Thirty-eight skeletons were found in the Diyarbakir prison in Turkey, according to politician MEP Eleni Theocharous. Asking the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for assistance in determining whether they belong to Greek Cypriot prisoners of war from the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Theoharous noted that the 38 skeletons had been executed with 9mm bullets to the head adding that based on DNA tests they have not been identified as belonging to Turkish or Kurdish prisoners.
The news itself is an incredible development that should be thoroughly investigated to determine whether or not it is true, because their families and loved ones are still waiting near the buffer zone after all these years to learn more about their fate.
Her request for assistance was accepted by the Committee and its Chairman Elmar Brok, instructed Ria Oomen-Ruijten, European Parliament's rapporteur on to meet with the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the EU to discuss and investigate the issue.
Once again Turkey will be asked to apologize for the crimes it committed and we bet that for yet another time Ankara will refuse to cooperate in verifying the identities of the unfortunate victims.
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