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Interesting original research and manipulation of evidence, and your understanding of massacre really doesn’t matter. Also I wrote some of thar stuff that you lifted off the 1974 article so you might want to be more creative. Reverting to stable version without POV pushing, now please argue your case in the talk page. Tags: Manual revert Reverted |
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The following is a list of [[massacre]]s that have occurred in [[Cyprus]]: |
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|Jewish massacre of Greeks |
|Jewish massacre of Greeks<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=948&letter=C JewishEncyclopedia.com - CYPRUS, Dio Cassius, lxviii. 32]</ref> |
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|117 CE |
|117 CE |
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|[[Salamis, Cyprus|mainly Salamis]] |
|[[Salamis, Cyprus|mainly Salamis]] |
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|{{Sort|240000|240,000}}{{Efn|This estimate comes from the Roman historian [[Cassius Dio]].|name=a}} |
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|240,000 |
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|Jewish rebels |
|Jewish rebels |
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|After the revolt had been fully defeated, laws were created forbidding any Jews to live on the island. |
|After the [[Kitos War|revolt]] had been fully defeated, laws were created forbidding any Jews to live on the island. |
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|Massacre in Lefkara |
|Massacre in Lefkara |
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|1570 |
|1570 |
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|[[Pano Lefkara|Lefkara]] |
|[[Pano Lefkara|Lefkara]] |
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|[[Venetian army]] |
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|against Cypriots of village<ref>{{Citation|last=Hill|first=George|editor1-first=Harry|editor1-last=Luke|title=The Church under the Turks (1571–1878)|work=A History of Cyprus|year=2010|pages=305–400|publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/cbo9780511751738.011|isbn=978-0-511-75173-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=July 1949|title=A History of Cyprus. By Sir |
|against Cypriots of village<ref>{{Citation|last=Hill|first=George|editor1-first=Harry|editor1-last=Luke|title=The Church under the Turks (1571–1878)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511751738.011|work=A History of Cyprus|year=2010|pages=305–400|publisher=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/cbo9780511751738.011|isbn=978-0-511-75173-8|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=July 1949 |title=A History of Cyprus. By Sir George Hill. Volumes II and III. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 1948. Pp. xl, 496; vi, 497–1198. $23.50 per set.) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/ahr/54.4.865 |journal=The American Historical Review |doi=10.1086/ahr/54.4.865 |issn=1937-5239}}</ref> |
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|Massacre in Nicosia<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cy0017) US Library of Congress] Federal Research Division,Library of Congress.</ref> |
|[[Massacre in Nicosia]]<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+cy0017) US Library of Congress] Federal Research Division,Library of Congress.</ref> |
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|September 9, 1570 |
|September 9, 1570 |
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|[[Nicosia]] |
|[[Nicosia]] |
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|{{Sort|020000|20,000}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hopkins|first1=T.C.F.|title=Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam|date=2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4668-4149-9|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lF7OAgAAQBAJ&q=16%2C000+nicosia+massacre&pg=PA82|access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref> |
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|Ottoman army |
|[[Ottoman army in the 15th–19th centuries|Ottoman army]] |
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|The city was looted following its fall to Ottomans, the figure is an estimation of deaths. |
|The city was looted following its fall to Ottomans, the figure is an estimation of deaths. |
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|9 July Massacre of Greek-Cypriots<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/cyprus/7.htm|title=Cyprus - OTTOMAN RULE|website=countrystudies.us|access-date=2016-05-20}}</ref> |
|[[Massacres during the Greek War of Independence#Cyprus|9 July Massacre of Greek-Cypriots]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/cyprus/7.htm|title=Cyprus - OTTOMAN RULE|website=countrystudies.us|access-date=2016-05-20}}</ref> |
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|July 9, 1821 |
|July 9, 1821 |
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|[[Nicosia]] |
|[[Nicosia]] |
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|Ottoman army |
|Ottoman army |
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|Hundreds of prominent Greek-Cypriots including Archbishop [[Kyprianos of Cyprus|Kyprianos]] |
