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[Viewpoint]

Greek propaganda organs resorted to all sorts of baseless propaganda
methods, in an attempt to discredit the Turkish nation and the Turkish
Cypriot people before the eyes of the world public opinion and to present
them to the world as a destructive race. They somehow forget to mention or
try to hide the fact that during the 1963-1974 period, the cultural and
historical heritage of the Turkish Cypriots was not only neglected, but was
also subjected to a systematic and deliberate destruction by Greek Cypriots
and their leadership, as part and parcel of their policy to eliminate
everything in the island which indicated Turkish existence.
Three methods were used in achieving this:

(1) The first method was to plunder or destroy all such heritage during
attacks launched against Turkish villages. The following is a list of
mosques which were destroyed in this way:

Omerie Mosque Korakou Mosque
Bayraktar Mosque Aredhio Mosque
Tahtakale Mosque Ay Marina Mosque
Araplar Mosque Linou Mosque
Dukkanlar Onu Mosque Vrolsha Mosque
Eliophodes Mosque Selemani Mosque
Kato Deftera Mosque Sellain T'Appi Mosque
Kato Lakadamia Mosque Arnadhi Mosque
Ayios Vasilios Mosque Ayios Theodoros Mosque
Omorphita Mosque Styllos Mosque
Skylloura Mosque Asha Mosque
Potamia Mosque Peristerona (Piyi) Mosque
Kokkina Mosque Lefkoniko Mosque
Pyroi Mosque Melanarga Mosque
Petra Mosque Monarga Mosque
Trakhoni Mosque Vitsadha Mosque
Neokhorio Mosque Aloda Mosque
Mathiati Mosque Perivolia tou Trikomou Mosque
Ayios Georgios Mosque Ephtakomi Mosque
Kataliondas Mosque Moniatis Mosque
Psomolophou Mosque Anoyira Mosque
Akaki Mosque Kilani Mosque
Morphou Mosque Kato Kividhes Mosque
Orunda Mosque Yerovasa Mosque
Peristerona Mosque Malia Mosque
Dhenia Mosque Silikou Mosque
Prastio Mosque Phalosu Mosque
Paphos Mosque Eledhiou Mosque
Mansoura Mosque Amergeti Mosque
Dhali Mosque Asproyia Mosque
Solea Mosque Pitargou Mosque
Aylenja Mosque Polis Mosque
Palekythro Mosque Khoulou Mosque
Ayios Sozomenos Mosque Kritou Terra Mosque
Ayios Epiphanios Mosque Loukrounu Mosque
Mamoundali Mosque Lemba Mosque
Kithasi Mosque Kato Paphos Mosque
Haci Mehmet Tekke Prastio (Kithasi) Mosque
Timi Mosque Turabi Mosque and Shrine
Ayios Epiktitos Mosque Sophtates Mosque
Trapeza Mosque Anophodia Mosque
Keumurju Mosque Anglisidhes Mosque
Vasilia Mosque Maroni Mosque
Dhiorios Mosque Kalavassos Mosque
Ayios Ermolaos Mosque Lefkara Mosque
Hz. Omer Shrine Mosque Pyrga Mosque
Kyrenia Mosque Ayia Anna Mosque
Umm Haram Mosque Acemzade Mescidi Mosque
Aplanda Mosque Zuhuri Mosque
Alethriko Mosque

(2) The second method was to knock down such historical monuments on the
pretext of constructing car parks, roads or public buildings. The Dukkanlar
Onu Mosque in Paphos and the Pertevpasa Mosque and the Yenicami Mosque in
Maras (Varosha) can be cited as examples of Turkish historical monuments
which were knocked down, partly or wholly, and converted into car parks.

(3) The third method was to abandon such historical monuments to the mercy
of antique dealers, or to the adverse effect of weather conditions.

Needless to say, during this period not a single penny was paid to the
Turkish Cypriots by the Greek Cypriot leadership from the aid they received
from UNESCO or other organizations for the preservation of the historical
and cultural heritage of Cyprus.

[Get Real!]

