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by **pitsilos** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:12 pm

The Turkish Terrorist Organisation T.M.T.

The first inter-communal violence in the recent history of Cyprus was, in fact, caused by T.M.T. This was the result of a policy of hate cultivated by the Turkish Cypriot leadership and it aimed at persuading world public opinion that Turkish Cypriots could not co-exist with Greek Cypriots and, therefore, partition in one form or another was necessary. On 12 June 1958 eight innocent and unarmed Greek Cypriot civilians from Kondemenos village were murdered by T.M.T. terrorists near the Turkish populated village of Geunyeli. That was the first incident involving human lives. According to the findings of the "Commission of Inquiry into the Incidents at Geunyeli" (appointed by the British colonial administration), which were also included in the official report of Sir Paget Bourke, Chief Justice of Cyprus, "for some days prior to 12 June, in fact from 7 June, inter-communal feeling was running very high in the island and there had been many instances of attacks by Turks, particularly in Nicosia, upon members of the Greek community and upon Greek property". There is no reference to attacks on Turkish Cypriots as there were no such attacks. The T.M.T. terrorists attacked again in 1963. This is evidenced by the fact that they were found in possession of vast quantities of arms. Moreover, Turkish intentions were revealed in the "Deniz" incident when the Turkish ship full of arms was sent to Cyprus as early as 1959, after the conclusion of the Agreement on Cyprus.

And to quote "the New York Times" of 27.12.1963:
"Most of the fighting centered on a police station occupied by Turks in Nicosia, and on family apartments in the suburb of Omorphita. These were overrun and occupied by Turks who chased off Greek families. They were reported to have killed an unspecified number of women and children".

http://www.kypros.org/Cyprus_Problem/p_TMT.html

and thats how it started

by **observer** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:31 pm

Not quite.

Racial tension increased in early 1957, when EOKA attacked Turkish police and auxiliaries. On 18 January four Turkish auxiliaries were injured while on guard at a power station near the Archbishopric. One of them died. The news of this attack raised anger among Turkish Cypriots in Nicosia and crowds of young Turks crossed the 'Mason-Dixon Line' which divided the Turkish and Greek quarters and took revenge by setting on fire of some Greek shops. Ten days later another Turkish Cypriot policeman was killed by an EOKA bomb. This also provoked intercommunal strife. Turkish Cypriot workers went on strike in protest at the EOKA attacks against the Turks.

by **shahmaran** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:34 pm

...but i suppose if i went and fetched an article from a Turkish site, stating otherwise, it would be instantly labeled propaganda lies, right? :roll:

by **Piratis** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:42 pm

shahmaran wrote:...but i suppose if i went and fetched an article from a Turkish site, stating otherwise, it would be instantly labeled propaganda lies, right?

Right.

Here is a quote from a British (your friends) anti-EOKA, anti-Greek Cypriot website:

The Turkish community was whipped into a frenzy by broadcasts from Turkey calling for the partition of Cyprus. Violence between the turks and Cypriots broke out in early June and climaxed when eight Greeks were massacred in a cornfield near the Turkish village of Geunyeli.

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/cyprus/war.html

by **shahmaran** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:17 pm

right ok, so is it the "Turkish community" or is it the TMT?? and who exactly are the "cypriots" that the Turks are fighting against...

you have no consistency...

pistilos, we kill 8 ppl and hell breaks loose and 40 years later its still "on", is that what you are claiming?

by **pitsilos** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:19 pm

shamhmaran, where did i claim that. all i said thats how it started

by **shahmaran** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:20 pm

pitsilos wrote:
The Turkish Terrorist Organisation T.M.T.

The first inter-communal violence in the recent history of Cyprus was, in fact, caused by T.M.T. This was the result of a policy of hate cultivated by the Turkish Cypriot leadership and it aimed at persuading world public opinion that Turkish Cypriots could not co-exist with Greek Cypriots and, therefore, partition in one form or another was necessary. On 12 June 1958 eight innocent and unarmed Greek Cypriot civilians from Kondemenos village were murdered by T.M.T. terrorists near the Turkish populated village of Geunyeli. That was the first incident involving human lives. According to the findings of the "Commission of Inquiry into the Incidents at Geunyeli" (appointed by the British colonial administration), which were also included in the official report of Sir Paget Bourke, Chief Justice of Cyprus, "for some days prior to 12 June, in fact from 7 June, inter-communal feeling was running very high in the island and there had been many instances of attacks by Turks, particularly in Nicosia, upon members of the Greek community and upon Greek property". There is no reference to attacks on Turkish Cypriots as there were no such attacks. The T.M.T. terrorists attacked again in 1963. This is evidenced by the fact that they were found in possession of vast quantities of arms. Moreover, Turkish intentions were revealed in the "Deniz" incident when the Turkish ship full of arms was sent to Cyprus as early as 1959, after the conclusion of the Agreement on Cyprus.

And to quote "the New York Times" of 27.12.1963:
"Most of the fighting centered on a police station occupied by Turks in Nicosia, and on family apartments in the suburb of Omorphita. These were overrun and occupied by Turks who chased off Greek families. They were reported to have killed an unspecified number of women and children".

http://www.kypros.org/Cyprus_Problem/p_TMT.html

and thats how it started