alekcen, we have every right to get rid of any foreign rule and decide the destiny of our own island.
In 1955 the Cypriot people revolted to free our island from foreign rule. This was not the first time we revolted, we have done so many times before since the Greek Revolution started. Here is the first time:
During the Greek War of Independence in 1821, the Ottoman authorities feared that Greek Cypriots would rebel again. Archbishop Kyprianos, a powerful leader who worked to improve the education of Greek Cypriot children, was accused of plotting against the government. Kyprianos, his bishops, and hundreds of priests and important laymen were arrested and summarily hanged or decapitated on July 9, 1821
The Cypriots, just like the Cretans, the Athenians, the Peloponisians and every other Greek territory under foreign rule had every right to revolt and seek their freedom in a free Greek state. This right was denied to us by the Turks who butchered us by the 1000s whenever we tried to seek our freedom. The British who took over later also denied this right to the Cypriot people, so we revolted again.
The British and the Turks then collaborated in order to oppress our revolution and they imposed on us by force and blackmail the 1960 agreements.
The Akritas plan was simply about restoring the
rights of the Cypriot people which have been denied to us by the Turks and the British. It didn't seek to "exterminate" anybody. It only said that
if the Turks attacked us (and from our history we knew that this is possible since the Turks always attacked us and tried to butcher us whenever we tried to free ourselves from their rule)
then we would defend ourselves.
The Akritas plan was supposed to be a top secret document. It was not written to be publicized. So if the aim was the extermination of TCs then this aim would be clearly written in the plan.
