X-Nico

2 unusual facts about PEKA


PEKA

PEKA, "Politiki Epitropi Kypriakou Agona" (The Political Committee of the Cypriot Struggle), was the political wing of the EOKA movement which fought against the British and Turkish Cypriots for the union of Cyprus with Greece between 1955 and 1959.

The organisation was first headed by Renos Lysiotis who was succeeded by Michalis Maratheftis and finally, in 1958 by Tassos Papadopoulos, former President of Cyprus.


Similar


see also