Based on this information, write a new short title in English: President Ersin Tatar: Muratağa, Sandals and Horsemen Massacre is one of the greatest war crimes of the 20th Century

President Ersin Tatar stated that the massacres in Muratağa, Sandallar and Atlılar are among the greatest war crimes of the 20th century.

Tatar published a message for the second phase of the Happy Peace Operation and the anniversary of the Muratağa, Sandallar and Atlılar Massacre.

In his message, President Tatar said, “20. On the anniversary of the Muratağa, Sandallar and Atlılar Massacre, one of the greatest war crimes of the century, we commemorate our innocent people who were murdered by the fascist EOKA terrorist organization with great pain, mercy and longing.”

Noting that the Turkish Cypriot people were condemned to live in ghettos corresponding to 3 percent of the country’s territory, after the Republic of Cyprus, of which they are equal founding partners, was transformed into a purely Greek state by force of arms, disregarding the sovereignty rights of the Turkish Cypriots arising from international agreements, Tatar said, “The Turkish Cypriot People, He managed to claim his freedom and identity for 11 years and looked forward to the intervention of the Turkish military on the island.”

Pointing out that the motherland Turkey carried out the second phase of the Happy Peace Operation, launched on the morning of July 20, 1974, on the morning of July 20, 1974, by using its right of guarantor stemming from international agreements, Tatar said, “The long-lasting captivity of the Turkish Cypriots has ended, and our people have reached freedom by redrawing the borders in Cyprus. . As the late Bülent Ecevit, the Turkish Prime Minister of the time, aka Karaoğlan, stated on 20 July, the Peace Operation brought peace and tranquility not only to the Turks on the island, but also to the Greeks.”

Ersin Tatar, who noted that during the Peace Operation that ended the captivity of the Turkish Cypriot People, the Fascist EOKA terrorist organization massacred hundreds of innocent, unarmed Turkish Cypriots, said: the murder of people by the Fascist terrorist organization EOKA; It is one of the most striking war crimes of the 20th century, along with the Srebrenica Massacre. This massacre has shown the whole world in all its simplicity that the existence of the Motherland Turkey will never be the subject of discussion in terms of the guarantee and security of the Turkish Cypriots.”

President Tatar continued:

“Painful experiences always remind us that it is necessary to accept our sovereign equality and equal international status in order to proceed to formal negotiations.
The new policy we pursue in full harmony with the authorities of the Republic of Turkey; It is the most realistic approach for the benefit of Cyprus and the region, emphasizing that the ground that has proven to be unsuccessful and exhausted is not valid for the Turkish Cypriot side, and we cannot take a step back from this policy.

I find it beneficial to repeat the proposal that we underlined and emphasized at the beginning of June… On this bitter anniversary, the agreement to start the excavation of the Atlılar mass grave, which has been held for years and was provided last January, started with a delay and the first excavation to find our casualties was struck on August 9, 2023.

It is a conscientious responsibility as well as a humanitarian one to immediately conclude the work initiated to find 37 known remains.
The conclusion of these studies will also accelerate the work of the Missing Persons Committee, which fulfills a great task regarding the disappearances, which is the most humanitarian aspect of the Cyprus problem.

With these feelings and thoughts, I commemorate all our martyrs who fell to the ground during the years of social existence with mercy and gratitude, and I express my gratitude to all our veterans.