YFred wrote:T_C wrote:Weren't the GCs opressed by the Venetians?
Apparently Cypriots were very thankful for the Ottomans for saving them from the dreaded Catholics. Though it’s only a rumour, I don't have personal experience of this!
As TC's link says
Finally, on 1 August, Bragadin asked to negotiate. Although the initial terms were lenient, some dispute arose as to their implementation, whereupon Lala Mustapha, declaring the truce to be over, gave his men free reign to pillage the city and kill the inhabitants.
I'm sure the 1000's of slaughtered Cypriots were delighted at the generosity of the Ottomans to allow them to visit their god in heaven 40-50 years earlier than planned.