How 1974 displacements worked out

[Groucho]

http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... asp?id=518

Pelathousa to Karaagac

"No one was displaced either during the tensions of the late 1950s or during the intercommunal strife of 1963-64. However, the village was an important Turkish Cypriot enclave from 1963 to 1975 and, as a result, became a reception center for Turkish Cypriots who fled Agios Isidoros(286), Prodromi/Karşıyaka(334) and Polis(332). It was one of the five Paphos villages that refused to surrender to Greek Cypriot forces in 1974. On 27 August 1975, the residents of Pelathousa were evacuated under UNFICYP escort and transferred to the island’s north, taking their guns with them. Many of them were resettled in Charkeia(216), a village in the Kyrenia district. It is important to note that the name of Charkeia(216) was change to Karaağaç in 1976. The total number of Pelathousa Turkish Cypriots who were displaced after 1974 was approximately 450 (450 in 1973 census)."

[dippersgirl]

Interesting!! Also interested in the list of References!!

[waddo]

Would that mean that the 450 who were moved (evacuated) under UNFICYP escort could actually claim refugee status as they did not want to go and were moved - presumably - against their will???

[Groucho]

Would that mean that the 450 who were moved (evacuated) under UNFICYP escort could actually claim refugee status as they did not want to go and were moved - presumably - against their will???

Oh no - apparently you can only be a refugee if you are GC....

Further reading...

http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... NG.WEB.pdf

http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... NG-WEB.pdf

[davidthomas]

Sounds interesting but I can't get the links to work.

[Groucho]

Sounds interesting but I can't get the links to work.

Hmm - not sure why, maybe the GC's don't like reading the content... even though it covers events from both perspectives....

Try starting here

http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... asp?id=301
or
http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net ... asp?id=647

I have some of the PDF files saved to my PC so I can send them to anyone who hasn't managed to open them with Adobe...

[davidthomas]

Thanks Groucho,
Those links work OK.

[Barney]

The inter-communal displacements started in Nicosia in 1958 as Denktash explains here:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1tUGnWqw2M

[Groucho]

I believe that displacements started on 26 May 1956

[Barney]

Some displacement occurred even before the 1950s but was less politically motivated than the pre-independence inter-communal violence. From an independent source, The Peace Research Institute Oslo.
http://file.prio.no/publication_files/C ... _5_ENG.pdf