Dissolution and Legacy
The EOKA campaign lasted – officially – until 31 March 1959. After independence EOKA fighters formed regional associations such as ΣΑΠΕΛ (Σύνδεσμος Αγωνιστών Πόλεως και Επαρχίας Λεμεσού; Union of Fighters of Limassol and district) that have been participating in commemorations, museum collections etc. In the 1990s a dedicated old people's home for ex EOKA fighters was constructed in the village of Palodhia, near Limassol.
A museum dedicated to the EOKA campaign was created in 1960 and is located in the centre of Nicosia.
According to Dr. Vassos Lyssarides, the paramilitary methods of EOKA, and the nature of its campaign, has served as a widely studied example for "anticolonial, national-liberation struggles in the period of decolonisation."
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