Martyrs of Malya and Baf commemorated with ceremonies

The ceremony for Malya Martyrs took place at the Malya Martyrs Monument in Aydınköy, while those who fell as martyrs in the Baf Resistance were remembered in ceremonies at the Baf Martyrs Monument in Güzelyurt on the 60th anniversary of the resistance.

In his speech at the ceremony held at the Baf Martyrs Monument, President Ersin Tatar expressed that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) owed its existence as an independent Turkish state in the Eastern Mediterranean and the ability to live in freedom and security to the martyrs and their noble struggle.

Tatar stated that the government of Makarios, encouraged by the United Nations’ decision on March 4, 1964, which recognized the Greek Cypriots as the sole representatives of Cyprus, initiated attacks against Turkish Cypriots in Baf. He emphasized that the resistance in Baf against these attacks became part of the glorious struggle of the Turkish Cypriots.

In the ceremony at the Malya Martyrs Monument in Aydınköy, drawing attention to the ongoing struggle in Cyprus, President Tatar said that it was not possible to accept a mentality that would assimilate the Turkish Cypriot people into the so-called Republic of Cyprus for a settlement, eliminate the TRNC, and sever ties with Türkiye, which would lead to returning to the sorrowful days of the past.