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The bodies of Atlılar massacre victims were buried in Northern Cyprus 52 years later
A funeral ceremony was held in Northern Cyprus for 15 Turkish Cypriots whose identities were established after the Atlılar massacre. The remains, including those of a 40-day-old baby and a 16-month-old baby, were buried 52 years later.
Fifteen Turkish Cypriots who were killed in the Atlılar massacre in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and whose identities were established were buried 52 years later following a ceremony.
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, TRNC President Tufan Erhürman, TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, TRNC Republican Assembly Speaker Ziya Öztürkler and relatives of the martyrs attended the ceremony.
Funeral prayers held for 15 victims
Following a moment of silence and a ceremonial gun salute, the Turkish national anthem was played and the flags were raised. Gürsel Benan, president of the TRNC Martyrs' Families and Disabled Veterans Association, also addressed the ceremony.
Separate funeral prayers were held for each of the 15 identified victims after the speech. The remains of the 15 people, including a 40-day-old baby and a 16-month-old baby, were buried in a ceremony.
Following the ceremony, Cevdet Yılmaz, Tufan Erhürman and Ünal Üstel offered their condolences to the victims' relatives.
Those whose identities were established
Those buried were Tülay Süleyman, Hasan Süleyman, Kemal Süleyman, Okan Süleyman, Gürhan Ali Çerkez, Ayşe Hasan, Narin Hasan, Kıymet Hasan, Betül Arnavut, Mualla Ali Osman, Gülden Ali Osman, Özlem Ali Osman, Seldem Ali Osman, Fatma Tahir and Emine Tahir.
Among those identified, Tülay Süleyman was 28, Hasan Süleyman 10, Kemal Süleyman 6, Okan Süleyman 3, Gürhan Ali Çerkez 12, Ayşe Hasan 56, Narin Hasan 16, Kıymet Hasan 22, Betül Arnavut 16 months, Mualla Ali Osman 36, Gülden Ali Osman 4, Özlem Ali Osman 2, Seldem Ali Osman 40 days, Fatma Tahir 46 and Emine Tahir 22 years old.
The Atlılar massacre
Attacks and intimidation aimed at driving Turks from Cyprus began in 1955. Massacres were carried out on August 14, 1974, in the village of Atlılar and the neighboring villages of Muratağa and Sandallar.
In Atlılar, 37 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed and placed in a mass grave by Greek Cypriot EOKA militants, soldiers and police, despite having surrendered to leave for other Turkish villages.
The mass grave in Atlılar was discovered on August 20, 1974, during searches carried out in the area following the second phase of the Cyprus Peace Operation.
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