|Hundreds of prominent Greek-Cypriots including Archbishop [[Kyprianos of Cyprus|Kyprianos]] were executed by the Ottoman Turks during the [[Massacres during the Greek War of Independence|Massacres of the Greek War of Independence]]. |
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|Geunyeli Massacre of Greek-Cypriots |
|[[Geunyeli Massacre of Greek-Cypriots|Massacre of Greek-Cypriot unarmed civilians]] |
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|June 12, 1958 |
|June 12, 1958 |
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|Kioneli |
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|Geunyeli |
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|Turkish Cypriot Civilians |
|Turkish Cypriot Civilians |
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|On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having |
|On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots out of an armed group of thirty five were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having been ordered to walk back to their village of [[Kondemenos]] in suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura.<ref>[http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/communal_strife%20-%20%2758.html The Outbreak of Communal Strife, 1958] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113125644/http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/communal_strife%20-%20'58.html|date=November 13, 2012}} The Guardian, London.</ref> Part of [[Cypriot intercommunal violence]] |
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|Monasteri massacre |
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|1 January 1964 |
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|[[Mosfiloti]] |
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|Turks of Cyprus |
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|Turks attacked a monastery massacring three unarmed Greek monks with shotguns and injuring additional four. <ref>[https://www.mixanitouxronou.com.cy/egklimata-2/i-en-psychro-dolofonia-3-kyprion-monachon-apo-toyrkoys-to-1964-to-agrio-kynigito-apo-toys-katoikoys-toy-chorioy-kai-i-diafygi/ Newspaper "Eleftheria" January 3rd 1964] </ref> |
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|Limassol massacre |
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|13 February 1964 |
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|The Greeks and Greek Cypriots used tanks to attack and massacre the Turkish Cypriot quarter of Limassol, killing 16 people while injuring 35.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stephen |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJy6AAAAIAAJ |title=The Cyprus Question |date=1997 |publisher=British-Northern Cyprus Parliamentary Group |language=en}}</ref> |
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|[[Bloody Christmas (1963)|Bloody Christmas]] |
|[[Bloody Christmas (1963)|Bloody Christmas]] |
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|21–31 December 1963 |
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|[[Nicosia]] |
|[[Nicosia]] |
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|364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oberling |first=Pierre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jakLAAAAIAAJ |title=The Road to Bellapais: The Turkish Cypriot Exodus to Northern Cyprus |date=1982 |publisher=Social Science Monographs |isbn=978-0-88033-000-8 |language=en}}</ref> |
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|497-538 |
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|Greek and Turkish |
|Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots |
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|Greek Cypriot irregulars committed a massacre in [[Omorfita|Omorphita]], killing Turkish Cypriot women and children indiscriminately.<ref>Borowiec, Andrew (2000). ''Cyprus: A Troubled Island''. Greenwood Publishing Group. {{ISBN|978-0-275-96533-4}}.</ref><ref>[[Heinz A. Richter|Richter, Heinz]] (2010). ''A Concise History of Modern Cyprus, 1878–2009''. Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen. {{ISBN|978-3-938646-53-3}}.</ref> 25,000 Turkish Cypriots fled and were displaced into enclaves.<ref>[[Bloody Christmas (1963)#CITEREFBryant2012|Bryant 2012]], p. 5–15; [[Bloody Christmas (1963)#CITEREFHoffmeister2006|Hoffmeister 2006]], p. 17–20; [[Bloody Christmas (1963)#CITEREFRisini2018|Risini 2018]], p. 117; [[Bloody Christmas (1963)#CITEREFSmit2012|Smit 2012]], p. 51; [[Bloody Christmas (1963)#CITEREFUnited Nations1964|United Nations 1964]]: "''The trade of the Turkish community had considerably deciined during the period, due to the existing situation, and unemployment reached a very high level as approximately 25,000 Turkish Cypriots had beccme refugees''"</ref> Thousands of Turkish Cypriot homes were ransacked or destroyed 364 Turkish and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed in total, Around 1,200 Armenian and 500 Greek Cypriots were also displaced as a result.<ref>[https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/Cyprus%20S%205950.pdf "REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN CYPRUS" (PDF]). United Nations. 10 September 1964. Retrieved 17 December 2018. <q>The trade of the Turkish community had considerably declined during the period, due to the existing situation, and unemployment reached a very high level as approximately 25,000 Turkish Cypriots had become refugees.</q></ref><ref>Bryant, Rebecca (2012). [http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/images/users/1/Report%202-%20R.BRYANT%20ENG-WEB.pdf ''Displacement in Cyprus Consequences of Civil and Military Strife Report 2 Life Stories: Turkish Cypriot Community'' (PDF]). Oslo: PRIO Cyprus Centre. pp. 5–15.</ref> |
