>**23rd July 1974 the Washington Post reported** “In a Greek raid on a small Turkish village near Limassol 36 people out of a population of 200 were killed. The Greeks said that they had been given orders to kill the inhabitants of the Turkish villages before the Turkish forces arrived.”
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>(**Lars Harkanson, UN Peace Force, Cyprus, october 1974**) ” The massacre committed by Greeks in Atlilar village. I have never seen such a tragedy and such barbarism in my life”
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>(**The Sun, 03/09/1974**) “What happened in Cyprus during the Coup D’etat, can not be named, it can only be called as dirty and inhuman.”
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>(**French Soir, July 24, 1974**) “The Greeks burned Turkish mosques and set fire to Turkish homes in the villages around Famagusta. Defenseless Turkish villagers who have weapons live in an atmosphere of terror and they evacuate their homes and go and live in tents in the forest. The Greeks actions are a shame to humanity.”
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>(**George Ball, American Undersecretary of State, Memoirs**): The central interest of Makarios was to block off Turkish intervention so that he and his Greek Cypriots could go on happily massacring Turkish Cypriots. Obviously we would never permit that.
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>(**Die Zeit, German Newspaper**) The massacre of Turkish Cypriots in Paphos and Famagusta is the proof of how justified the Turks were to undertake their intervention.
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>(**Lord Willis, House of Lords December 17, 1986**) Turkey intervened to protect the lives and property of the Turkish Cypriots, and to its credit it has done just that. In the 12 years since, there have been no killings and no massacres.
Incoming Turkish comments about how they did nothing wrong, ever, also they had it coming
Same is happening in Northn Syria where they are erasing the Kurdish identity.
Just look at pictures of Preinvasion Afrin and post. But you know something with ataturk and how modern Turkey is and that it is all the fault of erdogan.
The colorisation is incredible. I know it’s sometimes a controversial subject, but I think pictures like this can humanise the victims. It’s easy to read how many people lost family through this invasion in one way or another, but it’s actually hard to see it like this. It’s a good way to never forget about this.
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Invasion or attempt to counter a Greek coup?
Best Invasion ever.
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>**23rd July 1974 the Washington Post reported** “In a Greek raid on a small Turkish village near Limassol 36 people out of a population of 200 were killed. The Greeks said that they had been given orders to kill the inhabitants of the Turkish villages before the Turkish forces arrived.”
>
>(**Lars Harkanson, UN Peace Force, Cyprus, october 1974**) ” The massacre committed by Greeks in Atlilar village. I have never seen such a tragedy and such barbarism in my life”
>
>(**The Sun, 03/09/1974**) “What happened in Cyprus during the Coup D’etat, can not be named, it can only be called as dirty and inhuman.”
>
>(**French Soir, July 24, 1974**) “The Greeks burned Turkish mosques and set fire to Turkish homes in the villages around Famagusta. Defenseless Turkish villagers who have weapons live in an atmosphere of terror and they evacuate their homes and go and live in tents in the forest. The Greeks actions are a shame to humanity.”
>
>(**George Ball, American Undersecretary of State, Memoirs**): The central interest of Makarios was to block off Turkish intervention so that he and his Greek Cypriots could go on happily massacring Turkish Cypriots. Obviously we would never permit that.
>
>(**Die Zeit, German Newspaper**) The massacre of Turkish Cypriots in Paphos and Famagusta is the proof of how justified the Turks were to undertake their intervention.
>
>(**Lord Willis, House of Lords December 17, 1986**) Turkey intervened to protect the lives and property of the Turkish Cypriots, and to its credit it has done just that. In the 12 years since, there have been no killings and no massacres.
Incoming Turkish comments about how they did nothing wrong, ever, also they had it coming
Same is happening in Northn Syria where they are erasing the Kurdish identity.
Just look at pictures of Preinvasion Afrin and post. But you know something with ataturk and how modern Turkey is and that it is all the fault of erdogan.
The colorisation is incredible. I know it’s sometimes a controversial subject, but I think pictures like this can humanise the victims. It’s easy to read how many people lost family through this invasion in one way or another, but it’s actually hard to see it like this. It’s a good way to never forget about this.
And that’s the reason war is shit 🙁
[ 1974 Cypriot coup d’état ]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Cypriot_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat )
Evil Turks! 🤬🤬😡😡😡