Andreas Dimitriu explains the actions of EOKA terrorist group and their roles in the atrocities committed against the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus on 14 August 1974.
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Greek Cypriot Atrocities
SEFA KARAHASAN Lefkosa - Milliyet Newspaper 23 Nov 2004
Andreas Dimitriu explains the actions of EOKA terrorist group and
their roles in the atrocities committed against the Turkish Cypriots
in Cyprus on 14 August 1974. Mr Dimitriu admits that EOKA worked in
conjunction with the demands of the Greek Cypriot Government at the
time to murder 89 Turkish Cypriots at 'Taskent.'
Mr Dimitriu outlines the chilling atrocities committed by EOKA 30
years ago against 89 Turkish Cypriots at Taskent.
Mr Dimitriu explains how the murder of the Turkish Cypriots at Taskent
were carried out by Greek Cypriots that volunteered their services.
The actions of EOKA were carried out in conjunction with the Greek
Cypriot Government at the time. Mr Dimitriu's report was outlined
yesterday in the Greek Cypriot newspaper 'Alithia' in Southern
Cyprus.
Turkish Cypriot women were raped and the Turkish Cypriot males of the
village were supposedly rounded up as war prisoners, but were later
murdered by the EOKA group. Mr Dimitriu admits that he did not know
that the Turkish Cypriot males were going to be murdered.
The Turkish Cypriot women were raped as revenge.
67 year old veteran Mr Dimitriu was part of the EOKA B group
throughout the 1960's, but denies being involved in any confrontations
with the Turkish Cypriots at the time. Mr Dimitriu explains that in
Taskent the order was to round up all potential Turkish Cypriot males
that can cause resistance to ENOSIS. Mr Dimitriu was involved in
forcing the Turkish Cypriot males into a coffee shop as a meeting
point. Mr Dimitriu carried out this task along with Greek Cypriot
police and other volunteers. Turkish Cypriot males fearing for their
life were also rounded up in the local school, while the women hid in
several homes in the street.
Instead of taking the Turkish Cypriot males to Limassol, they were
taken in minibuses on behalf of the Greek Cypriot army. Mr Dimitriu
was puzzled and wondered where these Turkish Cypriot males had been
taken, and 2-3 months later had found out that all of the Turkish
Cypriot males in the minibuses were murdered, except for one. 'We were
merely following orders, and we were working in conjunction with the
Greek Cypriot Governments explains Mr Dimitriu. Mr Dimitriu re-
instates that he was not aware that the Turkish Cypriots on the bus
supposedly heading for Limassol were going to be brutally murdered.
President Denktas' response to Mr Dimitriu's statements: I want all of
Europe to hear the statements of EOKA Veteran Mr Dimitriu. These
shocking statements are bringing back the violent past, and it is
proof that the EOKA terrorists are not at peace with themselves. These
statements are a major step in the case of the Turkish Cypriots in
Cyprus. We demand a formal apology by the Greek Cypriot government for
the atrocities committed against the Turkish Cypriots between 1963-74.
The Turkish Cypriot males of Taskent, and Tatlisu were discovered
after the peace operation of the Turkish army in 1974. It was revealed
that on the 14th of August 1974, the EOKA terrorists and the Greek
Cypriot army rounded up the 89 Turkish Cypriot males between the ages
of 13-74, loaded them onto minibuses, and blatantly murdered them in
gunfire on the side of a deserted road. The bodies were buried into a
mass grave in the same area.
For pictures:
http://www.geocities.com/trnc1983/geno_index.html