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|The incident that sparked the events of Bloody Christmas occurred during the early hours of 21 December 1963. Greek Cypriot police operating within the old Venetian walls of [[Nicosia]] demanded to see the identification papers of some Turkish Cypriots who were returning home in a taxi from an evening out. When the police officers attempted to search the women in the car, the driver objected and an argument ensued. 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed.<ref name="oberling">{{cite book |first=Pierre |last=Oberling |title=The road to Bellapais: The Turkish Cypriot exodus to northern Cyprus |year=1982 |page=120 |isbn=978-0880330008 |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=jakLAAAAIAAJ }} }}</ref> 25,000 Turkish Cypriots from 104 villages, amounting to a quarter of the Turkish Cypriot population, were displaced and forced to live in [[Turkish Cypriot enclaves|enclaves]] on an area of land encompassing 3% of the island, and were blockaded by the Greek and Greek Cypriot militia.<ref name="unsgreport">{{cite web |title=REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN CYPRUS |url=https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/wp-content/uploads/Cyprus%20S%205950.pdf |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=17 December 2018 |date=10 September 1964 |quote=The trade of the Turkish community had considerably declined during the period, due to the existing situation, and unemployment reached a very high level as approximately 25,000 Turkish Cypriots had become refugees.}}</ref><ref name="bryant">{{cite book|last1=Bryant|first1=Rebecca|title=Displacement in Cyprus Consequences of Civil and Military Strife Report 2 Life Stories: Turkish Cypriot Community|date=2012|publisher=PRIO Cyprus Centre|location=Oslo|pages=5–15|url=http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/images/users/1/Report%202-%20R.BRYANT%20ENG-WEB.pdf}}</ref><ref name=hoff>{{cite book |author= Hoffmeister, Frank |title= Legal aspects of the Cyprus problem: Annan Plan and EU accession |publisher= EMartinus Nijhoff Publishers|year= 2006 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LZXbg3ZwvGoC&dq= | pages = 17–20 |isbn= 978-90-04-15223-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Risini |first1=Isabella |title=The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human Rights: Between Collective Enforcement of Human Rights and International Dispute Settlement |date=2018 |publisher=BRILL |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGhjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA117#v=onepage|isbn=9789004357266 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Smit |first1=Anneke |title=The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Beyond Restitution |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |page=51}}</ref> 1,200 Armenian Cypriots and 500 Greek Cypriots were also displaced. Thousands of Turkish Cypriot houses were looted, burned down and destroyed.<ref name="unsgreport"/><ref name="bryant"/> 18,667 Turkish Cypriots from different villages abandoned the island. |
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|Massacre in Famagusta |
|Massacre in Famagusta |
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|May 12, 1964 |
|May 12, 1964 |
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|[[Famagusta]] |
|[[Famagusta]] |
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|Greek Cypriot militia |
|Greek Cypriot militia |
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|The event happened as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police in city at 11 May.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fikriyat.com/tarih/2018/08/08/rumlardan-44-yil-sonra-gelen-kibris-itirafi|title=Rumlardan 44 yıl sonra gelen 'Kıbrıs' itirafı|website=Fikriyat Gazetesi|language=tr|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/katliam-emrini-rum-genelkurmayi-vermis|title=Katliam emrini Rum Genelkurmay'ı vermiş|website=CNN Türk|language=tr|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> |
|The event happened as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police in city at 11 May.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fikriyat.com/tarih/2018/08/08/rumlardan-44-yil-sonra-gelen-kibris-itirafi|title=Rumlardan 44 yıl sonra gelen 'Kıbrıs' itirafı|website=Fikriyat Gazetesi|language=tr|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/katliam-emrini-rum-genelkurmayi-vermis|title=Katliam emrini Rum Genelkurmay'ı vermiş|website=CNN Türk|language=tr|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> |
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|[[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] |
