Europe
Cyprus, Where Three Powers Aimed for their Influence
History From the Greek Cypriots point of view
In June 1958, the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was going to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue. In light of the new development the Turks rioted in Nicosia to promote the idea that Greek and Turk Cypriots could not live together and therefore any plan that did not include partition would not be viable, this is somewhat same to Muslim League’s Two Nation Theory that demanded the partition of India into a Muslim state Pakistan and secular state India.
This violence was soon followed by bombing, killing of Greek Cypriots and looting of Greek Cypriot-owned stores and houses by Turk Cypriots. Greek and Turkish Cypriots started to flee to other villages and town where they found majority and safety. On 7 June 1958, a bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus. Which gave Turkish Cypriots a reason to attack Greek Cypriots places and properties.
On June 26, 1984 the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, admitted on British channel ITV that the bomb was placed by the Turks themselves in order to create tension [Source: Arif Hasan Tahsin. “He Anodos Tou _Denktas Sten Koryphe”. January, 2001. ISBN 9963-7738-6-9]. On January 9, 1995 Rauf Denktaş repeated his claim to the famous Turkish newspaper Milliyet in Turkey. On 27 January 1958, riots by Turkish Cypriots forced the British soldiers to open fire against the Turkish crowd, and for the first time intervene against the atrocities.
During the conflict, Arif Tahsin, Turk Cypriot who had joined the colonial police, met Denktaş and asked: “For God sake give the order for the killings to stop”. Denktaş replied: “These killings are useful, with these our voices will be heard” [Source: Arif Hasan Tahsin. “He Anodos Tou _Denktas Sten Koryphe”. January, 2001. ISBN 9963-7738-6-9 page 51].
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