text:  Hello, this is the History Hour with Max Pearson, this week's compilation of witness history episodes on the BBC World Service. And in this edition of the programme, we're focusing on the history of Cyprus. Fifty years ago this month, the Greek military dictatorship in Athens sponsored a coup on the eastern Mediterranean island aiming to unite Cyprus with Greece. Just days later, Turkey invaded, taking control of the northern third of the island and displacing many thousands of its inhabitants.