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|Greek Cypriot police forces and civilians |
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|The massacre was committed as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police officer in [[Famagusta]] on 11 May.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sabah|first=daily|date=2018-08-08|title='Kill 10 Turks for each slain Greek,' Greek Cypriot forces told amid pre-division violence|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/08/08/kill-10-turks-for-each-slain-greek-greek-cypriot-forces-told-amid-pre-division-violence|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Daily Sabah|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> |
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|Massacre in Alaminos<ref>''Documents Officiels'', United Nations Security Council, [https://books.google. |
|[[:tr:Alaminyo_Katliamı|Massacre in Alaminos]]<ref>''Documents Officiels'', United Nations Security Council, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zeARAQAAMAAJ&q=alaminos+massacre+cyprus p. 82]: "Alaminos village has already been in the news because a massacre of 13 Turkish Cypriots was discovered there"</ref> |
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|July 20, 1974 |
|July 20, 1974 |
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|[[Alaminos, Cyprus|Alaminos]] |
|[[Alaminos, Cyprus|Alaminos]] |
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|13 or 14<ref>''[https://books.google. |
|{{Sort|13,14|13 or 14}}<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=hSgdAQAAMAAJ&q=alaminos+massacre+cyprus Impact: International Fortnightly, Volumes 4-6]'': Fourteen Turkish Cypriots were murdered in the village of Alaminos on 20 July.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19740729&id=LEBSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4459,3084570 Massacre of Turks alleged] (St. Petersburg Times, 29 July 1974)</ref> |
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|Greek Cypriot militia |
|Greek Cypriot militia |
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|183 Turkish Cypriots and 350 Greek Cypriots used to live in town before massacre |
|183 Turkish Cypriots and 350 Greek Cypriots used to live in town before massacre. Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] |
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|Massacre in Sysklipos<ref name=uludag1>Uludağ, Sevgül. [http://sevgululudag.blogspot.com.tr/2013/02/stories-from-agios-vasilios-shilloura.html Stories from Agios Vasilios, Shilloura and Sysklipos…] (published in Politis newspaper on 10 February 2013).</ref> |
|Massacre in Sysklipos<ref name=uludag1>Uludağ, Sevgül. [http://sevgululudag.blogspot.com.tr/2013/02/stories-from-agios-vasilios-shilloura.html Stories from Agios Vasilios, Shilloura and Sysklipos…] (published in Politis newspaper on 10 February 2013).</ref> |
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|August 3, 1974 |
|August 3, 1974 |
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| [[Sysklipos]] |
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|Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army |
|[[Turkish Resistance Organisation|Turkish Cypriot militia]] and [[Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command|Turkish army]] |
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|14 Greek Cypriots were killed in a house and buried in a mass grave on August 3, and those who remained at the village disappeared on August 26, they are still missing |
|14 Greek Cypriots were killed in a house and their bodies were buried in a mass grave on August 3, and those who remained at the village disappeared on August 26, they are still missing. Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] |
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|[[Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre]] |
|[[Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre]] |
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|August 14, 1974 |
|August 14, 1974 |
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|[[Maratha, Cyprus|Maratha]], [[Santalaris]] and [[Aloda]] |
|[[Maratha, Cyprus|Maratha]], [[Santalaris]] and [[Aloda]] |
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|EOKA B |
|EOKA B |
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|Almost all Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the villages were killed and their bodies battered |
|Almost all of the Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the villages were killed and their bodies were battered. Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] |
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|[[Tochni massacre]]<ref name="Cassia">Paul Sant Cassia, ''Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus'', Berghahn Books, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-84545-228-5}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=EBFvRMO7_DkC&pg=PA237 |
|[[Tochni massacre]]<ref name="Cassia">Paul Sant Cassia, ''Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus'', Berghahn Books, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-84545-228-5}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=EBFvRMO7_DkC&q=Tochni&pg=PA237 Massacre&f=false p. 61.]</ref> |
