The Turkish Campaign of Terror and Invasion of Cyprus

In 1974 Turkey illegally invaded Cyprus in two waves in violation of the United Nations Charter and numerous Security Council resolutions. It proceeded to ethnically cleanse over 200,000 Greek Cypriots who made up 82% of the population from their homes in the north. One third of the islands population were made refugees in their own country. Towns, villages and hospitals were deliberately bombed.and chemical weapons were used against civilians. Over a thousand women including young girls were raped and over 5000 Greek Cypriots were killed. Thousands were brutally beaten and tortured and thousands more were put in concentration camps. 1619 prisoners including civilians who were taken captive never returned.

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[polidefkisl]

everybody,remember...GREEKS come to cyprus 3400 years ago.turks come 1571 as conquerors

[polidefkisl]

fucking turks cyprus and western turky were always GREEK.turks first come to central turky at 1071 at the battle of mantzikert

[TKTiggz]

@polidefkisl just ur fukin mouth! Wat u Greeks done to us, murder, rape etc was fukin stupid! U r all pussys web it comes to the real shit like war u fuk off! I hope very Greek that dies rots in hell, fukin cunts !!! TURKIYE<3

[saglammk]

It's a black propaganda with all the chaos created by greeks in the island. Not to be taken in to serious. Losers.

[Zerabun]

@polidefkisl yes and israel was made around 1940's, and American's shall hand back in the USA to the Native Indians, since they are actually European, the same holds true for the "conquistadores" in Southern America, and while we started all this, why don't we all just move back to Africa, because that's the cradle of human life, That's where we all came from, and leave nature the way it is in the rest of the world... Do you see the ridiculousness in your argumentation?

[voltini1982]

Turks greeks it dosnt matter the Elite Rothschilds banking familys dont see any difference there out to make you a debt slave til you die...so fucking wake up

[bbzgangster3]

@TheBersecker you europeans need to give America back to Indians and Australia back to the Aboriginals!

[KingLama1]

Turkey needed to create safe havens for the Turkish Cypriots as they were being forced out by the Greek Military Junta which wanted a Greek only Cyprus. So Turkey did what any other country would do protect its people from being forced out of their homes. As with the owner of the land that Cyprus airport is built upon who is Turkish. The whole thing is a mess due to greed and corruption.

[JIMY45GR]

The 189MPP artillery battalion, equipped with eight guns of 100mm and six anti-aircraft guns (4 x .50cal, 2 x 14.5mm), operated from Camp "Christ Samartian" at Athalassas in Nicosia, close to the airport with an observation post at the ELDYK camp, completes its heavy artillery assault against the targets of Geunyeli and shots against Turkish helicopters in the area. This battalion was repeatedly bombed by the Turkish Air Force, with no losses up to the 22nd of July

[JIMY45GR]

On 1 August 1974, elements of the Turkish 28th Division expelled the Greek Cypriot 316th infantry battalion from Hill 1024 () in the western Pentedaktylos mountains, and pushed them southwards into the Lapithou-Karavas corridor. During the night, B Company of 31MK Commando assaulted Hill 1024 and retook it from the Turks. At the village of Karavas, a Turkish M47 tank was hit and destroyed by a 9M69 Snapper anti-tank missile.. until then turks had losth more than 1500 men and 35 aeroplanes.