This week, probably December 14 or 15, the European Union must come to grips with the issue of the admission of Turkey in its fold. While this idea has been promoted from a variety of vantage points, its viability remains to be seen. The Turkish regime has attempted to establish grounds for negotiations on subjects which are not negotiable, as some European politicians noted: While applying for entry to the European Union, they have not recognized Cyprus, one of its members. The last Turkish proposal of offering Cyprus access to one port and one airport in exchange for allowing the occupied zone to operate the port of Famagusta and the airport at Tymbou, effectively results in the de facto recognition of that part of the Republic of Cyprus which is governed by Turkey's proxies and occupied by its troops. The first title we list, In Turkey's Image by Dr. Christos Ioannides, reports in great detail on the conquest, occupation and systematic colonization of Cypriot territory by Turkey in 1974, including the methods it used to expel the Greek Cypriots from their ancestral land (or ethnically cleanse it, to use a term favored more recently...) and to change its ethnic character by defiling Christian churhes and destroying the evidence of primeval Greek habitation. This process still is taking place, even as the Turks demand to be accepted into the European family! It remains to be seen whether Europe will insist on upholding its values or will succumb to predator politics. The second title, Greeks in English-Speaking Countries, edited by Dr. Ioannides, includes contributions by a large number of scholars and concerns issues affecting thriving Greek diasporic communities which paradoxically in great part discovered and mobilized themselves as a result of the Cypriot tragedy. Aristide D. Caratzas, Publisher Both these books may be ordered through your favorite bookseller or directly, through our web site http://www.caratzas.com, or by ordering from Aristide D. Caratzas, Publisher PO Box 344H Scarsdale NY 10583 (USA) Tel: 914-725-4847 In Turkey's Image The Transformation of Occupied Cyprus into a Turkish Province Christos P. Ioannides "A meticulous culling of information illustrating the systematic Turkish colonization of the areas of Cyprus that have been under its occupation since the invasion of 1974 . . . The major conclusion of the book is that Turkification, under the tutelage of the Turkish military, has severely undermined the autonomy of the Turkish Cypriots and may well destroy their distinctive identity, thereby eliminating any serious possibility of reuniting the divided island republic . . . 'In Turkey's Image' is an unusually formidable contribution by a fine Greek Cypriot scholar . . ." --Choice xii+254 pages (includes illustrations) clothbound ISBN: 0-89241-509-6 Price: $30.00 __________ Greeks in English-Speaking Countries Culture, Identity, Politics Edited by Christos P. Ioannides The book takes its title from a pioneering conference that was organized by the Speros Basil Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism, co-sponsored by the Hellenic Studies Forum, Melbourne, Australia, in cooperation with the Hellenic Studies Institute of South Australia, Adelaide and the Humanities Department of California State University, Sacramento. The essays gathered in this volume cover a broad range of subjects and are grouped under the following themes: · Greek ethnicity and culture in English-speaking countries; · Hellenism and Orthodoxy in the diaspora: toward convergence or divergence; · Education and Greek identity; · Greek diaspora women in the 1990s: beyond the kale noikokyra (good housewife) image; · Linkages between the diaspora and Greece; · The sense of "Greekness" in literature and the arts among the diaspora Greeks; · Politics and the diaspora. The last category covers the sub-themesof the Cyprus and Macedonian issues and diaspora political activism; Greeks in politics in the U. S. and Australia. 600 pages clothbound ISBN: 0-89241-568-1 Price: $60.00 http://www.caratzas.com/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=4061 Aristide D. Caratzas, Publisher Melissa International Ltd. P O Box 344 H Scarsdale, NY 10583 Web Site: http://www.caratzas.com