1. Both states, the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus and the internationally unrecognised Turkish Cypriot state also have their own flags which they mostly use alongside to the ones of Greece and Turkey respectively. Turkish Cypriots also have their own national anthem though it is rarely used.

2. If the Independence Struggle was an anti-colonial one, then the past colonial authorities will also be presented as one of the enemies. Yet, the factor of geographical distance which usually separates the two states tends to reduce the significance of such enemies.

3. In Greece these may take the form of positing Cyprus at the 'edges of Hellenism ( i Akritiki Meghalonisos)' while in Turkey Cyprus may be treated as part of the 'historic Ottoman lands' and is sometimes referred to as the 'child-land (yavru vatan)' which implies the need for care and protection by the 'motherland (anavatan)'.

4. See Frangoudaki (1979, p. 115) for the portrayal of the Greeks as a nation of heroes in Greek education and Mardin (1978, p. 241) for analogous concepts in Turkish education and society. The broader dissemination of these ideas in Greek culture are presented in Koliopoulos's (1987, pp. 293-325) analysis of the concept of the 'pallikari (brave handsome young man)'.

5. Markides (1974) shows that this was statistically the case for the Greek Cypriots. I have not been able to obtain similar statistics for Turkish Cypriots.

This paper is the result of fieldwork with Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots carried out in various periods between 1990-3. For their financial support I would like to thank the Leventis Foundation, Smuts Memorial Fund, Richards Fund and Wyse Fund. For their comments I am most grateful to Prof. P. Kitromilides, Dr P. Loizos, Dr M. Kunt and R. Fsadni. All responsibility for the views expressed above is mine.