Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Prime Minister Ünal Üstel strongly criticized Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides for describing the “Bloody Christmas” attacks carried out by the EOKA terrorist organization as an act of heroism, saying the events constituted an attempted campaign of ethnic cleansing against Turkish Cypriots.
Üstel said the violence that began on Dec. 21, 1963, targeting Turkish Cypriots, was not a struggle but a systematic terror campaign, adding that portraying the period as a heroic chapter in Cyprus’ modern history amounts to exploiting the blood of innoc
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