Personal Stories From the 1974 War

• Rose. "I thought that this was a bad dream and I would wake up, but it wasn't."
• Erkan. "We struggled very much and finally we managed to save our lives and our nationality from Greek Cypriots."
• Ayse. "Now when I hear a weapon shoot, I think the war is beginning again."
• Deniz. "When we lost all our hope the miraculous event occurred and the Turkish Army came to help us."
• Lale. "I was afraid because I had 5 children...how could I tell them that their father died?"
• Zehra. "Although it was a war, I was happy...because I was sure that Turkey would save our lives."
• Hasan. "I was afraid to leave my family, they might be taken prisoner by the Greeks, or killed by the Greeks."
• Pembe. "`They are waiting for an order, and they are going to kill us,' he said."