CYPRUS UNTOLD (podbean.com) (https://patron.podbean.com/cyprusuntold)
Follow on Instagram for extra content: Cyprus Untold Podcast (@cyprusuntold) • Instagram photos and videos (https://www.instagram.com/cyprusuntold/)
24 Mar 2024
#004. Part 2 – One man’s terrorist, is another man’s freedom fighter
Straight into part 2 of episode 4 describing the scenes of chaos that ensues Cyprus between 1955-1959. A period known to the British as ‘The Cyprus Emergency’. Subsequent political negotiations end without enosis…instead an agreement for Cyprus to become an independent nation, ending the era of EOKA terror and exile for the famed General Grivas.
Listener discretion advised due to stories of execution and murder on the streets of Cyprus.
24 Mar 2024
#004. Part 1 – Monument to the Moon
Opening Greenline Tale: Monument to the Moon
Main Theme: The political and paramilitary build up of secretive Greek Cypriot organisations preparing for an inevitable armed struggle with the British as they seek Enosis – unity with Greece.
7 Feb 2024
#003. Annie's House
Opening Greenline Tale: Annie's House
Main Theme: In todays episode Sam answers some of the questions listeners have sent into the podcast since the release of the first two episodes. Questions covered include: is Sam Cypriot? Why were the UN in Cyprus 10 years before the 1974 military invasion? What further reading recommendations does Sam have to learn more?
26 Jan 2024
#002. British Cyprus
Opening Greenline Tale: Yellow Car
Main Theme: Cyprus under British rule, firstly as a protectorate followed by military annexation and Crown Colonialisation. Listen now to learn how the Greek Cypriots of British Cyprus became increasingly disenfranchised with British rule and how decline through the decades laid the foundations for violent revolt.
26 Jan 2024
#001. Where East meets West
Opening Greenline Tale: The Nicosia Underground Garage.
Main Theme: A canter through ancient Cyprus, from Assyrian and Hellenic Greeks through to the Ottoman period. Listen now to begin the journey as we discover how Greek & Turkish Cypriots came to co-habit the island of Cyprus, in relative peace, before being thrown into turmoil by an emerging world power...The British!
Special mentions and places to visit in Cyprus: St Hilarion Castle, Bellapais Abbey, Kyrenia Castle, Venetian City Walls of Nicosia, Rous restaurant (rous.com.cy).
16 Oct 2023
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Samuel introduces himself and the CYPRUS UNTOLD podcast briefly explaining why 2024 is a seminal time for the Cyprus problem. You can also find out how to get in touch to stay up to date with podcast news, as well as how to submit your questions to CYPRUS UNTOLD.
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