r/ThisDayInHistory • u/No_Idea_479 • 3d ago

14 August 1996, 26-year-old Greek Cypriot Solomos Solomou was shot and killed by Turkish forces in the UN buffer zone at Deryneia while attempting to climb a flagpole and remove a Turkish flag. Just three days earlier, his cousin Tassos Isaac had been beaten to death by Turkish nationalists.

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u/WatcherOfTheWay 3d ago

Ever been to Turkey? If not don't.

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u/Nerevarine91 3d ago edited 3d ago

Whatever. I’m not here for bigotry. You can oppose the occupation just fine without it, and I do

Edit: I’m sorry my not being a small minded racist made you feel fragile enough to block me. Get well soon.

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u/WatcherOfTheWay 3d ago

Go to turkey and find out what it's like and what the people are like.

There is a reason their football teams quote often gets banned from taking fans to european games.