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REMAINS OF 13
ALAMINYO MARTYRS BURRIED WITH A MILITARY FUNERAL (13.07.2007)
Remains of 13
martyrs, who were massacred by Greek Cypriots in the village of
Alaminyo during the 1974 Peace Operation, laid to rest yesterday
with a military ceremony in Ortakoy Martyrdom in Lefkosa Cemetery.
13 Turkish
Cypriot martyrs who were taken from the Anthropology Laboratory by
Lefkosa Municipality’s funeral cars are the first missing persons
whose identities have been identified.
Speaking during
the funeral, who is the son of one of the martyrs, Kudret Ozersay
said that the relatives of the missing persons are still today
feeling the pain of the bitter experiences of the past although 33
years had passed. Ozersay reminded that for 33 years these martyrs
were deprived of their basic human right to be laid humanly.
“We raised a
fresh generation of conscious, highly alert and intelligent youthful
men and women in stead of those embracing blind enmity with the aim
of preventing the repetition of the bitter experiences of the past,
which went into the Turkish Cypriot history as shameful instances of
`inhumane deeds` he said.
President Mehmet
Ali Talat, Speaker of the Parliament Fatma Ekenoglu, Prime Minister
Ferdi Sabit Soyer, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs Turgay Avcı, Turkish Ambassador to Lefkosa Turkekul
Kurttekin, First President of the TRNC Rauf Denktas, Commander of
the Turkish Peace Forces in Cyprus Lieutenant General Hayri
Kivrikoglu, the Commander of the Cyprus Turkish Security Forces
Major General Mehmet Ersoz, ministers, MPs, representatives from
political parties, high ranking military officials, family members
and a large crowd of people attended the ceremony.
13 July 2007
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