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|August 14, 1974 |
|August 14, 1974 |
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|[[Tochni]] |
|[[Tochni]] |
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|EOKA B took 85 hostages from the village of Tochni and the nearby village of Zygi, mainly men and minor boys |
|EOKA B took 85 hostages from the village of Tochni and the nearby village of Zygi, mainly men and minor boys who were 13 years old, to the village of Palodia for execution with automatic guns. One of them managed to escape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/columns/eks-aformis/356161/mia-palia-martyria-stin-toxni|title=Μια παλιά μαρτυρία στην Τόχνη|last=Δημητρίου|first=Μάριος|date=21 August 2016|website=sigmalive.com|publisher=Sigma Live|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sigmalive.com/simerini/news-asset/113304/kideftikan-eksi-tourkokyprioi-tis-toxnis|title=Κηδεύτηκαν έξι Τουρκοκύπριοι της Τόχνης|last=Δημητρίου|first=Μάριος|date=20 March 2014|website=sigmalive.com|publisher=Sigma Live|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://dialogos.com.cy/blog/sfages-tk-apo-ton-ellinokipriako-fasismo/#.WTRaqCuUeSo|title=Σφαγές Τ/κ από τον ελληνοκυπριακό φασισμό|last=Κουκουμάς|first=Γιώργος|date=2 August 2015|website=Διάλογος|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/688674/katehomena-gia-proti-fora-mila-tourkokuprios-gia-ti-sfagi-tis-tohnis/|title=Τουρκοκύπριος συγκλονίζει: Έτσι έγινε η σφαγή της Τόχνης|website=Πρώτο Θέμα}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvinemedia.blogspot.com.cy/2014/08/remembering-tochni-massacre.html|title=Remembering the Tochni Massacre|date=15 August 2014|website=T-Vine|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Cassia"/><ref>Gisela Welz,''European Products: Making and Unmaking Heritage in Cyprus'', Berghahn Books, 2015, {{ISBN|978-1-78238-823-4}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qf7GCgAAQBAJ&dq=Tochni+massacre&pg=PA53 p. 53]</ref><ref name=":2" /> Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] |
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|Massacre in [[Prastio, Famagusta|Prastio]] |
|Massacre in [[Prastio, Famagusta|Prastio]] |
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|August 16, 1974 |
|August 16, 1974 |
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|[[Prastio, Famagusta]] |
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|Execution of eight civilians taken prisoner by Turkish soldiers<ref>{{Cite web|last=lobbyforcyprus|date=2017-08-14|title=The terrible secrets of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus|url=https://lobbyforcyprus.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/the-terrible-secrets-of-the-turkish-invasion-of-cyprus/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Lobby for Cyprus blog|language=en}}</ref> |
|Execution of eight civilians who were taken prisoner by Turkish soldiers. Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=lobbyforcyprus|date=2017-08-14|title=The terrible secrets of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus|url=https://lobbyforcyprus.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/the-terrible-secrets-of-the-turkish-invasion-of-cyprus/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Lobby for Cyprus blog|language=en}}</ref> Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] |
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|Massacres of the people of [[Asha, Cyprus|Asha]] |
|Massacres of the people of [[Asha, Cyprus|Asha]] |
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|August, 1974 |
|August, 1974 |
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|17-18 men taken as prisoners of war |
|17-18 men were taken to Sinta as prisoners of war and they were shot there. Other villagers were deported in two buses and they were shot on the way back from the police headquarters in Nicosia. Total number of missing from the village is given as 83-84. Part of [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Uludağ|first1=Sevgül|author-link1=Sevgül Uludağ|title=The story of Assia (Pasakoy) and Afanya (Gazikoy)|url=http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/authors/svg/svg9_2_2008.html|publisher=Hamamböcüleri Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=European Parliament resolution on mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia at Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus (2015/2551(RSP))|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B8-2015-0156&language=EN|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Protest for the missing of Assia|url=http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/12/10/protest-for-the-missing-of-assia/|publisher=Cyprus Mail|access-date=23 April 2015|date=10 December 2014}}</ref> |
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|Massacre in Eptakomi<ref |
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Latest revision as of 01:55, 18 November 2023
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Cyprus:
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Perpetrators | Notes |
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Jewish massacre of Greeks[1] | 117 CE | mainly Salamis | 240,000[a] | Jewish rebels | After the revolt had been fully defeated, laws were created forbidding any Jews to live on the island. |
