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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 ...
A toppled 4,000-year-old monolith was found at a “sacred site” on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Experts believe the new discovery at the Erimi archeological site offers the oldest sacred ...
On 20 July 1974, the men of the villages were arrested by EOKA-B and sent to Limassol.Following this, according to testimonials cited by Sevgül Uludağ, EOKA-B men from the neighboring village of Peristeronopigi came, got drunk in the camp they established in the village coffeehouse, fired shots in the air, and subsequently raped many women and young girls; this continued until 14 August 1974.
Varosha, as seen from outside the military fence Abandoned hotels in Varosha Varosha viewed from Paralimni in 2017.. Varosha (Greek: Βαρώσια, romanized: Varósia, locally; Turkish: Maraş or Kapalı Maraş [2] [3]) is the southern quarter of Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus.
The wholesale massacres carried by the Turkish army and Turkish Cypriot paramilitary groups against the Greeks of Cyprus[citation needed] spawned a limited number of similar attacks against Turkish civilians in the south by small groups - one is "wholesale attacks and massacres...in an attempt to terrorise the Greek population" while the other ...
Many mass graves of both Turkish and Greek Cypriots were found in Cyprus after Turkey invaded the island in 1974. [55] [56] On 3 August, 14 Greek Cypriot civilians were executed and buried in a mass grave. [57] In Eptakomi 12 Greek Cypriots were found in a mass grave executed with their hands tied. [58]
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (/ ˌ æ k r oʊ ˈ t ɪər i ə n d d i ˈ k eɪ l i ə /), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia [2] (SBA), [a] is a British Overseas Territory made of two non-contiguous areas on the island of Cyprus.
Turtle nests around the British Armed Forces bases in Cyprus are thriving thanks to conservation efforts by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and civilian volunteers.