Pavlos Kouroupis was a Hellenic Army officer who went missing in action during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on 22 July 1974. He was the first commanding officer defending Cyprus to go missing in action.
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- History Point (25 January 2019) (Greek translation required)
- Kalamata Journal (9 March 2015) (Greek translation required)
- New Nowgr.com (7 September 2014) (Greek translation required)
- Pavlos Kouroupis on Wikipedia
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- ↑ Since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Kyrenia has been under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus which is only recognized by Turkey. The rest of the world considers Northern Cyprus as a whole to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.