Massacre in Lefkara | 1570 | Lefkara | 400 | Venetian army | against Cypriots of village[2][3] |
Massacre in Nicosia[4] | September 9, 1570 | Nicosia | 20,000[5] | Ottoman army | The city was looted following its fall to Ottomans, the figure is an estimation of deaths. |
9 July Massacre of Greek-Cypriots[6] | July 9, 1821 | Nicosia | 486 | Ottoman army | Hundreds of prominent Greek-Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos were executed by the Ottoman Turks during the Massacres of the Greek War of Independence. |
Massacre of Greek-Cypriot unarmed civilians | June 12, 1958 | Kioneli | 8 | Turkish Cypriot Civilians | On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots out of an armed group of thirty five were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos in suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura.[7] Part of Cypriot intercommunal violence |
Monasteri massacre | 1 January 1964 | Mosfiloti | 3 | Turks of Cyprus | Turks attacked a monastery massacring three unarmed Greek monks with shotguns and injuring additional four. [8] |
Limassol massacre | 13 February 1964 | Limassol | 16 | Greek Cypriots | The Greeks and Greek Cypriots used tanks to attack and massacre the Turkish Cypriot quarter of Limassol, killing 16 people while injuring 35.[9] |
Bloody Christmas | 21–31 December 1963 | Nicosia | 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots[10] | Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots | Greek Cypriot irregulars committed a massacre in Omorphita, killing Turkish Cypriot women and children indiscriminately.[11][12] 25,000 Turkish Cypriots fled and were displaced into enclaves.[13] Thousands of Turkish Cypriot homes were ransacked or destroyed 364 Turkish and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed in total, Around 1,200 Armenian and 500 Greek Cypriots were also displaced as a result.[14][15] |
Massacre in Famagusta | May 12, 1964 | Famagusta | 17 | Greek Cypriot militia | The event happened as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police in city at 11 May.[16][17] |
Massacre in Akrotiri and Dhekelia | May 13, 1964 | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 11 | Greek Cypriot police forces and civilians | The massacre was committed as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police officer in Famagusta on 11 May.[18][16] |
Massacre in Alaminos[19] | July 20, 1974 | Alaminos | 13 or 14[20][21] | Greek Cypriot militia | 183 Turkish Cypriots and 350 Greek Cypriots used to live in town before massacre. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Massacre in Sysklipos[22] | August 3, 1974 | Sysklipos | 14 | Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army | 14 Greek Cypriots were killed in a house and their bodies were buried in a mass grave on August 3, and those who remained at the village disappeared on August 26, they are still missing. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre | August 14, 1974 | Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda | 126 | EOKA B | Almost all of the Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the villages were killed and their bodies were battered. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Tochni massacre[23] | August 14, 1974 | Tochni | 84 | EOKA B | EOKA B took 85 hostages from the village of Tochni and the nearby village of Zygi, mainly men and minor boys who were 13 years old, to the village of Palodia for execution with automatic guns. One of them managed to escape.[24][25][26][27][28][23][29][17] Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Massacre in Prastio | August 16, 1974 | Prastio, Famagusta | 8 | Turkish army | Execution of eight civilians who were taken prisoner by Turkish soldiers. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[30] Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Massacres of the people of Asha | August, 1974 | Asha and Sinta | 83-84 | Turkish army | 17-18 men were taken to Sinta as prisoners of war and they were shot there. Other villagers were deported in two buses and they were shot on the way back from the police headquarters in Nicosia. Total number of missing from the village is given as 83-84. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[31][32][33] |
Massacre in Eptakomi[34] | 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 Angolemi[35] | August, 1974 | Angolemi | 5 | Greek Cypriot militia | A family of three (father, mother and teenage daughter) and two men killed. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus |
Notes
- ^ This estimate comes from the Roman historian Cassius Dio.
References
- ^ JewishEncyclopedia.com - CYPRUS, Dio Cassius, lxviii. 32
- ^ Hill, George (2010), Luke, Harry (ed.), "The Church under the Turks (1571–1878)", A History of Cyprus, Cambridge University Press, pp. 305–400, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511751738.011, ISBN 978-0-511-75173-8, retrieved 2020-03-25
- ^ "A History of Cyprus. By Sir George Hill. Volumes II and III. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 1948. Pp. xl, 496; vi, 497–1198. $23.50 per set.)". The American Historical Review. July 1949. doi:10.1086/ahr/54.4.865. ISSN 1937-5239.
