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Revision as of 01:07, 13 December 2020 editMonkbot (talk | contribs)Bots3,695,952 editsm Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 16 templates: del empty params (8×); hyphenate params (8×);Tag: AWB← Previous edit Revision as of 10:03, 1 April 2021 edit undo213.7.6.116 (talk) I fixed historical lies told by Turkey to justify that the Turkish government invaded in 1974 and occupied half of Cyprus illegally and against the international laws. Turkey organised the massacre of Cypriot citizens and wants to blame the Cypriots for the fact that they wanted freedom.Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web editNext edit →
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|Turkish Cypriot Civilians |Turkish Cypriot Civilians
|On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having being ordered to walk back to their village of ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113125644/http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/communal_strife%20-%20'58.html|date=November 13, 2012}} The Guardian, London.</ref> |On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having being ordered to walk back to their village of ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113125644/http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/communal_strife%20-%20'58.html|date=November 13, 2012}} The Guardian, London.</ref>
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|Massacre in Famagusta
|May 12, 1964
|]
|17
|Greek Cypriot militia
|The event happened as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police in city at 11 May.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fikriyat.com/tarih/2018/08/08/rumlardan-44-yil-sonra-gelen-kibris-itirafi|title=Rumlardan 44 yıl sonra gelen 'Kıbrıs' itirafı|website=Fikriyat Gazetesi|language=tr|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/katliam-emrini-rum-genelkurmayi-vermis|title=Katliam emrini Rum Genelkurmay'ı vermiş|website=CNN Türk|language=tr|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>
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|Massacre in ]
|May 13, 1964
|]
|11
|Greek Cypriot police forces and civilians
|The event happened as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police in ] at 11 May.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sabah|first=daily|date=2018-08-08|title='Kill 10 Turks for each slain Greek,' Greek Cypriot forces told amid pre-division violence|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/08/08/kill-10-turks-for-each-slain-greek-greek-cypriot-forces-told-amid-pre-division-violence|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Daily Sabah|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
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|Massacre in Alaminos<ref>''Documents Officiels'', United Nations Security Council, : "Alaminos village has already been in the news because a massacre of 13 Turkish Cypriots was discovered there"</ref>
|July 20, 1974
|]
|13 or 14<ref>'''': Fourteen Turkish Cypriots were murdered at the village of Alaminos on 20 July.</ref><ref> (St. Petersburg Times, 29 July 1974)</ref>
|Greek Cypriot militia
|183 Turkish Cypriots and 350 Greek Cypriots used to live in town before massacre
|-
|Massacre in Sysklipos<ref name=uludag1>Uludağ, Sevgül. (published in Politis newspaper on 10 February 2013).</ref>
|August 3, 1974
| ]
|14
|Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army
|14 Greek Cypriots were killed in a house and buried in a mass grave on August 3, and those who remained at the village disappeared on August 26, they are still missing
|-
|]
|August 14, 1974
|], ] and ]
|126
|EOKA B
|Almost all Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the villages were killed and their bodies battered, see the relevant article
|-
|]<ref name="Cassia">Paul Sant Cassia, ''Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus'', Berghahn Books, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-84545-228-5}}, </ref>
|August 14, 1974
|]
|84
|EOKA B
|EOKA B took 85 hostages from the village of Tochni and the nearby village of Zygi, mainly men and minor boys from the age of 13, to the village of Palodia for execution with automatic guns. One of them managed to escape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/columns/eks-aformis/356161/mia-palia-martyria-stin-toxni|title=Μια παλιά μαρτυρία στην Τόχνη|last=Δημητρίου|first=Μάριος|date=21 August 2016|website=sigmalive.com|publisher=Sigma Live|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/news-asset/113304/kideftikan-eksi-tourkokyprioi-tis-toxnis|title=Κηδεύτηκαν έξι Τουρκοκύπριοι της Τόχνης|last=Δημητρίου|first=Μάριος|date=20 March 2014|website=sigmalive.com|publisher=Sigma Live|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://dialogos.com.cy/blog/sfages-tk-apo-ton-ellinokipriako-fasismo/#.WTRaqCuUeSo|title=Σφαγές Τ/κ από τον ελληνοκυπριακό φασισμό|last=Κουκουμάς|first=Γιώργος|date=2 August 2015|website=Διάλογος|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/688674/katehomena-gia-proti-fora-mila-tourkokuprios-gia-ti-sfagi-tis-tohnis/|title=Τουρκοκύπριος συγκλονίζει: Έτσι έγινε η σφαγή της Τόχνης|website=Πρώτο Θέμα}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvinemedia.blogspot.com.cy/2014/08/remembering-tochni-massacre.html|title=Remembering the Tochni Massacre|date=15 August 2014|website=T-Vine|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Cassia"/><ref>Gisela Welz,''European Products: Making and Unmaking Heritage in Cyprus'', Berghahn Books, 2015, {{ISBN|9781782388234}} </ref><ref name=":2" />
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|Massacre in ]
|August 16, 1974
|]
|8
|Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army
|Execution of eight civilians taken prisoner by Turkish soldiers<ref>{{Cite web|last=lobbyforcyprus|date=2017-08-14|title=The terrible secrets of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus|url=https://lobbyforcyprus.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/the-terrible-secrets-of-the-turkish-invasion-of-cyprus/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Lobby for Cyprus blog|language=en}}</ref>
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|Massacres of the people of ]
|August, 1974
| Unknown, ]
|83-84
|Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army
|17-18 men taken as prisoners of war to Sinta and shot there. Other villagers were deported in two buses and shot on the way back from the police headquarters in Nicosia. Total number of missing from the village is given as 83-84.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Uludağ|first1=Sevgül|author-link1=Sevgül Uludağ|title=The story of Assia (Pasakoy) and Afanya (Gazikoy)|url=http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/authors/svg/svg9_2_2008.html|publisher=Hamamböcüleri Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=European Parliament resolution on mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia at Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus (2015/2551(RSP))|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B8-2015-0156&language=EN|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Protest for the missing of Assia|url=http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/12/10/protest-for-the-missing-of-assia/|publisher=Cyprus Mail|access-date=23 April 2015|date=10 December 2014}}</ref>
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|Massacre in Eptakomi<ref name=Bones>Guardian, Bones don't speak. (published in Guardian newspaper).</ref>
|August, 1974
| ]
|12
|Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army
|12 Greek Cypriots found in a mass grave executed with their hands tied
|-
|Massacre in Angolemi<ref>''Records: Volume 1, Part 1-Volume 3, Part 1'', UNESCO, </ref>
|August, 1974
| ]
|5
|Greek Cypriot militia
|A family of three (father, mother and teenage daughter) and two men killed
|} |}



