Turkey invaded and occupied 37% of the Cypriot territory.

Numerous EOKA-veterans who joined the army after the struggle, participated during the bloody battles of resistance against the neo-Ottoman aggression.

 

 

 

 

1) Turkish-occupied birthplaces of EOKA heroes

Marked in white is the Heroes birth place.

Marked in Blue is free Cyprus

Marked in Red is Occupied Areas.

Green Line is the buffer zone

Famagusta province: 25 Nicosia province: 5 Kyrenia province: 3
 Rizokarpaso Petrakis Giallouros
Galini Charilaos Michael  Agridaki Prodromos Xenophontos 
 Rizokarpaso Panagiotis Kaspis 
Lysi Patroklos Kokkinos
Kythrea Spyros Hatzigiakoumis  Kalograia Giakoumis Anastasis 
Lysi Grigoris Afxentiou
Lysi Georgios Ionas Georgiou
Xeros Takis Sofokleous  Larnaca in Lapithos Stelios Mavrommatis 
Lysi Christofis Panagidis 
Lysi Anastasios Souroullas  Zodia Nikolaos Yagou 
Lysi Dimitrakis Anastasi 
Lysi Michael Kaili  Lefka Markos Drakos
Lysi Kallis Sakka 
Achna Giasoumis Chatzitheodosiou 
Kalopsida Charalambos Michael 
Koma tou Gialou Andreas Paraskeva 
Gialousa Stavros Stylianidis 
Lythragomi Elias Papakyriacos 
Stylloi Panagiotis Chrysostomou 
Stylloi Theodosis Hatzitheodosiou 
Lefkoniko Savvas Zanou 
Prastio Michael Koukkis 
Famagusta Panagiotis Toumazou 
Trikomo Giannis Ioannis Stylianou 
Trikomo Nikos Karantonis 
Marathovounos Kostas Loizou 
Marathovounos Michael Georgallas 
Pigi Andreas Epifaniou 

2) EOKA-veterans who fought in 1974

The hero Kyriakos Koudounas from Lapithos

 

The hero Antonis Mesiouris from Lakatamia

 

3) EOKA heroes relatives who fought in 1974

Heroine Loukia (Laoutaris) Papageorgiou

The immortal heroine

Her son Christodoulos Laoutaris and her cousin Antonis Papageorgiou fell in 1974 while performing their patriotic duty in the village of Templos in the province of Kyrenia (currently Turkish-occupied)
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The hero Christodoulos Laoutaris

The hero Antonis Papageorgiou

Their bones were recovered after 47 years. The funeral took place in the year 2021.

Artwork of the 3 heroes

The heroes brothers George Karyos  and Andreas Karyos

 

Their relative Nikiforos Karyos was a member of the 361st infantry battalion and fell heroically in the area of Koutsoventis

Location:

Nikiforos Karyos

The image of the hero on the monument in Avgorou

The grave of the hero at the military cemetary of Makedonitissa (Nicosia)

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