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[T_C]

Halil Aga, the TC who assasinated Sultan Chil Osman in Nicosia. He was beheaded not long after...

[kafenes]

Then post an interesting hero .....

Oracle's hubby

This is him trying to get away ....

Where is he hiding the Milk Tray?

[RichardB]

Halil Aga, the TC who assasinated Sultan Chil Osman in Nicosia. He was beheaded not long after...

Give us a bit more info then TC (aka Birthday boy)

[zan]

Then post an interesting hero .....

Oracle's hubby

This is him trying to get away ....

Where is he hiding the Milk Tray?

Thats what he is going to get...Oracle thrown them down the mountain in a hissy fit...She wanted Truffles...

[kafenes]

Then post an interesting hero .....

Oracle's hubby

This is him trying to get away ....

Where is he hiding the Milk Tray?

Thats what he is going to get...Oracle thrown them down the mountain in a hissy fit...She wanted Truffles...

Truffles or Turkish Delight?

[T_C]

Halil Aga, the TC who assasinated Sultan Chil Osman in Nicosia. He was beheaded not long after...

Give us a bit more info then TC (aka Birthday boy)

Don't know much about it Richard. All I know is that the first uprising was by Aga Ahmet Oglu who led the first riot in 1680. And that was followed by Halil Aga from 1765-1766. He was the governor of Kyrenia and the leader in the uprisings who managed to assasinate Chil Osman and burn down his palace.

He actually held quite a substantial part of Cyprus under his control too and had the support of both TCs and GCs. Till he was beheaded that is...

[zan]

Then post an interesting hero .....

Oracle's hubby

This is him trying to get away ....

Where is he hiding the Milk Tray?

Thats what he is going to get...Oracle thrown them down the mountain in a hissy fit...She wanted Truffles...

Truffles or Turkish Delight?

Don't you go setting her off now


I always wanted to ask you Kafenes..Who do you sound like most when you are singing...?

[RichardB]

In 1703 AD Cyprus comes under the jurisdiction of the Grand Vizier who sent to the island a military and civil administrator. The title and function of this officer were awarded to the person who paid the highest amount of money in exchange. As a result, heavier taxation was imposed and the Cypriots became the subject of harder exploitation. About 1760 AD the situation in Cyprus was intolerable. A terrible epidemic of plague, bad crops and earthquakes, drove many Cypriots to emigrate. In addition what was worse for the Greeks and Turks of the island, the newly- appointed Pasha, doubled the taxes in 1764 AD. In the end Chil Osman and 18 of his friends were killed by Greek and Ottoman Cypriots alike but the two ethnic elements had to pay a huge sum of money to the Sultan and the families of the victims. It was assessed that each Christian had to pay 14 piastres and each Turk 7. The latter did not accept this judgement and broke into an open rebellion having Khalil Agha, the commander of the guard of the castle of Kyrenia as their leader. Finally the uprising was crushed and Khalil Agha was beheaded.

Found this bit TC

Time for bed for me.

Once again happy birthday for yesterday

(Keep away from that Zan ...he's really bad news )

[zan]

In 1703 AD Cyprus comes under the jurisdiction of the Grand Vizier who sent to the island a military and civil administrator. The title and function of this officer were awarded to the person who paid the highest amount of money in exchange. As a result, heavier taxation was imposed and the Cypriots became the subject of harder exploitation. About 1760 AD the situation in Cyprus was intolerable. A terrible epidemic of plague, bad crops and earthquakes, drove many Cypriots to emigrate. In addition what was worse for the Greeks and Turks of the island, the newly- appointed Pasha, doubled the taxes in 1764 AD. In the end Chil Osman and 18 of his friends were killed by Greek and Ottoman Cypriots alike but the two ethnic elements had to pay a huge sum of money to the Sultan and the families of the victims. It was assessed that each Christian had to pay 14 piastres and each Turk 7. The latter did not accept this judgement and broke into an open rebellion having Khalil Agha, the commander of the guard of the castle of Kyrenia as their leader. Finally the uprising was crushed and Khalil Agha was beheaded.

Found this bit TC

Time for bed for me.

Once again happy birthday for yesterday

(Keep away from that Zan ...he's really bad news )

You betta believe it!!!

[denizaksulu]

We all know the heroics of Schindler thanks to Spielberg's movie (which I've never seen). But there are many heroes which have not been immortalised in this way, but are no less deserving ....

Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou

(3 March 1891 – 20 May 1949)

Papandreou was the head of the Greek Orthodox Church from 1941 until his death. After Germany's invasion of Greece in October 1940, the Nazis began persecuting the country's Jews and deporting them to concentration camps. The Archbishop's main act of protest was to write a public letter condemning the act of racial discrimination; such a move is believed to be a unique war-time demonstration by Jewish organisations. "In our national consciousness, all the children of Mother Greece are an inseparable unity," read the plea. "They are equal members of the national body irrespective of religion... Our holy religion does not recognize superior or inferior qualities based on race or religion." He wrote the letter despite the threat of execution from local Nazi commanders, although escaped recrimination. In addition, the churches over which he presided were ordered to distribute Christian baptismal certificates to Jews fleeing the Nazis, thus saving thousands.

Whom do you want to remember as an acclaimed or forgotten hero?

Not boring at all Oracle, just that Archbishop Makarios should have taken a leaf out of Papaandreous book.