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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

Leaders visit CMP press statement
Jul 24, 2014
Today, the leader of the Greek Cypriot community, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades and the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mr. Derviş Eroğlu visited the CMP laboratory and met with the three CMP Members and many of the Committee’s Greek and Turkish Cypriot scientists (en)
Donation of the family of the late Glafcos Clerides and Others
Jul 2, 2014
(Nicosia, 2 July 2014) – The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) would like to thank the family of the late Glafcos Clerides and all those who generously responded to their call for donations to the CMP. The total amount of donations made, which the CMP received today, is 87,000 EUR. (en)
Kuwaiti Government Donation
Jul 2, 2014
The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) thanks the Government of Kuwait for its generous donation of 200,000 EUR. (en)

Quick Facts

Number of missing people:
Greek Cypriots: 1508
Turkish Cypriots: 493
Identified Individuals returned to their families:
Greek Cypriots: 396
Turkish Cypriots: 125
Sites excavated:
Opened: 887
(No of Human remains on sites: 1092)
Sets of Remains analyzed: 910

CMP

The CMP is determined to find, identify and return to families the remains of the 2001 persons who went missing during the events of 1963-64 and 1974 in Cyprus.

More than 70 Cypriot scientists work to exhume, analyse and identify the remains of missing persons. They are "The Faces of the CMP"

The CMP has excavated more than 880 suspected burial sites across Cyprus and exhumed the remains of more than 1000 persons.

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