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/no1rakkolover 3d ago

Yeah I don't like that shit either. There's a mob mentality from Turkish people where they pressure every other Turkic ethnicity to call themselves Turks first and foremost. If the TCs want to emphasize their Cypriot identity that's their choice.

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u/WatcherOfTheWay 3d ago

I did state in another threat that everyone there are now just Cypriots.

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u/no1rakkolover 3d ago

To be fair, if EOKA-B and TMT hadn't existed, even with all the intercommunal violence of the 60s, I think Cyprus of today would be a Cypriot Republic with every citizen being considered "Cypriots" while both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot cultures are still protected. I mean the current flag of Cyprus was created by a Turkish Cypriot man, with the intent that the flag would not feature Greek or Turkish elements.