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UBP Deputy Ziya Öztürkler emphasised that July 20 was a turning level when the Turkish Cypriots gained their freedom. UBP Güzelyurt Deputy Dr. Ziya Öztürkler revealed the next message on the event of “July 20 Peace and Freedom Day”; “With the assaults, massacres, oppression and cruelty launched by Cypriot Hellenism, which has tried to destroy the lives and property of the Turkish Cypriots many occasions for the reason that mid-Fifties, in opposition to the Turkish Cypriots after 1963, our rights within the 1960 Republic had been tried to be eradicated inside 3 years. “The Turkish Cypriots had been pressured to stay in captivity on these lands for a few years, with their freedom restricted, with out safety of life and property. In opposition to this fascist mentality, which desires to remove worldwide regulation and the rights of the Turkish Cypriots stemming from the agreements by making a fait accompli in pursuit of an unimaginable dream of becoming a member of the island to Greece, our individuals have proven robust resistance with the help of Motherland Turkey and have waged an honorable battle for existence. We’ve got an honorable historical past the place heroic and self-sacrificing epics such because the Superb Baf Resistance and the Erenköy Resistance, that are hardly ever seen within the battle for existence of the Turkish Cypriot Folks, have been written. The painful recollections of our individuals who had been massacred within the Muratağa, Atlılar, Sandallar, Geçitkale and Boğaziçi massacres within the Turkish Cypriot battle for freedom are nonetheless in our minds. Hundreds of our individuals had been pressured emigrate from their houses and had been condemned to stay in ghettos for years. In these lands, for the sake of future generations residing freely and safely, our kids who grew to become Mujahideen on the age of 16 within the prime of their lives, our youth who left their larger training and ran to defend the homeland, our ladies who served on the entrance and our Mehmetçik (Turkish troopers) united in a single coronary heart and put up an honorable battle for existence. It was not simple to return to nowadays. With the coup try launched by the EOKA terrorist group on the island on July 15, 1974, peace in Cyprus was disrupted once more and a de facto scenario that after once more threatened the life and property safety of the Turkish Cypriots emerged. Within the face of this case, the Republic of Turkey, with its rights arising from worldwide agreements, carried out the Cyprus Peace Operation on July 20, 1974 to cease the bloodshed on the island, to determine peace and to guard the life and property safety of the Turkish Cypriots. Our resilient individuals have made nice sacrifices in coming to nowadays from these tough circumstances, within the victory of our battle for existence and within the protection of our nationwide trigger. Probably the most sacred responsibility that falls upon us is to hold our nation to a greater level than yesterday, to a extra lovely tomorrow, in a fashion befitting this honorable battle. Because of the decided stance of the Motherland Republic of Turkey, which has all the time been by our facet with its materials and ethical help within the darkest days and most hopeless moments, there was peace on the island of Cyprus for half a century. The Turkish Cypriots, an inseparable a part of the Turkish nation, gained their freedom on July 20, and the bloodshed on the island stopped. July 20 is a turning level when the Turkish Cypriots gained their freedom. I respectfully and mercifully commemorate as soon as once more all our martyrs, particularly the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey on the time, Bülent Ecevit, Deputy Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, our leaders Dr. Küçük and Rauf R. Denktaş, who made nice efforts within the freedom of the Turkish Cypriots, and I want our veterans well-being. With these emotions and ideas, I sincerely congratulate all our individuals on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberty of the Turkish Cypriots.
