turkish cypriot opinion quotes president archbishop makarios iii, overthrown by the greek junta in the 1974 coup, who opposed immediate enosis (union between cyprus and greece). makarios described the coup which replaced him as "an invasion of cyprus by greece" in his speech to the un security council and stated that there were "no prospects" of success in the talks aimed at resolving the situation between greek and turkish cypriots, as long as the leaders of the coup, sponsored and supported by greece, were in power.