When the Turks bombarded Tellyria: August 7-9, 1964translated

Written by Sotiroula Vassiliou, Dr. History

August 7, 1964: Turkey carried out its first military intervention in Cyprus by indiscriminately bombing the area of Tellyria with napalm bombs. Dozens dead and hundreds injured, many of them civilians. It was preceded by the creation of a military bridgehead in the area of ​​Kokkino - Masoura. The political goal was to create a large canton, which would later be united with that of Nicosia - Kioneli to enforce the partition. The occupation by armed Turks of strategically important heights around the Red bridgehead caused a counterattack by the forces of the Republic to limit the bridgehead.

Addressing all heads of state, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III, telegraphed:

"I feel the obligation to inform Your Excellency that the Turkish Government has carried out unprovoked and indiscriminate attacks by military aircraft against villages and towns on the northern coast of Cyprus, resulting in the death and injury of hundreds of innocents persons, including many women and...