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[erolz]

Quote: Stop the War Coalition-Cyprus

OUR COMMON PAIN UNITES US

Greek and Turkish Cypriots together, let us make war and barbarism history.

The crimes and atrocities committed in Cyprus by each side against the innocent victims of the other side are “common knowledge” which everyone knows but prefer to ignore. The official side of each community has its own slogan “We don’t forget” and chooses to remind everyone only the crimes committed by the ‘opponent’ side while ‘forgetting’ the crimes committed by its own side.

For years the nationalists of both communities try to use the human suffering and tragedy inflicted upon thousands of Greek and Turkish Cypriots in order to nourish the feelings of hatred and division.

Thousands of Greek and Turkish Cypriots were divided by an abyss filled with pain and blood as a result of foreign interventions, wars and nationalism. The pain and tragedy, however, is common. There is no difference between the broken heart of a Turkish mother and that of a Greek mother. We should make our common pain the foundation for peace and fraternization in place of hatred and division. Together we can make war and barbarism history.

Working towards this direction, Stop the War Coalition-Cy, organises a screening of two documentaries which reveal some of the crimes committed against the ordinary people of both communities.
This way we wish to show that ordinary people of each side acknowledge and apologise for the crimes committed by their ruling class against the other community. We want this event to act as an antidote against the poison of hatred and chauvinism instilled in the new generation.

This event is dedicated to Ozger Ozgur, the Turkish Cypriot fighter for peace and democracy in Cyprus, who died recently.

4th of February, Saturday from 6:30 - 9:30pm
Arabahmet Cultural Centre

Á) «Harita Mandoles stands next to me» by Chr. Shopaha (CYBC production 1980, duration 60`). Greek dialogue with Turkish subtitles.
Harita Mandoles from Kyrenia (‘Exi Mili’) narrates her tragic personal story during the Turkish invasion in 1974. She gives her testimony of how the Turkish soldiers rounded up and murdered in front of her eyes her husband, her father (age 85) her uncle (age 70), her cousin and her two brother-in-laws.

Â) «Voice of Blood 2: Searching for Selten» by Antonis Angastiniotis (2005, duration 45`). Greek dialogue with Turkish subtitles and Turkish dialogue with Greek subtiltles.
The documentary is an account of survivors of the mass killings of Turkish Cypriots by Greek Cypriot nationalists and the mass graves in the villages of Aloa, Maratha, Sandalari and Taskent in August 1974.
Subtitling for both documentaries by the Media Centre of Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU).
Sponsored by Nicosia Turkish Municipality

Information: Phaedon Vassiliades 99625620 / Antonia Lyra 99595305 / Nevzat Hami 05338603999 / Munur Rahvancioglu 05338622282
“Stop the War Coalition-Cy” (StWC-Cy) is a bi-communal platform of Greek and Turkish Cypriot organisations and activists which organised significant activities against war and nationalism. The following groups from StWC-Cy took the initiative for the event: Workers Democracy, Confederation of Ecologic & Environmental Organizations, BARAKA Cultural Centre, YKP Youth, Magazine CiRKEF.

[erolz]

PS

I am given to understand that this is somewhat 'historic' event, as it will be the first time a documentary about Turkish atrocities in Cyprus will be screened in the North

[boomerang]

Erol any chance these documentaries will be available on DVD?

[brother]

I really want to see it.