1964 Famagusta incident

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1964 Famagusta incident
Date11 May 1964
Location
Famagusta in Cyprus
Result Massacres of Turkish Cypriots occurred in island
Belligerents

Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots
Casualties and losses
2 Greek Cypriot officers and a policeman killed [1] 28 Turkish Cypriot civilians at total killed in following massacres [2] [1]

The 1964 Famagusta incident [3] [4] was an ethnic clash which occurred in Famagusta, Cyprus in May of 1964 between the Greek Cypriot Militia and Turkish Cypriots. [5]

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Incidents

11 May

On May 11, 1964, in Famagusta, 2 Greek Cypriot officers and a policeman were killed by Turkish Cypriot separatists. [5] One of the victims were Kostakis Pandelidis, son of the Nicosia Police Chief. [6] [7]

12 May

Following the murder, Greek Cypriot security forces who were ordered to "Kill 10 Turks for each slain Greek" [5] [7] entered the town to investigate the murder. [4] 17 Turks that weren't related to the murder were abducted the same day, and was executed by a firing squad in Famagusta. [7] [6] [5] [4] [3]

13 May

A massacre of Turks in British bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia occurred 2 days after the murder. 11 Turks working in the area were killed. Their remains were found in 2006. [3] [5] Perpetrators of the massacres were identified as Greek Cypriot police and colleagues of the victims. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 sabah, daily (August 8, 2018). "'Kill 10 Turks for each slain Greek,' Greek Cypriot forces told amid pre-division violence". Daily Sabah.
  2. ↑ Zeki, Ahmet. "Kıbrıs Türk Kültür Derneği". kibristkd.org.tr.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rumlardan 44 yıl sonra gelen 'Kıbrıs' itirafı". Fikriyat Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  4. 1 2 3 Bulunç, Ahmet Zeki. "Kıbrıs Türk Kültür Derneği". kibristkd.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 sabah, daily (2018-08-08). "'Kill 10 Turks for each slain Greek,' Greek Cypriot forces told amid pre-division violence". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  6. 1 2 3 "KIBRIS'TA HİÇ BİR TÜRK SAĞ BIRAKILMAYACAKTI (VİDEO) RUM ASKERLERİN İTİRAFI". KIBRIS MEDYATOR (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  7. 1 2 3 "Kıbrıs Rum kesiminde yayın yapan Politis gazetesi: 'Öldürülen her bir Yunan'a karşı 10 Türk öldürün' emri almışlardı". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-05.

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