Dark Decade 1964 – 1974: The 5th episode on Monday November 11, at 21.00 – Watch the trailer

DARK DECADE
1964 – 1974
With Alexis Papachelas

The fifth episode of the revealing documentary series
Monday, November 11 at 21.00, on SKAI

At penultimate episode entitled “The invisible dictator», critical testimonies from the protagonists of the era and revealing audio documents they transport us to the hot summer of 1974 and show us what was happening in the background shortly before the great tragedy of Cyprus on July 20, 1974. An episode before the end of long documentary series by Alexis Papahelaswe watch a political thriller step by step and arrive at the moment where the fate of Cyprus was determined and the modern history of Greece changed.

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In the fifth episode of the series, we watch her overthrow of George Papadopoulos and the rise to power of Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis who moves the strings from behind the scenes.

The discovery of oil fields in Prino it causes excitement in the regime but Turkey finds an opportunity and raises the Aegean issue for the first time while the Americans propose joint exploitation.

The situation in Cyprus is tense and Ioannidis orders the overthrow of Makarios. Commandos invade the Presidential Palace of Cyprus on July 15, 1974 and change the course of History. The dictator insists that Turkey will not react to the new coup, but he is flatly denied. We follow the incredible thriller starring Ioannidis, Kissinger and Etcevit and the CIA’s messages, from the eve of Makarios’ overthrow to the dawn of July 20.

Who planned the overthrow of Papadopoulos? Did Ioannidis order the assassination of Makarios? Did the Americans send a message to Ioannidis not to overthrow the archbishop of Cyprus? Who was assuring him that the Turks would not intervene? What does the son of agent Gust Avrakotos reveal for the first time? How did Makarios escape? What did Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit say to American diplomats in the crucial negotiation a day before the invasion? Why didn’t Kissinger come to negotiate with Turkey himself?

Screenplay: Alexis Papachelas (Based on his books “The Rape of the Hellenic Republic” published by Estia and “A Dark Room” published by Metaichmio)
Directed by: Stefanos Bertakis
Editor-in-Chief: Sakis Ioannidis
Scientific Advisor: Tasos Sakellaropoulos
Production Execution: Leonidas Liampeis, Long Run Productions

DARK DECADE
1964 – 1974
With Alexis Papachelas

The new great documentary series
Every Monday at 21.00, on SKAI

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