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Saturday, May 5, 2007

Museum of Barbarism - Barbarlık Müzesi

2 Mayıs 2007 günü cansız bedenleri banyo küvetinin içinde yatan anne ve çocuklarının fotografıyla hatırımda olan evi görme şansı buldum. Ne diyebilirim ki yüreğimi sızlatan bir tur oldu benim için. Burada anı defterlerinde gözlemlediğim şey; çoğu yabancının Kıbrıs'ın kuzeyine geçene kadar Türk askerini işgalci, yapılan kurtarma çıkarmasını da işgal olarak görmeleri.Dediğim gibi... sadece bu kısma keçene kadar. Müzelerde herşey yansız olarak sergileniyor, bundan dolayı da yaşananları irdeleme şansları oluyor. İngilizce metinden sonra Türkçe olarak devam ediyoruz ;)

The date is 24 December, 1963... The onslaught of the Greeks against the Turks, which started three days ago, has been going on with all its ferocity; and defenceless women, old men and children are being brutally killed by Greeks. And Kumsal Area of Lefkosa becomes the scene of a cold blooded mass murder. The wife and the three infant children of Dr. Nihat Ilhan, a Major on duty at the camp of the Cyprus Turkish Army Contingent, are mercilessly and dastardly shot dead while hiding in the bathrooms of their house, by maddened Greeks who broke into their house. This incident is a glaring example of Greek barbarism. Mr. Hasan Yusuf Gudum, an eye witness, who himself was wounded during the same terrible event, relates the sad incident as follows : "On the night of the 24th of December, 1963 my wife Feride Hasan and I were paying a visit to the family of Major Dr. Nihat ilhan. Our neighbours Mrs. Ayshe of Mora, her daughter lshin and Mrs. Ayshe's sister Novber were also with us. We were all having supper. All of a sudden bullets from the Pedieos River direction started to riddle the house, sounding like heavy rain. Thinking that the dining-room where we were sitting was dangerous, we ran to the bathroom and toilet which we thought would be safer. Altogether we were nine persons. We all hid in the bathroom except my wife who took refuge in the toilet. We waited in fear. Mrs. ilhan the wife of Major Doctor, was standing in the bath with her three children Murat, Kutsi and Hakan in her arms. Suddenly with a great noise we heard the front door open. Greeks had come in and were combing, every corner of the house with their machine gun bullets. During these moments I heard a voice saying, in Greek "You want Taksim eh!" and then bullets started flying in the bathroom. Mrs. ilhan and her three children fell into the bath. They were shot. At this moment the Greeks, who broke into the bathroom, emptied their guns on us again. I heard one of the Major's children moan, then I fainted. I remained unconscious for 2 or 3 hours, and later, I saw Mrs. Ilhan and her three children lying dead in the bath. I and the rest of the neighbours in the bathroom were all seriously wounded. But what had happened to my wife? Then I remembered and immediately ran to the toilet, where, in the doorway, I saw her body. She was brutally murdered. In the street amist the sound of shots I heard voices crying "Help, help. Is there no one to save us?" I became terrified. I thought that if the Greeks came again and found that I was not dead they would kill me. So I ran to the bedroom and hid myself under the double-bed. An hour passed by. In the distance I could still hear shots. My mouth was dry, so I came out from under the bed and drank some water. Then I put some sweets in my pocket and went back to the bathroom, which was exactly as I had left it an hour ago. There I offered sweets to Mrs. Ayshe her daughter and Mrs. Novber who were all wounded. We waited in the bathroom until 5 o'clock in the morning. I thought morning would never come. We were all wounded and needed to be taken to hospital. Finally, as we could walk, Mrs. Novber and 1, went out into the street hoping to find help and walked as far as Koshklu Chiftlik. There, we met some people who took us to hospital where we were operated on. When I regained consciousness I said that there were more wounded in the house and they went and brought Mrs. Ayshe and her daughter. After staying three days in the hospital I was sent by plane to Ankara for further treatment. There I have had four months treatment but still I cannot use my arm. On my return to Cyprus, Greeks arrested me at the Airport. All related to you above, I told the Greeks during my detention. They then released me. - - "

21 Aralık 1963 tarihinde Rumların Türklere karşı Kıbrıs adasının her tarafında başlattıkları saldırılarda çok sayıda savunmasız insan, kadın ve çocuk vahşice katledilmiştir (bknz : KANLI NOEL ) . Bu katliamların en dehşet verici olanı, 24 Aralık 1963 gecesi Kumsal Mahallesi 2,Mürüvvet İlhan Sokak'daki evde yaşandı. Bu evde Kıbrıs Türk Kuvvetleri Alayı doktoru Binbaşı Dr. Nihat İlhan'ın ailesi ikamet etmekteydi.O gece Dr. N.İlhan görevde olduğundan evde eşi bayan Mürüvvet İlhan, çocukları Murat, Kutsi ve Hakan, ev sahibi Hasan Yusuf Gudum, eşi Feride Hasan Gudum, mahalle sakinlerinden Moralı Ayşe Cankan, kızı Işıl Cankan ve Növber İbrahimoğlu bulunmaktaydı. Gece olunca evin, Rum EOKA 'cıları tarafından Kanlı Dere yönünden kurşun yağmuruna tutulmasıyla birlikte bayan İlhan ile üç çocuğu banyonun küvetine, diğerleri küvetin çevresine ve Feride Hasan Gudum ise banyonun yanındaki tuvalete sığınmak zorunda kalmışlardı. Evi kurşun yağmuruna tutan caniler, bir süre sonra sokak kapısını kırarak eve girmiş ve banyoyu makineli tüfekleriyle tarayarak, küvete sığınan bayan Mürüvvet İlhan'ı üç çocuğuyla birlikte acımasızca katlederek şehit etmişlerdi. Banyo odasına sığınan Işıl Cankan, Ayşe Cankan, Növber İbrahimoğlu ve Hasan Yusuf Gudum ağır yaralanmış. Tuvalete sığınan Feride Hanım ise, kapının makineli tüfekle taranması sonucu başından vurularak şehit edilmiştir..
*** İşte olay gecesi böyle anlatılıyor elimdeki broşürde. Fotoğraflarda, yaşanan vahşete tanık olacaksınız. Duvarlarda siyah şeritler içerisine alınan yerler kurşun, camla korunanlar kan izleridir. Dr. Nihat İlhan olaydan 44 yıl sonra Mart 2007'de eşi ve çocuklarının şehit edildiği evi ziyaret etmiş ve oraya bir yazı yazmış... Acısı titrek yazısı ve kelimelerinden açıkca görünüyordu :(

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