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"Greek Cypriot" flag - Image by Clay Moss & Graham Bartram, 22 June 2006
It has been (and still is) quite common for various groups or individuals in Cyprus to "innovate" by using Greek flags with various emblems on them.
Theo Styilianides, 24 January 2004
During our visit to Cyprus some years ago, we saw this
flag being flown as widely as the Cypriot flag; in
fact, the general order of flags flown consisted of
the Cypriot flag, the Greek flag, and this particular
flag, which I was told was the flag of the Greek
Cypriots.
In general, the flag sequence described did not fly
from public buildings, but it was very visible in
hotels, restaurants, etc. It was also often seen
flying from the radio antennas of taxicabs in Paphos.
I asked several people in Cyprus, including the
management of the hotel at which we stayed and where
the flag was flying, and was told by several people
that this was the flag of the Hellenic Community of
Cyprus. I do not know if there is some sort of
official organization of the Greek community, either
part of or independent from the Cypriot government,
nor could anyone tell me much about the flag in terms
of its official status. The owner of a restaurant
where we often ate
told me that he remembers the flag when he was a boy
in the late 1950s when it was flown, as he put it, "to
get a rise out of the British soldiers."
Ron Lahav, 23 January 2006
Alleged flag of the "World Hellenic Association" - Image by Steve Zandi, 12 September 1996
I have just received a picture of some of the Greek Cypriots involved in the border incidents there recently. Alas the photo is black and white. However what we have is a dark background (surely blue) with a white cross. In the centre of the cross is an outline of the island of Cyprus which looks like it's the same colour (outline has thick lines "fuzzed" in towards the centre) and in the centre of this outline there is a 45 degree profile of a the Parthenon facing left.
Andy Fear 12 September 1996
There was one huge flag like this at the Kallimarmaron (Panathinaiko) Stadium at Athens, between the spectators, at the welcome ceremony of the European Champion national football team of Greece.
Panayiotis Panayiotou, 1 September 2004