Greek Cypriots

By Alexandra Fotaki

These days mark the anniversary of Turkey's Attilla II military operation, Ankara's second and decisive invasion of Cyprus in less than a month [when nearly 40 percent of the island's territory was occupied, leaving 200,000 Greek Cypriots refugees in their own homeland].

The words of my grandfather always linger in my mind.

Op-ed: Back to basics

Turkey Uncensored: The murders of the two Greek-Cypriots by the Turkish invaders

The real intention of Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration is to establish their complete rule on the island, Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar has said.

Speaking at a TV interview, two former hitmen of the Greek Cypriot terror organization EOKA have confessed to killing some 68 Turks and "throwing them into a pit" in the 1960s.

"We killed 10 Turks for each lost Greek Cypriot," Neoptolemos Leftis and Athos Petridis, who are in their 80s today, told the Omega TV on May 26.

A video clip shot by a Turkish Cypriot singer in an abandoned town on the divided island of Cyprus has triggered anger among some Greek Cypriots, sparking controversy.

Cooperation between Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is a long-desired policy, said the TRNC president on Oct. 23.

Speaking at an event in Turkey's southern Hatay province, Tatar said it is necessary to act together to protect TRNC's assets, the national identity of Turkish Cypriots, and national interests in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Maximalist and illegal claims by Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration which overlook the presence of Turkish Cypriots are behind the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said late on Oct. 19. 

The Greek Cypriot administration is responsible for rising tensions on the Eastern Mediterranean island, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Oct. 1. 

Turkey Uncensored: The murders of the two Greek-Cypriots by the Turkish invaders

He called on the Greek Cypriots to take back their properties