>Reading this outrageous claim, the words of the political philosopher Hannah Arendt came to mind: “The lie is one of the main pillars of a totalitarian regime. Undoubtedly, lies are everywhere, but in a totalitarian regime the lie replaces the truth and the truth becomes a lie.”
>A few days ago, the Turkish ambassador to the occupied territories posted on social media, falsifying history, claiming that the lawyer and journalist Ayhan Hikmet was executed by “the Greek Cypriots during the attempted genocide against the Turks in 1962”.
>Ayhan Hikmet and Muzaffer Ahmet Gürkan were indeed murdered in April 1962, but not by the Greek Cypriots.
>Hikmet and Gürkan were targeted by angry TMT officials from the very first day of the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, when they started publishing the weekly newspaper called Cumhuriyet (“Republic”). On August 16, 1960, they summarized the paper’s goal in their first article with the following words: “Cumhuriyet, which began its publishing life to coincide with such a historic event as the proclamation of the Republic of Cyprus, will endeavor to keep pace with the principle of of the great Ataturk “Peace at home, peace in the world” and will try, through its publication, to ensure that our country, Cyprus, will set the best example of peace in the Mediterranean…”
>It is clear that these intellectuals were determined to fight for the peaceful coexistence and survival of the Republic of Cyprus. But they lived in dark times. The Greek Cypriots did not want the Republic of Cyprus to continue its life as a bi-communal state and the Turkish deep state was pushing towards Taksim.
>It is indeed a fact that at that time, there was great tension between Rauf Denktaş and the Turkish ambassador Emin Dırvana, who became the biggest supporter of the two journalists and the Zurich-London Agreements. After the murders, Dırvana insisted that Denktaş – Küçük should be tried by an independent commission. But this never happened. Instead, the ambassador was recalled back to Turkey.
>Dırvana, who had no doubt that Denktaş was working for partition, said of the Turkish Cypriot leader that he is “obsessed with constantly fighting with the Greek Cypriots, whether it is necessary or not.”
>Before leaving Cyprus for Turkey, at a dinner given in his honor he did not mince his words: “I know what is hidden in the heart of Denktaş, but it will never happen. The Republic of Cyprus will survive…”
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>Reading this outrageous claim, the words of the political philosopher Hannah Arendt came to mind: “The lie is one of the main pillars of a totalitarian regime. Undoubtedly, lies are everywhere, but in a totalitarian regime the lie replaces the truth and the truth becomes a lie.”
>A few days ago, the Turkish ambassador to the occupied territories posted on social media, falsifying history, claiming that the lawyer and journalist Ayhan Hikmet was executed by “the Greek Cypriots during the attempted genocide against the Turks in 1962”.
>Ayhan Hikmet and Muzaffer Ahmet Gürkan were indeed murdered in April 1962, but not by the Greek Cypriots.
>Hikmet and Gürkan were targeted by angry TMT officials from the very first day of the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, when they started publishing the weekly newspaper called Cumhuriyet (“Republic”). On August 16, 1960, they summarized the paper’s goal in their first article with the following words: “Cumhuriyet, which began its publishing life to coincide with such a historic event as the proclamation of the Republic of Cyprus, will endeavor to keep pace with the principle of of the great Ataturk “Peace at home, peace in the world” and will try, through its publication, to ensure that our country, Cyprus, will set the best example of peace in the Mediterranean…”
>It is clear that these intellectuals were determined to fight for the peaceful coexistence and survival of the Republic of Cyprus. But they lived in dark times. The Greek Cypriots did not want the Republic of Cyprus to continue its life as a bi-communal state and the Turkish deep state was pushing towards Taksim.
>It is indeed a fact that at that time, there was great tension between Rauf Denktaş and the Turkish ambassador Emin Dırvana, who became the biggest supporter of the two journalists and the Zurich-London Agreements. After the murders, Dırvana insisted that Denktaş – Küçük should be tried by an independent commission. But this never happened. Instead, the ambassador was recalled back to Turkey.
>Dırvana, who had no doubt that Denktaş was working for partition, said of the Turkish Cypriot leader that he is “obsessed with constantly fighting with the Greek Cypriots, whether it is necessary or not.”
>Before leaving Cyprus for Turkey, at a dinner given in his honor he did not mince his words: “I know what is hidden in the heart of Denktaş, but it will never happen. The Republic of Cyprus will survive…”