The woman – symbol of Cyprus, Harita Mantoles, did not forget a moment: “I still live there, not a day has passed since then”

The descriptions by Harita Mantoles, the woman – a symbol in the history of the Cyprus tragedy of 1974, who saw her husband killed in front of her during the invasion, were riveting. She herself was saved along with her two children, with her story, which became known through the MEGA series, “Famagusta”, shocking. “I think not a day has passed since then, as if it were yesterday that this evil happened. I remember everything. We were at home, having a great time with my husband, with our two little children, and the coup d’état came, this great betrayal, and then the Turks came. Our house was near where the landing took place. Then people started running, crying, shouting. People came to us without their wife, without their mother, without their father, a little boy was crying. We hid under the lemon trees” he said speaking to “Socionia Ora MEGA” about everything he experienced. And […]
Source: News Beast

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