The year 1974 marked the end of an entire era and the beginning of a completely new one. Its transitional nature was vividly captured in its contradictions. It was simultaneously annus horribilis and annus mirabilis. Disastrous, because the first half was marked by the darkest version of the dictatorial regime that caused the irreparable national disaster in Cyprus, which in turn led to its collapse. Remarkable, because on the ruins of the junta, the most successful version of smooth democratic life in the Greek state was rebuilt with almost unbelievable speed and certainly with admirable effectiveness. The longstanding constitutional issue was settled in an indisputable and therefore definitive manner. Furthermore, the foundations were laid once again for Greece's active participation in the project of European integration. The year 1974 was decisive on another level as well, that of shaping Greek-Turkish relations. Almost all the claims that Turkey raises against Greece to this day have their roots in the threshold between 1973 and 1974. The break of 1974 was eloquently reflected even in everyday language, in which the division "before 1974" and "after 1974" became a point of reference, up to this day.