We asked the Excavations Coordinator of the Turkish Cypriot Member Office of the Missing Persons Committee, and they confirmed to us that they had found human remains in a well in Trulli yesterday, and they stated that they would conduct a detailed investigation today.
* In line with the efforts of a Greek Cypriot “missing” relative to find this burial site, the information he received from an old eyewitness from that period, and other information held by the Disappearance Committee, the Disappearances Committee started one of the wells that were once drilled outside the village of Trulli to search for minerals. It was learned that human remains were found during the excavation.
* It was learned that a large number of animal bones were also found in the well approximately 10 meters deep in Trulli.
* The human remains found in the excavations carried out by the Disappearance Committee are the remains of Turkish Cypriots who were killed by some Greek Cypriots in the 1963-64 period, which were taken from different places and “lost”. “There may be 3 Turkish Cypriots who were taken from Paphos, one of them is a Turkish Cypriot who went to Larnaca, and one of them may be a young shepherd in the village. His money and vehicle were stolen, killed, and then thrown into the well in Trulli. In the same days, a young shepherd and another Turkish Cypriot were killed and thrown into the same well. But despite all the rumors, the most definitive information will only come out as a result of the DNA tests that the Disappearances Committee will do. And only when the excavation is completed will it be revealed how many people are buried in the well. At the moment, the estimations in the village are that three people are buried in the well…
* According to what we have been told in the village of Trulli, various wells were drilled outside the village while searching for mines, and some Turkish Cypriots who were killed in the 1963-64 period were thrown into one of these wells. When the British/United Nations officials of the period started a search for the “missing” Turkish Cypriots, a message was sent to the village to close the well, a few meters of soil was thrown into the well and dead animals from the farms in the region were thrown on it. There were 7-8 wells drilled in this area for mineral exploration…
“Human remains have been found…”
Archaeologist Erge Yurtdaş, Deputy Excavations Coordinator of the Turkish Cypriot Member’s Office of the Missing Persons Committee, gave us the following information on the subject: “1963-1964 loss, human bones were found during the excavations initiated upon the information that 3 Turkish Cypriots may have been thrown into a well. Human remains were found during excavation in the well with the drilling method on 25/08/2022 and the drilling work was stopped on 26/08/2022 and a ramp was built to reach the level where human bones were found in the well. “The human bones were reached at 11 meters in the well. According to the bones found at the moment, the number of MNIs reached 3, as we were looking for.”
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Now they have been found may they rest in peace
May their innocent souls RIP.
This was clearly a case of Turkish Cypriots killing and then throwing themselves into the well to justify a future invasion. /s
Translated text:
It was learned that the remains of some Turkish Cypriots who were “disappeared” in 1963-64 were found in a well in Trulli. We asked the Excavations Coordinator of the Turkish Cypriot Member Office of the Disappearances Committee and they confirmed to us that they had found human remains in a well in Trulli yesterday, and stated that they will conduct a detailed on-site investigation today.The information we have obtained as NEW ORDER in the village of Trulli is as follows:*
The efforts of a Greek Cypriot “missing” relative to find this burial site, the information he received from an elderly eyewitness from that period, and other information held by the Disappearance Committee, was initiated by the Disappearances Committee in one of the wells that were once drilled outside the village of Trulli to search for minerals. It was learned that human remains were found during the excavation.*
It was learned that many animal bones were found in the well of about 10 meters deep in Trulli.*
The human remains found in the excavations carried out by the Disappearance Committee are the remains of Turkish Cypriots who were killed by some Greek Cypriots in the 1963-64 period, that these may be 3 Turkish Cypriots who were taken from different places and “disappeared”, one of them is a Cypriot who went to Larnaca from Paphos. The Turk is among the stories told to YENİDÜZEN in the village that someone might be a young shepherd.* It is said that a Turkish Cypriot who went to Larnaca to buy something from Paphos was kidnapped, his money and vehicle were stolen, killed, and then thrown into the well in Trulli. In the same days, a young shepherd and another Turkish Cypriot were killed and thrown into the same well. But despite all the rumors, the most definitive information will only come out as a result of the DNA tests that the Disappearances Committee will do. And only when the excavation is completed will it be revealed how many people are buried in the well. At the moment, the estimates in the village are that three people are buried in the well…*
According to what we are told in the village of Trulli, various wells were drilled outside the village while searching for mines, and some Turkish Cypriots who were killed in the 1963-64 period were thrown into one of these wells. When the British/United Nations officials of the time started a search for the “missing” Turkish Cypriots, a message was sent to the village to close the well, a few meters of soil was thrown into the well and dead animals from the farms in the region were thrown on it. There were 7-8 wells drilled for mineral exploration in this area…*
The father and other relative of our Greek Cypriot “missing” relative, who shared this information with the Disappearances Committee, and found an eyewitness from that period and showed the area where the well is located to the officials of the Disappearance Committee, is still “missing”, but he is missing, including the Turkish Cypriot disappeared. He has been making efforts for years to find the burial places of the missing. We thank him endlessly for this matter, and we say to the Excavation Team of the Disappearance Committee, “It’s very easy”. “Human remains found…”Archaeologist Erge Yurtdaş, Deputy Excavations Coordinator of the Turkish Cypriot Member Office of the Disappearances Committee, gave us the following information on the subject:”1963-1964 loss, human bones were found in the excavations started on the knowledge that 3 Turkish Cypriots may have been thrown into the well. Human remains were found while excavating in the well with the drill method on 25/08/2022. “We are trying to reach the level where human bones were found. The soils extracted from the well the previous day are manually controlled by archaeologists and scattered bones are reached. Human bones were reached at 11 meters in the well. According to the bones found at the moment, the number of MNIs reached 3, as we were looking for.”
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there are many more killings that too place, people in this sub have relatives who have info and never spoken out.