Tashkent martyrs commemorated

Tashkent martyrs had been commemorated with a ceremony held at the moment.

In his speech on the ceremony, President Tatar acknowledged that those that massacred civilians had been Greek police and troopers, and stated, “So as to not expertise such ache once more in Cyprus, we have to defend our purple strains that we cherish till the tip, in unity and solidarity.”

The ceremony held on the Tashkent Martyrs' Memorial was attended by President Ersin Tatar, President of the Republican Meeting Zorlu Töre, Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, President of the Supreme Court docket Bertan Özerdağ, Commander of the Turkish Cypriot Peace Forces Main Normal Sebahattin Kılınç, Commander of the Safety Forces Main Normal Osman Aytaç, Chairman of the Fundamental Opposition Republican Turkish Social gathering Tufan Erhürman, some ministers, deputies, representatives of establishments, associations, political events, army officers and households of martyrs.

The ceremony started with the laying of wreaths on the Tashkent Martyrs' Monument in accordance with protocol order. Then, a second of silence, a salute, the nationwide anthem and the flags had been raised.

President Ersin Tatar, Martyrs' Households and Disabled Veterans Affiliation President Gürsel Benan and Tashkent Martyrs' Households Affiliation President Erdinç Erdağlı made speeches on the ceremony.

The ceremony ended with a go to to the martyrs' cemetery.

-Tatar: “It was the Greek police and the Greek troopers who massacred our civilians”

In his speech on the ceremony, President Tatar emphasised that the households of the martyrs have been struggling an unabated ache for 50 years and wished persistence to the households.

Tatar stated, “The Turkish Cypriots suffered quite a bit and paid a heavy worth,” and famous that what occurred 50 years in the past was earlier than the eyes of the world and witnessed by the United Nations.

“Whereas we settle for that we should additionally display our will for a simply, everlasting and sustainable answer in Cyprus, it isn’t potential for us to neglect these,” Tatar stated, underlining that the Cyprus concern didn’t begin in 1974.

Tatar acknowledged that the institution of the Republic of Cyprus earlier than 1974 was seen as a stepping stone to Enosis, that 103 villages had been burned and destroyed, and that youngsters and ladies had been massacred.

President Tatar emphasised that the massacres that happened in Muratağa, Atlılar and Sandallar 24 days after the Peace Operation, and in Taşkent, Tatlısu and Terazi on August 15, 1974, as soon as once more confirmed the entire world how merciless the Greeks are.

Stating that those that gave the orders for the massacres had been these in accountable positions, Tatar stated, “It was the Greek Cypriot police and the Greek Cypriot troopers who massacred our civilian inhabitants.” President Tatar stated that these had been recorded in historical past as murders that weren’t tried, and famous that it was unforgivable for the Greek Cypriot Administration to stay detached on this means regardless of figuring out about it.

President Tatar, who stated, “We would like an settlement in Cyprus, however we’ll always remember what occurred,” acknowledged that for an settlement that can guarantee peace, tranquility and safety for the Turkish Cypriots, sovereignty, equality and the TRNC state should be part of the settlement. Tatar additionally emphasised that the historic and rightful guarantorship of the motherland Turkey and the presence of the Turkish army on the island as a deterrent power to forestall such genocides from taking place once more should proceed.

Pointing to the instance of Gaza, Tatar stated, “The entire world sees as soon as once more that when such a state of affairs happens, world states will solely stay spectators, at most they are going to condemn what is occurring however won’t be able to intervene.”

-“We should defend our purple strains in unity and solidarity till the tip”

Tatar stated, “So as to not expertise such ache once more in Cyprus, we have to defend our purple strains that we cherish till the tip, with out giving up or giving up, in unity and solidarity,” and emphasised that they’ve by no means forgotten the martyrs, will always remember them and won’t allow them to be forgotten.

-Benan: “We are going to by no means surrender on our land, our flag, or our motherland Turkey”

Gürsel Benan, President of the Martyrs' Households and Disabled Veterans Affiliation, acknowledged that at the moment is the fiftieth anniversary of “the crime towards humanity dedicated earlier than the eyes of the world and the Peace Drive.”

“We must always always remember the harmless individuals who had been compelled out of their properties, compelled emigrate and randomly massacred by the Greek-Greek duo who lived with the dream of enosis, and the honorable wrestle of our martyrs who sacrificed their lives in order that we may stay freely and in peace,” stated Benan, and recounted what occurred in Tashkent in 1974. Benan, who expressed that this nation was grateful to the “heroes who made our nation our homeland,” emphasised that what was achieved to the individuals who had been subjected to genocide shouldn’t be forgotten.

Benan, who acknowledged that the basic level of the wrestle was to guard the state, defined that with the 1974 Peace Operation, not solely the Turks but in addition the Greeks' lives, property and safety had been protected and that an environment of peace and tranquility had prevailed on the island of Cyprus for 50 years because of the presence of Turkish troopers who got here to the island.

Emphasizing that they are going to defend their homeland any longer as they’ve achieved till at the moment, Benan stated, “We are going to by no means surrender on our land, our flag, or our Motherland Turkey.”

Benan ended his speech by commemorating the Nice Chief Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms, Group Chief Dr. Fazıl Küçük, Founding President Rauf Raif Denktaş and the martyrs.

-Erdağlı: “On the one hand, we’re experiencing the enjoyment of gaining freedom, and alternatively, we’re experiencing the deep ache of shedding our closest ones”

Tashkent Martyrs' Households Affiliation Chairman Erdinç Erdağlı, in his speech, reminded that it was the fiftieth anniversary of each the martyrs of Tashkent being taken from the lives and the Peace Operation, and stated, “On the one hand, we’re experiencing the enjoyment of gaining freedom, and alternatively, we’re experiencing the deep ache of shedding our closest ones.”

Referring to the occasions in Tashkent on August 15, 1974, Erdağlı stated, “On August 15, 1974, at round 10:00 within the morning, the primary group of 45 folks had been placed on buses, and at round 14:00 within the afternoon, the second group of 37 folks had been placed on buses and brought away amidst the helpless gazes of their households. That was the final time we noticed them…”

Erdağlı acknowledged that they realized what occurred subsequent from a villager named Suat Kafadar, who was among the many first group of prisoners and survived, and that they believed that the folks within the first group had been executed close to Paramitya, a mountainous Greek village close to Limassol, and that the folks within the second group shared the identical destiny.

Noting that the Greek Cypriot administration didn’t take duty for the massacres, Erdağlı stated, “It’s unattainable to neglect these occasions, even when 50 years have handed. The truth that there was no bloodshed on this island for 50 years reveals that there’s an environment of peace. Every now and then, efforts to discover a answer to the Cyprus downside come to the agenda. I have no idea whether or not an answer will likely be potential or how will probably be discovered, however it’s out of the query for us to surrender the ambiance of peace and safety that we have now achieved since 1974 and our freedom, the value of which was paid by our martyrs.”

Erdağlı concluded his speech by commemorating the martyrs and veterans.

After the speeches, the Martyrs' Cemetery was visited.