Cyprus paid for the junta’s treachery

Today, 52 years since democracy was restored in Greece, we cannot forget what that seven-year dictatorship meant for Hellenism. It was oppressive. It was ruinous. And that’s exactly why we keep saying it: never again will we let fascism take hold. Defending democracy is defending the homeland, defending the people.

It was dawn on 24 July 1974 when Constantine Karamanlis flew in from Paris to Athens. Crowds of Greeks were waiting when he landed. He arrived, and he was sworn in as Greece’s prime...