New DNA method to identify Cyprus’ missing from Turkish invasion

Cyprus has begun using an advanced DNA testing method to identify the remains of Greek Cypriot soldiers and civilians who went missing during the Turkish invasion of 1974 after conventional techniques failed for decades due to the bones having been exposed to chemical substances.

In an announcement issued on Friday, the presidential commissioner’s office explained that the new process uses ‘massive parallel sequencing’, a modern genetic analysis technique capable of extracting information from...