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[insan]

STUDIES UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY GRAVES OF MISSING PERSONS
FIRST DIGGING STARTED

Following studies carried out by the Autonomous Missing Persons Committee in order to identify the graves of the missing persons in Cyprus, the first digging was carried out in the Domuzcular Burnu in the Kizilbas region, where the Turkish Cypriot side predicted one of the three graves would be.

Studies to identify the graves are being carried out in the region by a team of experts from the 'Inforce' forensic group based in the U.K. Rustem Tatar from the Autonomous Missing Persons Committee pointing out that studies being carried out were a start in the exhumation process, said this first digging (Kizilbas) was one of the three graves shown by the Turkish Cypriot side to the Greek Cypriot side in 1998 and in exchange for this information the Greek Cypriot side showed the Turkish Cypriot side the location of 18 Turkish Cypriot graves in the South and four in the North.

Tatar said this study was not to "exhume graves" but "to identify whether or not there was a grave". He said if the graves were found, the Committee would temporarily stop its studies and meet with experts to agree on how to continue their studies and after an agreement has been reached the graves will be exhumed and the bones taken to a laboratory agreed on by the two sides for DNA testing.

Meanwhile, speaking before the TRNC Council of Ministers meeting yesterday (5 January), Prime Minister Talat said the ongoing studies were aimed at identifying the graves of the missing persons in Cyprus, they had not yet reached the exhumation process and these trial diggings would still continue.

Prime Minister Talat said the team of experts from the U.K's 'Inforce' forensic group were authorized for this purpose and according to information received no remains had yet been discovered.

[boulio]

i wonder what will turkey do with all the cypriots loaded on the boats and taken to anatolia?will they be identified.

[insan]

It seems nothing will be satisfactory to you...

[boulio]

why you think turkey does not have a responsibility to identify them?

[brother]

All responsible will be held accountable, including the EOKA boys, so in the future we might even have the hague question your terrorist leader tassos.