Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre
massacres of Turkish Cypriots by Greeks and Greek Cypriots
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre (Turkish: Muratağa, Sandallar ve Atlılar katliamı) was a massacre[1] of 126[2] Turkish Cypriots in the villages of Maratha (Muratağa), Santalaris (Sandallar) and Aloda (Atlılar) in Cyprus. It happened on 14-16 August 1974, done by Cyprus Greek. The massacre was committed by EOKA-B.[3]
89 (or 84[4]) Turkish Cypriots people were killed by Cypriot Greeks in Maratha and Santalaris. Another 37 Turkish Cypriot people were killed by Cypriot Greeks in Aloda.[5] Old people and children were also killed.[4] Only three people could escape from the massacre in Aloda.[1] A bulldozer buried people into mass graves. People from Maratha and Santalaris were buried in the same grave.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oberling, Pierre. The road to Bellapais: the Turkish Cypriot exodus to northern Cyprus (1982), Social Science Monographs, p. 185
- ↑ "Muratağa and Sandallar problem is being taken to the European Court of Human Rights" (in Turkish). BRT - Kıbrıs Postası. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ↑ Paul Sant Cassia, Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 9781845452285, p. 237.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CYPRUS: Ankara's Slow Nibble". Time. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ↑ Paul Sant Cassia, Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 9781845452285, p. 69.
