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Another case is the book war crimes written by Andreas Parashos claiming at least 180 reported missings are fake and forged by Cyprus state, and 40 of them are already buried to the graves before 74, he also admitted Parashos ? killing 100 Turkish Cypriot civilians [22] A new case was brought in 2009, following comments by Turkish actor Atilla ...
On 14 August 1974, [6] after the start of Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the villages of Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda, 89 (or 84 [7]) people from Maratha and Santalaris, and a further 37 people from the village of Aloda were killed. [1] [8] In total, 126 [9] people were killed. [6]
The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island of Cyprus, where troops of the Republic of Turkey are deployed. This dispute is an example of a protracted social conflict.
Turkish Cypriot Civilians On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots out of an armed group of thirty five were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli , after having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos in suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura. [ 6 ]
By the mid-1950s, the "Cyprus is Turkish" party, movement, and slogan gained force in both Cyprus and Turkey. [12] In a 1954 editorial, Turkish Cypriot leader Dr. Fazıl Küçük expressed the sentiment that the Turkish youth had grown up with the idea that "as soon as Great Britain leaves the island, it will be taken over by the Turks", and ...
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus [26] [a] began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and in response to a Greek junta-sponsored Cypriot coup d'état five days earlier, it led to the Turkish capture and occupation of the northern part of the island.
A buffer zone in Cyprus was first established in the last days of 1963, when Major-General Peter Young was the commander of the British Joint Force (later known as the Truce Force and a predecessor of the present UN force).
The figures for internally displaced Cypriots varies, the United Peacekeeping force in Cyprus estimates 165,000 Greek Cypriots and 45,000 Turkish Cypriots. The UNHCR registers slightly higher figures of 200,000 and 65,000 respectively, being partly based on official Cypriot statistics which register children of displaced families as refugees.