Greek propaganda organs resorted to all sorts of baseless propaganda
methods, in an attempt to discredit the Turkish nation and the Turkish.......

You've quoted someone else' s forum message that quotes no links/references whatsoever!

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... EZy_Z6TSQE

[Get Real!]

Well I’ll be damned! A Wiki article called “List of mosques in Cyprus”:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Cyprus

Apart from the fact that they all look in pristine condition let’s count them…

15 in the “north”

11 in the “south”

Hmm…

There are almost the same number of mosques in the free areas of Cyprus as there are in the ethnically cleansed, Islamo fascist, and illegally Turkish-occupied territory!

[bill cobbett]

You are so funny and very lazy VP.

You've gone straight to the manure that's been around on the net for over a decade...

... and just C & P' 'd it, word for word.

[repulsewarrior]

...without even a link.

[Get Real!]

You are so funny and very lazy VP.

You've gone straight to the manure that's been around on the net for over a decade...

... and just C & P' 'd it, word for word.

He's always been shameless...

[bill cobbett]

Yes, you really are shameless VP.

Here are two mosques, out of the first 4 on VP's list, that are still there and in pretty decent nick...

Omerie and Tahtakale Mosques...

[bill cobbett]

This really is such an informative thread.

We're being reminded of the shameless depths to which VP and Bordo will go to support "trnc" shite and we're also learning something new, about the large number of mosques that are still around in the Free Areas...

... and certainly BillC is learning how frigging blind he can be.

You see, he has been a frequent visitor to the village of Kivisili in the Free Areas just a dozen miles west of LCA. he has friends there.

Now, Kivisili used to be 100% turkish-speaking, nowadays none of its residents speak a word of turkish.

On all the occasions BillC has visited he has looked for the mosque and he has been visiting for close on 30 years, a mosque that just had to be there, but he couldn't find it, so BillC thought the worst and wondered how he would look Deniz in the eye if the subject ever came up.

You'll all appreciate you can't really go around a village full of refugees asking where the mosque is. Life when visiting CY just isn't that simple.

Now, just outside the friend's house there's a tiny playground for the kids with a park-bench and BillC would often sit on that bench for a fag or two in the open air and wonder what spin he would put on things, just what he would tell Deniz about the loss of the mosque?

Well, about an hour ago BillC found the photo below.

The frigging mosque was and is just 40 yards from the bench, in plain view, just across from the play-ground...!!! ...

... and that blind idiot BillC has stared at it dozens of times, whilst puffing away...!!!

... but it doesn't look like a stereotypical mosque...!!!

So, just for Deniz, here's the mosque at Kivisili... well looked after, after all, BillC has kept an eye on it for 30 frigging years...!!!

[repulsewarrior]

...thank-you bill, for your dogged behaviour, thank-you for being the better man; welcome back vp, where you been, you see how helpful you are at getting at the truth, without you bill would not have found the mosque, and all of us would not have learned about the truthfulness of this list. perhaps there is another more disgraceful list because it is true. do you deny that such alleged behaviour would not be found among your peers as Turks, anything Muslim or Christian as Cultural Heritage in Cyprus destroyed is just plain Ignorance, wouldn't you agree? but worse i think is the hatred that brews in making 'lists' that lie, a shame for all of us. i hope that we can all agree that whether there are hundreds of mosques now car parks or not, the behaviour of the Republic demonstrates a difference which is lacking in the north, respect and civility to a wider population, and that of Mankind itself.

[Viewpoint]

repulse just because you claim to have found a few restored mosques does not account for all the names listed, we to under economical embargoes have restored at lease one that I know of, does that excuse the desecration of the rest? You people only want to excuse your own actions of turning mosques into car parks and lay blame on someone else to excuse your own shit. You steal our recognition milk it for all its worth restore a few mosques and then have the nerve to blame us for not restoring churches instead of using the limited funds we have under the embargoes you force upon us to build roads and schools. Look at it from this angle if there is ever a solution we can restore the churches and build the knocked down mosques bringing them back to their former glory, deal?