The title of this thread is "Who was Yiorgadjis". Can we for once stick to the subject? The photo below shows Yiorgadjis with Denktash just after the assassination of Hikmet and Yurkan by the thugs of TMT, probably acting under orders from Denktash.
The two Turkish Cypriot journalists and lawyers, who supported the peaceful coexistence of the two communities, were murdered on April 23, 1962. Yurkan as soon as he parked his car and Hikmet while he was in bed with his wife. In the same room his tow children were asleep. Denktash was considered the chief suspect and he was actually asked to go to the police for questioning. He never did. However, the murders were on purpose linked with the bombs that went off at TC mosques on March 25 1962 in Nicosia.
Tow days after the explosions. Yurkan visited the Turkish Embassy in Nicosia. The Ambassador (Dirvana) was well known for his support to Inonu and moderate policies in general. There, he was informed that the bombs were planted by TC extremists.
Where does Yiorgadjis come into all these, you may ask. Yurkan and Hikmet (remember, they were true Cypriots) met Yiorgadjis, who was the Minister of Internal Affairs, and passed on to him the information they obtained from the Turkish Embassy. The wily Yiorgadjis secretly recorded the talk they had.
The ad hoc committee (made up of two judges, one GC one TC under the supreme judge Wilson) that was set up to investigate the murder of Hikmet and Yurkan called, among others, Yorgadjis for questioning. Yorgadjis lied to the committee. He claimed that Yurkan was afraid of his life and that he asked Yiorgadjis to record the meeting they had. He then handed over the tape which was heard publicly for the first time. Denktash actually cross questioned Yiorgadjis at one of the meetings of the ad hoc committee. The whole process, question-answer are documented in Phileleftheros 25-05-1962.
Yiorgadjis gave valuable weapons to the TC extremists. After the answers he gave to the committee, the TC newspapers were portrayed as traitors and agents of Yiorgadjis. One huge title of the time read: Yiorgadjis Reveals that Yurkan Passed on Secrets of the Turkish Embasy to the GC Leadership". The two murders journalists were branded as paid agents of the GC's and traitors that gave away everything to the GC's in order to enjoy their support (any similarities to the bash patriots of the forum should not be taken seriously).
Immediately after the murders the TC's in their vast majority felt sick with Denktash. Thanks to Yiorgadjis, Denktash came out of this stronger. In fact the political future of Denktash was on line after the murders but Yiorgadjis made sure that his old pal, that got him released from the British prison during the EOKA struggle, survived and even gained political points.
These events simply highlight the fact that the TC and GC nationalist worked hand in hand to destroy Cyprus.