President of Greek Cyprus Demetris Christofias: "This is an unacceptable, unholy, unethical and condemnable act that damages our tradition, our culture and our respect toward the dead." Why do Greek anti-Turkish hate mongers not blame on Turkey?

[rick murphy]

President of Greek Cyprus Demetris Christofias: "This is an
unacceptable, unholy, unethical and condemnable act that damages our
tradition, our culture and our respect toward the dead."

Why then do Greek anti-Turkish hate mongers not blame on Turks as they
always do???

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-195242-police-body-of-cyprus-president-stolen-from-grave.html

Police: Body of Cyprus president stolen from grave

11 December 2009, Friday
AP NICOSIA

Grave robbers stole the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos
Papadopoulos after digging up his coffin on the eve of the first
anniversary of the statesmen's death, police said Friday.

A light-gray substance was sprayed across the tombstone in a village
cemetery southwest of the capital, Nicosia, obscuring the name and
date of birth of the hardline former president of the internationally
recognized Greek Cypriot south of the island. Cyprus was split into a
Turkish-occupied north and a Greek Cypriot south in 1974.

Mounds of fresh earth could be seen at the grave site, which police
investigators cordoned off and searched. They did not discuss a
possible motive for the violation.

Saturday is the first anniversary of the death of Papadopoulos, who
was a central figure of Cypriot politics for decades, and who became
president in 2003. He died of lung cancer on Dec. 12, 2008 at 74.

Papadopoulos had famously urged Greek Cypriots to reject a
reunification plan brokered by then U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan,
which he vilified as entrenching the island's division rather than
ending it.

Three-quarters of Cypriots obliged him in an April 2004 referendum.
Two-thirds of Turkish Cypriots accepted the plan.

"It was with grief that I received the news of the sacrilege," said
President Demetris Christofias, who beat Papadopoulos in March 2008
elections. "This is an unacceptable, unholy, unethical and condemnable
act that damages our tradition, our culture and our respect toward the
dead."

Christofias called on Cypriots "to remain calm in the face of this
provocative act.

"I cannot think of any other words to describe this incident," he
said.

Investigators believe the body was taken either late Thursday night or
early Friday morning. Neighbors said there had been heavy rain and a
lightning storm during the night.

Papadopoulos' family issued a written statement saying that they were
grieved and angered by the "sacrilegious act of the tomb raiders."

The theft of the former president's remains "cannot in any way bury
the policy or erase the political will of Tassos Papadopoulos.
Wherever his body maybe, his voice will still be heard and will
continue to be heard during the difficult times of our national
issue," the family statement said.

A British-trained lawyer, Papadopoulos was a veteran of Cyprus
politics whose career spanned most of the island's turbulent history
since gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1960.

Turkey invaded the island in 1974 in response to a coup by supporters
of unification with Greece. Christofias, the current president, has
been holding reunification talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet
Ali Talat, but little clear progress has been made.

"What happened is macabre and utterly condemnable. I am honestly still
trying to comprehend what kind of warped minds could even think of
doing such a thing, let alone actually carry it out. This is a
perverse act that will sicken society in Cyprus," said the head of
Cyprus' ruling AKEL party, Andros Kyprianou.

"It is my hope that those responsible will be caught and made an
example of," he added.