- ^ US Library of Congress Federal Research Division,Library of Congress.
- ^ Hopkins, T.C.F. (2007). Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam. Macmillan. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-4668-4149-9. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Cyprus - OTTOMAN RULE". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ The Outbreak of Communal Strife, 1958 Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Guardian, London.
- ^ Newspaper "Eleftheria" January 3rd 1964
- ^ Stephen, Michael (1997). The Cyprus Question. British-Northern Cyprus Parliamentary Group.
- ^ Oberling, Pierre (1982). The Road to Bellapais: The Turkish Cypriot Exodus to Northern Cyprus. Social Science Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-000-8.
- ^ Borowiec, Andrew (2000). Cyprus: A Troubled Island. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-96533-4.
- ^ Richter, Heinz (2010). A Concise History of Modern Cyprus, 1878–2009. Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen. ISBN 978-3-938646-53-3.
- ^ Bryant 2012, p. 5–15; Hoffmeister 2006, p. 17–20; Risini 2018, p. 117; Smit 2012, p. 51; United Nations 1964: "The trade of the Turkish community had considerably deciined during the period, due to the existing situation, and unemployment reached a very high level as approximately 25,000 Turkish Cypriots had beccme refugees"
- ^ "REPORT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN CYPRUS" (PDF). United Nations. 10 September 1964. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
The trade of the Turkish community had considerably declined during the period, due to the existing situation, and unemployment reached a very high level as approximately 25,000 Turkish Cypriots had become refugees.
- ^ Bryant, Rebecca (2012). Displacement in Cyprus Consequences of Civil and Military Strife Report 2 Life Stories: Turkish Cypriot Community (PDF). Oslo: PRIO Cyprus Centre. pp. 5–15.
- ^ a b "Rumlardan 44 yıl sonra gelen 'Kıbrıs' itirafı". Fikriyat Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ a b "Katliam emrini Rum Genelkurmay'ı vermiş". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ sabah, daily (2018-08-08). "'Kill 10 Turks for each slain Greek,' Greek Cypriot forces told amid pre-division violence". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ Documents Officiels, United Nations Security Council, p. 82: "Alaminos village has already been in the news because a massacre of 13 Turkish Cypriots was discovered there"
- ^ Impact: International Fortnightly, Volumes 4-6: Fourteen Turkish Cypriots were murdered in the village of Alaminos on 20 July.
- ^ Massacre of Turks alleged (St. Petersburg Times, 29 July 1974)
- ^ Uludağ, Sevgül. Stories from Agios Vasilios, Shilloura and Sysklipos… (published in Politis newspaper on 10 February 2013).
- ^ a b Paul Sant Cassia, Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84545-228-5, Massacre&f=false p. 61.
- ^ Δημητρίου, Μάριος (21 August 2016). "Μια παλιά μαρτυρία στην Τόχνη". sigmalive.com. Sigma Live. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Δημητρίου, Μάριος (20 March 2014). "Κηδεύτηκαν έξι Τουρκοκύπριοι της Τόχνης". sigmalive.com. Sigma Live. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Κουκουμάς, Γιώργος (2 August 2015). "Σφαγές Τ/κ από τον ελληνοκυπριακό φασισμό". Διάλογος. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Τουρκοκύπριος συγκλονίζει: Έτσι έγινε η σφαγή της Τόχνης". Πρώτο Θέμα.
- ^ "Remembering the Tochni Massacre". T-Vine. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ Gisela Welz,European Products: Making and Unmaking Heritage in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78238-823-4 p. 53
- ^ lobbyforcyprus (2017-08-14). "The terrible secrets of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus". Lobby for Cyprus blog. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Uludağ, Sevgül. "The story of Assia (Pasakoy) and Afanya (Gazikoy)". Hamamböcüleri Journal.
- ^ "European Parliament resolution on mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia at Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus (2015/2551(RSP))". European Parliament. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Protest for the missing of Assia". Cyprus Mail. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Angelique Chrisafis on finding her uncle's remains from Cyprus' 1974 ethinic killing". the Guardian. 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Records: Volume 1, Part 1-Volume 3, Part 1, UNESCO, p. 319