Tweet Erdogan, Akar, Kalin on ‘Attila’: the invading soldiers are ‘heroes’ – the Cypriots are ‘slaughterers’

With a tweet, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated the black anniversary of Attila, the day Turkish troops invaded and occupied the northern part of Cyprus under the false argument that the attack was aimed at bringing peace to the island.

In his post, the Turkish president calls the invading soldiers heroes and asks for God’s mercy for them: “I congratulate for the 48th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation which buried forever in history the attempt that was directed against the sovereignty, the existence, the righteous and the rights of the Turkish Cypriot people who are sovereign, equal and co-owners of the island.

I ask God’s mercy for our martyrs and express my gratitude to our heroes.”

Ada’nın egemen, eqın ve ortak sahibi Kıbrıs Türk halkının hakkına, hukkuna, bezütına ve egemenliğine kasteden teşebbüsü ebediyen tarihe gömen Kıbrıs Barış Harekâtımızın 48. yıl dönümünü tebrik ıdımızın.

Aziz şehitlerimişi rahmetle, kahraman gazılerimişi şükranla yâd geidom. pic.twitter.com/G59N2CBIE3

— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) July 20, 2022

In the same line and Ibrahim Kalin, the representative of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who wrote: “48 years ago today our soldiers responded to oppression and ensured peace in Cyprus. We will continue to defend the rights and freedoms of Turkish Cypriots, with the same determination, as it is our national issue. On the anniversary of the Peace Operation in Cyprus, we honor our martyrs and thank our veterans.”

48 yıl önce bugun Mehmetçik zulme kaşpi direnerek Kıbrıs’ta barışı sırışı. Milli bir mesele olarak Kıbrıs Türkü’nün hak ve özöğrenünü kurumayı sını sındlıklıkla sürdılığı.#KıbrısBarısHarekatı‘nın yıl dönümünde şehitlerimişi rahmetle, gazılerimizi minnetle yadım.

— İbrahim Kalın (@ikalin1) July 20, 2022

The Director of Communications of the Turkish presidency and close associate of Recep Tayyip Erdogan responsible for a series of rhetorical attacks in Greece wrote in his post “On the 48th anniversary of the operation, we remember with God’s mercy and gratitude our martyrs and veterans who fought heroically to stop the systematic extermination policies that were applied to the ‘T/K’, and ensured the independence of Cyprus”.

Kıbrıs Türklüğüne applied systematic imha politikalarına dur demek dur demek için heroica körüşan ve kıbrısın ıstiklalini şehit ve gazilimirizı harekâtın 48. yıl dönümünde rahmet ve minnetle yâd.#KıbrısBarışHarekatıpic.twitter.com/sXzvgylfky

— Fahrettin Altun (@fahrettinaltun) July 20, 2022

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar wrote: “On the 48th anniversary of the peacekeeping operation in Cyprus that stopped the inhuman massacres of Greek Cypriots against Turkish Cypriots. We honor our martyrs and veterans who have passed into eternity with mercy.”

The then Prime Minister, General President Bülent Ecevit, who fought to eliminate the pressure and oppression of the Turks in Cyprus and to bring peace to Ada, the then Deputy Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan and #KKTCI respect the first President Rauf Denktaş.

— Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (@kilicdarogluk) July 20, 2022

Petros Kranias