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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Cyprus:

Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
Jewish massacre of Greeks. 117 CE mainly Salamis 240,000 Jewish rebels After the revolt had been fully defeated, laws were created forbidding any Jews to live on the island. See Kitos War
Massacre in Lefkara 1570 Lefkara 400 Republic of Venice against Cypriots of village
Massacre in Nicosia September 9, 1570 Nicosia 16,000-20,000 Ottoman army The city was looted following its fall to Ottomans, the figure is an estimation of deaths.
9 July Massacre of Greek-Cypriots July 9, 1821 Nicosia 470 Ottoman army Hundreds of prominent Greek-Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed by the Ottoman Turks.
Geunyeli Massacre of Greek-Cypriots June 12, 1958 Geunyeli 8 Turkish Cypriot Civilians On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having being ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos

References

  1. JewishEncyclopedia.com - CYPRUS, Dio Cassius, lxviii. 32
  2. Hill, George (2010), Luke, Harry (ed.), "The Church under the Turks (1571–1878)", A History of Cyprus, Cambridge University Press, pp. 305–400, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511751738.011, ISBN 978-0-511-75173-8, retrieved 2020-03-25
  3. "A History of Cyprus. By Sir <italic>George Hill</italic>. Volumes II and III. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 1948. Pp. xl, 496; vi, 497–1198. $23.50 per set.)". The American Historical Review. July 1949. doi:10.1086/ahr/54.4.865. ISSN 1937-5239.
  4. US Library of Congress Federal Research Division,Library of Congress.
  5. Hopkins, T.C.F. (2007). Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam. Macmillan. p. 82. ISBN 9781466841499. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. "Cyprus - OTTOMAN RULE". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  7. The Outbreak of Communal Strife, 1958 Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Guardian, London.
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