Before last summer's short but savage war between invading Turks and the outgunned Greek Cypriot National Guard, Cyprus was an oasis of sunny prosperity in the turbulent eastern Mediterranean. Nearly six months after the end of the fighting, Cyprus today is a wrecked dreamits airports still closed, its economy shattered, one-third of its people refugees in their own land. Greek Cypriot Leader Glafkos derides and his Turkish counterpart, Rauf Denktaş, had hoped to resume their interrupted peace talks during Christmas week but were unable to agree on a basis for further negotiations. TIME Correspondent Erik Amfitheatrof recently visited the troubled...
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