I THOUGHT the article on Cyprus in the Echo magazine (January 7) by Gavin Haines was extremely biased.

He obviously has never bothered to read the history of this beautiful island. If he bothered to look at past events he would plainly see that the Turkish army only liberated the north of island after repeated warnings to the Greek generals, who were ethnically cleansing the the Turkish Cypriots – pushing them into enclaves and trying to starve them.

All the while the rest of the world stood by and watched.

Maybe he should visit the north of the island and meet those poor people who were forced out of their homes. I might add Larnaca airport is built on land owned by a Turkish Cypriot.

The Cypriot people both north and south are delightful people and make you very welcome.

MRS J STACEY, Coppice Avenue, Ferndown