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|Turkish Cypriots of the village were killed and buried in a mass grave |
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|Massacre in Alaminos<ref>''Documents Officiels'', United Nations Security Council, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zeARAQAAMAAJ&q=alaminos+massacre+cyprus&dq=alaminos+massacre+cyprus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i1ClVK78AsP9UpGAg6gL&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA 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<br> |
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|[[Alaminos, Cyprus|Alaminos]] |
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|13 or 14<ref>''[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hSgdAQAAMAAJ&q=alaminos+massacre+cyprus&dq=alaminos+massacre+cyprus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i1ClVK78AsP9UpGAg6gL&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBA Impact: International Fortnightly, Volumes 4-6]'': Fourteen Turkish Cypriots were murdered at the village of Alaminos on 20 July.</ref><ref>[http://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> <br> |
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|Massacre in Sysklipos<ref name=uludag1/> |
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|12 Greek Cypriots found in a mass grave executed with their hands tied |
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|Massacre in Assia <ref name=Assia: A village in Calvary>Philenews, Assia: A village in Calvary. [http://www.philenews.com/el-gr/top-stories/885/196386/assia-ena-chorio-se-golgotha] (published in philenews newspaper).</ref> |
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|Massacre in Angolemi<ref>''Records: Volume 1, Part 1-Volume 3, Part 1'', UNESCO, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ECcqAQAAMAAJ&q=angolemi+massacre&dq=angolemi+massacre&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mE6lVLPgIoH1UuysgKAL&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw p. 319]</ref> |
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|70 Greek Cypriots found in a mass grave by UN (bullets in their skulls) |
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|A family of three (father, mother and teenage daughter) and two men killed |
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|Massacre of Greek Cypriot prisoners of war.<ref>http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=77778</ref> |
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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 | Jewish rebels | After the revolt had been fully defeated, laws were created forbidding any Jews to live on the island. See Kitos War |
| Ottoman massacre of Greeks in Nicosia.[2] | September 9, 1570 | Nicosia | 20,000 | Ottoman army | The number of casualties amounts to the whole city population at the time. |
| Ottoman massacre of Greeks in Famagusta [3] | August, 1571 | Famagusta | 6,000 | Ottoman army | |
| Ottoman Massacre of Greeks in Nicosia [4] | 1821 | mainly Nicosia | 470 | Ottoman Turks | |
| Massacre of Greeks in Kioneli[5] | June 12, 1958 | Kioneli | 8 | Turkish Cypriot militia | Greek Cypriots were massacred by militia in a cornfield near the village |
| Massacre in Agios Vasileios[6] | December 26, 1963 | Agios Vasileios | 21[7] | Greek Cypriot militia | Turkish Cypriots of the village were killed and buried in a mass grave |
| Massacre in Sysklipos[6] | August 3, 1974 |
Sysklipos | 14 |
Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army | 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 |
| Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre | August 14, 1974 | Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda | 126 | Greek Cypriot militia | Almost all Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the villages were killed and their bodies battered, see the relevant article |
| Tochni massacre[8] | August 14, 1974 | Tochni | 85 | Greek Cypriot militia | |
| Massacre in Sysklipos[6] | August 26, 1974 | Sysklipos | 21 | Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army | 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 |
Massacre in EptakomiCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
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August, 1974 | Eptakomi | 12 | Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army | 12 Greek Cypriots found in a mass grave executed with their hands tied |
Massacre in Assia Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
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August, 1974 | Asha, Cyprus | 70 | Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army | 70 Greek Cypriots found in a mass grave by UN (bullets in their skulls) |
| Massacre of Greek Cypriot prisoners of war.[9] | August, 1974 | Kyrenia | 320 | Turkish army |
References
- ^ JewishEncyclopedia.com - CYPRUS, Dio Cassius, lxviii. 32
- ^ US Library of Congress Federal Research Division,Library of Congress.
- ^ David S. T. Blackmore. Warfare on the Mediterranean in the Age of Sail: A History, 1571-1866. p. 56.
- ^ Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra. The Armenians of Cyprus. p. 14.
- ^ The Outbreak of Communal Strife, 1958 The Guardian, London.
- ^ a b c Uludağ, Sevgül. Stories from Agios Vasilios, Shilloura and Sysklipos… (published in Politis newspaper on 10 February 2013).
- ^ Purcell, Hugh Dominic. Cyprus, Praeger, 1969, p.327
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=77778
