Gaziveren Memorial
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Gaziveren Memorial |
This graveyard, which can be found on the outskirts of Lefke,
contains the bodies of Turkish Cypriots from the village of Gaziveren
and surrounding areas who were killed by Greek Cypriots in their quest
for Enosis.
Most of the graves date to 1964, when hundreds of EOKA activists
attacked Gaziveren, near Yesilyurt. The attackers were held off by the
residents, armed only with some hunting rifles, until threatened
intervention by Turkey forced a negotiated ceasefire.
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