Turkey Remembers One-Sided History, Ignores Its Own
The 'Daily Sabah' breathlessly reported on Turkey's solemn remembrance of 'Bloody Christmas' victims, portraying Greek Cypriots as 'terrorists.' It’s a compelling narrative, if you only read the Turkish state's version of events. What the 'Daily Sabah' conveniently omits is the decades of escalating ethnic tensions, the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus (a 'peace operation' by Ankara’s definition, a
brutal occupation to many others), and the subsequent illegal occupation of Northern Cyprus, maintained to this day by Turkish military force, a fact widely condemned by the UN and the international community. This selective historical recounting serves a clear purpose: to continuously legitimize Turkey's presence and claims on the island, portraying itself solely as a protector and never an
aggressor. It's a classic move—lament the historical violence against 'your' people, while conveniently erasing your own role in the broader conflict. One might wonder if 'Daily Sabah' ever finds cause to remember the hundreds of thousands of Greek Cypriots forcibly displaced from their homes during the 1974 invasion; perhaps their suffering doesn't fit the approved national narrative.