Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 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.
Total number of missing from the village is given as 97. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus. [32] [33] [34] Massacre in Eptakomi [35] August, 1974 Eptakomi: 12: Turkish army and militias 12 Greek Cypriots were executed while their hands were tied and their bodies were found in a mass grave. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Massacre in ...
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.
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 ...
The site contains mainly bones of the Late Pleistocene endemic Cyprus Dwarf Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus minor), which are represented by the remains of over 370 individuals [2] a much lesser amount of the Cyprus dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes) representing the remains of at least 3 individuals, and artifacts (c. 1,000 flints including thumbnail scrapers of the Mesolithic type), which ...
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.
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]