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About the CMP

July 2007 marked a turning point of historical significance: the CMP began returning the first remains of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot individuals to their families. These individuals had been missing since the tragic events of 1963-64 and 1974.

The primary objective of the CMP is to enable relatives of missing persons to recover the remains of their loved ones, arrange for a proper burial and close a long period of anguish and uncertainty. Most Cypriot families have been directly or indirectly affected and it is hoped that the healing of old wounds will in turn favour the overall process of reconciliation between both communities

“Searching for our Missing” Event
Apr 4, 2014
“Searching for our Missing” is an all-day event (from 10:00 to 16:00)at the garden of the Goethe-Institut (en) (el)
Swiss Government Donation
Feb 25, 2014
(Nicosia, 25 February 2014) – The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) is grateful for a donation of 40,000 Swiss Francs from the Swiss Government. (en) (el)
Government of Turkey donates USD 100,000
Dec 20, 2013
(Nicosia, 20.12.2013) - The Committee on Missing Persons wishes to express once again its sincere thanks to the Government of Turkey for its donation of USD 100,000. This ninth donation brings the Turkish financial assistance to the CMP to a total of USD 737,000 over the past seven years. (en) (el)

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Number of missing people:
Greek Cypriots: 1508
Turkish Cypriots: 493
Identified Individuals returned to their families:
Greek Cypriots: 361
Turkish Cypriots: 124
Sites excavated:
Opened: 857
(No of Human remains on sites: 1073)
Sets of Remains analyzed: 871

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The CMP is determined to find, identify and return to families the remains of the 2,001 persons who went missing during the events of 1963-64 and 1974 in Cyprus.

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