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Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre

Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre
Part of atrocities against Turkish Cypriots during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Dead bodies of Turkish Cypriot civilians at Sandallar (Santalaris).
Locations of massacres against Turkish Cypriots in 1974
LocationMaratha, Santalaris, Aloda in Cyprus
DateAugust 14, 1974 (1974-08-14)
TargetTurkish Cypriot civilians
WeaponsMachine guns, sharp tools
Deaths126
PerpetratorEOKA B
MotiveAnti-Turkish sentiment, Hellenization

Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre (Turkish: Muratağa, Sandallar ve Atlılar katliamı) refers to a massacre[1][2][3][4][5] of Turkish Cypriots by EOKA B; a Greek Cypriot paramilitary group.[4] On 14 August 1974,[6] after the start of Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the villages of Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda, 89 (or 84[7]) people from Maratha and Santalaris, and a further 37 people from the village of Aloda were killed.[1][8] In total, 126[9] people were killed.[6] The massacre occurred on the same day before the second Turkish invasion, concurring with other massacres.[10] [11] [12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ a b Oberling, Pierre. The road to Bellapais: the Turkish Cypriot exodus to northern Cyprus (1982), Social Science Monographs, p. 185
  2. ^ L'Événement du jeudi, Issues 543-547 (1995), S.A. L'Evénement du jeudi, p. 45 (in French)
  3. ^ Documents officiels, United Nations: "Only three of the inhabitants of Atlilar (Aloa) survived this massacre. For the defenceless inhabitants of the villages of Murataga (Maratha) and Sandallar (Sandallaris)..."
  4. ^ a b Paul Sant Cassia, Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84545-228-5, p. 237.
  5. ^ Gilles de Rapper, Pierre Sintès. Nommer et classer dans les Balkans (2008), French School of Athens, p.263: "le massacre des villages turcs de Tochni (entre Larnaka et Limassol), Maratha, Santalaris et Aloda"
  6. ^ a b "Muratağa and Sandallar problem is being taken to the European Court of Human Rights" (in Turkish). BRT - Kıbrıs Postası. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Paul Sant Cassia, Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84545-228-5, p. 69.
  9. ^ List of Turkish Cypriot missing persons Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus) Retrieved on July 18, 2011.
  10. ^ Oberling, Pierre (1989). The Cyprus Tragedy. K. Rustem & Brother. p. 27. ISBN 9963-565-18-2.
  11. ^ Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations. Jentleson, Bruce W., 1951-, Paterson, Thomas G., 1941-, Ριζόπουλος, Νικόλας Χ. New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. ISBN 0-19-511055-2. OCLC 34557986.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ Jaques, Tony. (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges : a guide to 8,500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-02799-4. OCLC 230808376.
  13. ^ Coufoudakis, Van (1982). "Cyprus and the European Convention on Human Rights: The Law and Politics of Cyprus v. Turkey, Applications 6780/74 and 6950/75". Human Rights Quarterly. 4 (4): 450–473. doi:10.2307/762205. ISSN 0275-0392. JSTOR 762205.
  14. ^ European Commission of Human Rights. Applications nos. 6780/74 and 6950/75, Cyprus against Turkey : report of the Commission. Council of Europe. OCLC 1084656036.
  15. ^ "Cyprus V Turkey Judgement" (PDF).

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مجازر ماراثا وسانتالاريس وألودا Arabic Muradağa, Sandallar və Atlılar qətliamı AZ Massacres de Maratha, Santalaris i Aloda Catalan Massaker von Maratha, Santalaris und Aloda German Σφαγή της Μαράθας, του Σανταλάρη και της Αλόας Greek Masacres de Maratha, Santalaris y Aloda Spanish Marátha, Santalárise ja Alóda veresaun ET Massacre de Marátha, de Santaláris et d'Alóda French Muratağa, Sandallar ve Atlılar genoțidi GAG Massacro di Maratha, Santalaris e Aloda Italian

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