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[Pyrpolizer]

TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE FROM HERE:
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/cyprus9899.html


The Turkish corporal that received the 5 y.o Christaki at the invasion in Cyprus speaks up

"I close my eyes and still, after 33 years, I see Mrs Myrofora in front of me. I hope her son is alive!"

We met for second time for a big interview with the Turkish corporal, who in August 1974 had received the youngest still missing person of the the Cypriot tragedy and delivered him to the doctors.

The corporal holds the photograph of his granddaughter: "Why shouldn’t these children laugh he says. Why should wars happen? There is space for all of us on this planet."He says.

This time I was there together with the chief editor of Politis(citizen) newspaper.He had published the official document of the Turkish army, which proved that the 5 y.o had been transported to Turkey in 1974. As soon as the article was re-published in "Sabah", the story of Christakis took a new turn. Electronic messages started arriving from the entire Turkey, both to Citizen newspaper as well as to Engin Bas, the journalist of "Sabah" that covered the story. Apart from the corporal, others also communicated with us. Many! They wanted to speak, and deposit their testimony. We wanted to make a big interview with the corporal in order to cover all the events that he had lived during his four months of military service in Cyprus, but we did not have enough time.

The second meeting with the Turkish corporal was fixed for Friday noon. He waited us in his house. We took off our shoes, as it is accustomed to do in Turkish houses, and entered. His computer was on, tuned to Google Earth, focused in Cyprus. In 1974 he was a howitzer user, one of the first Turkish soldiers that stepped foot in Cyprus as soon as the war began, on 20 July.

He happened to be at the military hospital in Dikomo when Mrs Myrofora transported in her arms her wounded child. " immediately came to my mind my two children, my daughter and my son", said the corporal. He himself delivered the child to the doctors.. He stayed there for four hours attending Mrs Myrofora. "Don’t be afraid", he told her, "It is nothing serious the doctors say, besides he is struck in the leg, he is not in danger" He even gave food to Myrofora.. "What kind of food did you give her", we asked. "I do not remember…", he said. However Mrs Myrofora still remembers: It was aubergines with meat! The corporal knows that the child was sent to the military hospital in Adana. He did not see it himself getting in the helicopter, but he learned it later.

"The war is an ugly thing. I am against war, but when you find youself in the battle and your commander orders your to kill, you must do it. You do not have any choice ", he says looking at me in the eyes.

This was his preface before describing us the killings that he witnessed during those days of invasion. His testimony might help the Committee of missing persons to discover some graves of still missing persons. In Sinhari they were four civilians killed, in the region Samit Mantres another four young persons… It is important, because the relatives will only have peace when the fates of their beloved persons are ascertained . The same for Myrofora She will only have peace when she finally learns what happened to her little boy. Even if it is proved that he is dead….


Has anybody seen Christakis Georgiou?
This was yesterdays Radical newpaper headline.
It called the Turkish people to search for the youngest missing person of the Cypriot tragedy. It calls also the army to give explanations for his fate.

"The questions still remain unanswered. What happened to the child? If it died, how it died? Where it is the certificate of death or his certificate of burial? If all these are propaganda, the best way to bring it down is revealing the truth. Everybody that had to say something for the incident already talked, apart from the General Staff of Army "says Erdal Guvel of Radikal", provoking the Turkish army to give answers.

The salvation of a 16 y.o and the looting of the Greek industries.

This photograph of Mehmet Mertzan was taken immediately after the dinner in Saray afterwards the pillage of the factories at Mia Milia on behalf of Asil Nadir.


The Turkish soldier is also proud for another incident. "I also saved a sixteen year old child", he says "There was a bus full of old men, to be sent to the Greek-Cypriot side. In the last seat sat an injured old man. He had blood in the area of his heart. Outside the bus were four young persons. I knew they would kill them as soon as the bus would leave. I was touched when I saw the 16 y.o, with his eyes in tears leaning the window of the bus and looking at the wounded old man. Using the few English that I knew I asked him if he were his father.He answered yes. I then took from the hand and put him up in the bus. I raised the one that sate next to his father and I put the 16 yyear old boy in his place. The old man raised himself and me kissed on the cheek!".

What happened however to the person who sat next to the old man? There was a fat but much younger old man in the bus, I raised him and put the old man in his place. A few hour laters after the bus left, the Turkish army killed both the fat old man and the other three young persons. And there exists a grave for all four of them.


The Turkish corporal says he loves the Turkish army, but does not hesitate to speak for those that used "dirty methods".He spoke for a harsh officer which he saw torturing young personsbefore excecuting them. That very officer collaborated then with the TC businessman Asil Nadir, who is today hidden in the occupied because he is wanted by Interpol for frauds in London. " I will tell you how Asil Nadir became rich using 30 lorries of the army in the industrial region of Mia milia, outside of Nicosia. For 2 whole days we were loading clothing and machinery from the GC factories and transported them to the factory of Asil Nadir". The wage of soldiers was a rich dinner in the Saray hotel in Nicosia. This photograph is from there.It was taken a little after the dinner.


For photographs see here
http://www.tanea.gr/print_article.php?e ... m=N11&aa=1

[zan]

I hope she gets her son back Pyro There is nothing else to discuss on that. She just wants him back thats all.

[carleen]

yes its only right if he is alive been watching her on television god bless her hope she gets every mothers wish just to see her son....

[Pyrpolizer]

I beleive there is another issue here-not mentioned in the article. There was testimony the Military doctor gave very specific instructions that the boy is taken very good care.The doctor himself had no children. There is suspicion the military doctor adopted the child...

[carleen]

yes we heard that on the news too that the doctor had no children but thats not the point is it he should be told who he resally is and for himself now being 38 years of old should make his own choice, u surley cannot adopt a child taken from his parents in a war, even if you do put a baby up for adoption you have to give consent from the mother to do so.

[DT.]

don't mean to start anything else up here but I was more blown away with the guy's testimony regarding the 4 GC's who were executed.

[EUropean666]

i dont think that it will be difficult to spot this doctor. does anyone know his name? the army has a limited number of doctors

[Pyrpolizer]

yes we heard that on the news too that the doctor had no children but thats not the point is it he should be told who he resally is and for himself now being 38 years of old should make his own choice, u surley cannot adopt a child taken from his parents in a war, even if you do put a baby up for adoption you have to give consent from the mother to do so.

Yes I thought about that even at 38 he should have remembered his childhood.
On the other hand:
1)what if the boy is a Turkish General today? (given the background of his foster father)
2)What if he has a high position in society or politics?

Why the hell the Turkish Army does not give any information as to what happened to the boy.It is already established that the Turkish Military doctor, took that case on a serious personal level.

[EUropean666]

Someone must spot the turkish doctor!

there is a rumour that he called mirofora 15 years ago and said that he is her son and that he is ok

[humanist]

I hope he is Miroforas son ....... and perhaps the bridge that brings unity to our country, as he is proof that we are all one same human beings with the ability to love regardless of what language and background we are.