miltiades wrote:Halil , prior to the Turkish invasion and for some years back not one single T/C lost a life through inter communal fighting , there had been NO fighting for some 6 or so years. As soon as Turkey invaded then the ugly head of hatred and retributions started , here is a follow up of the one you posted above:
""""On 15 July, as soon as the coup d'état was reported, UNFICYP was brought to a high state of readiness. Additional liaison officers were deployed at all levels, and increased observation was maintained throughout the island in all areas of likely intercommunal confrontation. Special measures were taken to ensure the security of the Turkish Cypriot community. A few cases of firing into the Turkish enclave north of Nicosia were reported; the firing was stopped through liaison with the National Guard."""
Miltiades ,
In here they are only talking about Nicosia .
as soon as landing started all around the our villages was attacked by national guards and these attacks never stopped up to 18 August . More than 20 civilians lost their lives from these attacks Miltiades ..... Civilians lost their life's not the Turkish Cypriot fighters (Mucahid's) These civilians lost their life's direct mortar fires from the NG posts . They were just firing to civilian places . I am live witness of the incidences Miltiades .
I am not going to write details of it . How Pileri village was attacked and civilians got killed .
At same time villages of Paphos ,Larnaka ,Limassol were under the attacks . By trying to hide these truths does not help at all .Because most of these people are still in life now .
with my above words i am not regretting what was happened to GC's .
I always believe 15 july of 1974 coup was the triggering point of everything.