KACAUNIS SAYS 32 TURKISH CYPRIOTS WERE BURIED IN MASS GRAVE BY GREEK CYPRIOTS

Former History Professor and academician Ronaldos Kacaunis has confessed that 32 Turkish Cypriots have been killed and buried in a mass grave by Greek Cypriots. Former History Professor and academician Ronaldos Kacaunis has confessed that 32 Turkish Cypriots have been killed and buried in a mass grave by Greek Cypriots. In an interview with a Greek Cypriot newspaper, the Greek Cypriot professor said this was an organized crime against the Turkish Cypriots which was also known by the Greek Cypriot police. Pointing out that people involved in the killing have not yet been tried, Mr Kacaunis said this mass killing is included in the United Nations documents. He also noted that nationalist Greek Cypriot groups especially groups linked to Nikos Sampson had carried out heavy offenses against Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1974 and gave the Kucukkaymakli raid as an example to these offensives. The professor also reminded the mass killing of more than 100 civilians including women and children in Murataga, Atlilar and Sandallar villages. Meanwhile, the great resistance put up by the Turkish Cypriot people against the British Colonial Rule in Cyprus fifty one years ago and the martyrs who fell during this resistance are remembered with two separate ceremonies in Lefkosa. The first ceremony is held in front of the Martyrs’ Monument and the second ceremony at the Kucukkaymakli Cemetery. During the ceremonies, wreaths are laid, a minute’s silence is observed and shots are fired in tribute to those who fell during the resistance. Seven Turkish Cypriots died during the resistance put up by the Turkish Cypriot people against the British Colonial Rule in Cyprus in 1958.