‘For me, he was the father I lost’ says son of hero Tasos Markou

Tasos Markou was a major when he disappeared during the second phase of the Turkish invasion in Mia Milia in 1974, but for his son, who was six years old at the time, “he was not the hero people know, he was my father”.

In an interview with Cyprus News Agency’s Emily Lambrou, Paris Markou recalled the loss of his father, the handful of memories he has of him and what it was like growing up in his absence....