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List of massacres in Cyprus

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Cyprus:

Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
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.
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). 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). 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)

References

  1. ^ JewishEncyclopedia.com - CYPRUS, Dio Cassius, lxviii. 32
  2. ^ US Library of Congress Federal Research Division,Library of Congress.
  3. ^ David S. T. Blackmore. Warfare on the Mediterranean in the Age of Sail: A History, 1571-1866. p. 56.
  4. ^ Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra. The Armenians of Cyprus. p. 14.
  5. ^ The Outbreak of Communal Strife, 1958 The Guardian, London.
  6. ^ a b c Uludağ, Sevgül. Stories from Agios Vasilios, Shilloura and Sysklipos… (published in Politis newspaper on 10 February 2013).
  7. ^ Purcell, Hugh Dominic. Cyprus, Praeger, 1969, p.327
  8. ^ 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.
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