According to Yeniduzen, it was told that three Turkish Cypriots whose remains were found in a well during the excavation initiated by the Disappearances Committee in Trulli were abducted during 1963-64 to be used in a prisoner exchange.
A Greek Cypriot reader who called us regarding the issue said that he wanted to share the following information:
- As far as I know, the three “missing” Turkish Cypriots whose remains were found in a well in Trulli were abducted from Larnaca to be used in a prisoner exchange.
- Before these Turkish Cypriots were abducted, some Greek Cypriots were captured in the area of Paphos Gate in Nicosia and held on the Turkish side of Nicosia.
- The three Turkish Cypriots who were abducted from Larnaca in order to exchange with these Greek Cypriots were kept alive for a while as far as I know, then whatever happened, this exchange did not happen and the three Turkish Cypriots were killed and thrown into the well in Trulli.
- Various rumors available in Trulli, maybe they are rumors to push this event back and make them forget, I don’t know that much. What I know for sure is that 3 Turkish Cypriots were kidnapped and killed in Trulli.
- As far as I know, a Greek Cypriot witness showed the area where the said well is located years ago to the officials of the Committee of Disappearances.
- What happened to one of the Greek Cypriots who took part in the abduction of three Turkish Cypriots in 1963-64 is also interesting. A close relative of the Greek Cypriot in question was similarly abducted in 1974, this time by some Turkish Cypriots, and “disappeared”.
We would like to thank this Greek Cypriot reader for the information he shared with us. Despite various narratives, the most definitive information regarding the identity of the three Turkish Cypriots whose remains were found in the well in Trulli will only be revealed after the DNA tests to be made by the Disappearances Committee.
TRULLI EXCAVATION WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY.
We also learned that the Trulli excavation will continue on Monday. Archaeologist Gülseren Baranhan, the Excavations Coordinator of the Cypriot Turkish Member Office of the Council of the Missing, gave the following information upon one of our questions:
“Trulli excavation will not continue over the weekend, all the excavated soil was checked on Friday, excavation will continue by opening a ramp to the well on Monday.”
LATEST SITUATION IN EXCAVATIONS.
Archaeologist Erge Yurtdaş, Deputy Excavations Coordinator of the Turkish Cypriot Member Office of the Disappearances Committee, gave us the following information about the latest situation in the excavations:
Kömürcü: Studies started in line with the knowledge that a group of Greek Cypriots lost in 1963 may have been buried in one of the wells near the stream bed are still continuing.
Petra tu Digeni/ Yeniceköy: 1974 loss 2-8 human remains were found scattered in the excavations initiated with the knowledge that Greek Cypriots were buried in the plain, around the olive tree. The works are still continuing at full speed.
Kondea/Türkmenköy: Excavations started in line with the knowledge that a Greek Cypriot lost in 1974 was buried in a military ditch, west of the Türkmenköy-Dörtyol road.
Ayios Amvrosios/Esentepe/Ayguruş: Human bones were found in a scattered manner as the burial place was destroyed during the excavations initiated after a sensitive citizen found human bones in the area and informed the committee. The excavation works, which continue in a manual way, continue despite the high temperatures in the region.
Templos/Zeytinlik/Temroz: Excavations, which were initiated in line with the knowledge that a group of Greek Cypriot soldiers, lost in 1974, might have been buried in a position by the stream, continue to expand.
Templos/Zeytinlik/Temroz: Excavations, which were started with the suspicion that a group of Greek Cypriots lost in 1974 were buried around carob trees, are continuing with an extended expansion.
Paralimni: Excavations started on the knowledge that a Turkish Cypriot lost in 1963 might have been thrown into a well, and ended with no remains being found.
Trulli: Loss of 1963-1964 human bones were found in the excavations started on the knowledge that 3 Turkish Cypriots might have been thrown into the well. The works continue at full speed.
Tirmen: 4 excavations were initiated upon the knowledge that Greek Cypriots were buried in a well in a field close to the Greek Cypriot cemetery of Tirmen village.
Studies were carried out to determine the location of the well and the well was dug. No remains were found.
We also say to all our archaeologists, chiromancers and other employees in the excavation teams, “It’s very easy”.