Unfortunately Paphitis exemplifies those who "read" a dictionary, but are unable to digest meaning, let alone comprehend the world around them.
Because he has got used to the term Ethnic Cleansing, he is unable to register any of the
other crimes which Turkey can expertly carry out,
at the same time.
“Turkey’s Aggression, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing and Apartheid Policy in Cyprus with Kissinger’s Complicity”
In July and August 1974-thirty three years ago-Turkey committed aggression, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and an apartheid policy in Cyprus with the full complicity of the then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
On August 13, 1974, Turkey issued a thirty-six hour ultimatum to Greece and Britain to accept Turkey’s proposal, which was tantamount to partition, for six separate Turkish Cypriot “cantons” consisting of thirty-four percent of the island nation for the eighteen percent minority community.
European Convention on Human Rights
The government of Cyprus filed three applications to the European Commission on Human Rights. The Commission issued its report on the charges made in the first two applications on July 10, 1976. In it, the Commission found Turkey guilty of violating the following articles of the European Convention on Human Rights:
Article 2—by the killing of innocent civilians committed on a substantial scale;
Article 3—by the rape of women of all ages from 12 to 71;
Article 3—by inhuman treatment of prisoners and persons detained;
Article 5—by deprivation of liberty with regard to detainees and missing persons—a continuing violation;
Article 8—by displacement of persons creating more than 170,000 Greek Cypriot refugees, and by refusing to allow the refugees to return to their homes—a continuing violation;
Article 1—of the First Protocol to the Convention—by deprivation of possessions, looting and robbery on an extensive scale.
On January 23, 1977, the London Sunday Times published excerpts of the report and stated: “It amounts to a massive indictment of the Ankara government for murder, rape and looting by its army in Cyprus during and after the Turkish invasion of summer 1974.”
Turkey in the second phase of its invasion, three weeks after the legitimate government of Cyprus had been restored and without a pretext, committed war crimes, ethnic cleansing and applied an apartheid policy to Cyprus. The political and military leadership of Turkey at that time should have been tried as war criminals. However, since they were a U.S. ally and member of NATO, the U.S. applied a double standard to Turkey and did nothing. In effect, through Kissinger’s actions and deliberate inactions, the U.S. became an accomplice to
Turkey’s war crimes, ethnic cleansing and apartheid policy which severely damaged U.S. interests.
http://www.ahiworld.com/press_releases/092807.html
