As in previous years, Turkish propaganda has once again launched extensive “psychological operations” on social media, promoting their one-sided narrative about the so-called “Bloody Christmas” of 21 December 1963 and the subsequent Turkish Cypriot uprising.
A central element of the Turkish narrative is the story of the “bathtub massacre by Greek Cypriots” and the harrowing photograph of a mother murdered along with her three children.
What the Turks fail to mention, however, is that, according to some Turkish accounts (such as those of photojournalist and reporter Ahmed Baran and the Turkish Cypriot newspaper Afrika), the alleged killer may have been the father himself, Turkish military doctor Nihat İlhan. It is claimed that İlhan killed his family in a fit of rage and was later smuggled out by Turkish authorities.
As part of this narrative, a group of Turkish Cypriots living in London organised a protest outside the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus to highlight the “Bloody Christmas” events. Symbolically, they brought along a “bloody” bathtub.
Londra'da yaşayan bir grup Kıbrıs Türkü,61 yıl önce Rum-Yunan ikilisinin yaptığı KANLI NOEL KATLİAMI'nı protesto için Rum Büyükelçiliği önünde protesto eylemi düzenledi,şehitler için dualar okudu.Duayı okuyan kardeşimiz:
— Sabahattin İsmail (@sabahatinismail) December 21, 2024
"Allah Türkiye'yi ve devletimizi başımızdan eksik etmesin" pic.twitter.com/ZSdwSjV9Ly
Kıbrıs Türkleri; Londra’da Rum Büyükelçiliği önünde ‘kanlı küvetli’ eylem yaptı.
— Petrol Mühendisi Cemal ASLAN (@Die4Fenerbahce) December 21, 2024
24 Aralık 1963 gecesi, Lefkoşa’nın Kumsal bölgesinde Kıbrıs Türk Kuvvetleri Alayı’nda görevli olan Tabip Binbaşı Nihat İlhan’ın eşi ve çocukları EOKA'CILAR tarafından küvet içerisinde katledilmişti. pic.twitter.com/iA14pbXiHx
In a further symbolic gesture, Turkey has named three support vessels of TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) after the children—Mürüvvet, Kutsi, Murat, and Hakan—who were allegedly murdered on 24 December 1963.
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Source: Sigmalive
