Maratha | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Μαράθα ( Greek) Muratağa ( Turkish) | |
  Maratha Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 35°12′42″N 33°46′34″E / 35.21167°N 33.77611°E | |
| Country ( de jure) | 
Cyprus |
| • District | Famagusta District |
| Country ( de facto) | 
Northern Cyprus
[1] |
| • District | Gazimağusa District |
| Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Maratha ( Greek: Μαράθα, Turkish: Muratağa) is a small village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, 7 km south of Lefkoniko. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
The village was recorded as early as the early 13th century in papal documents. [2]
In 1974 a mass-grave containing the bodies of more than 80 murdered Turkish-Cypriots men, women and children was found here. These were the people who were massacred by the EOKA-B in the Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. [3]
See also
References
- ^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
- ^ Papacostas, Tasos (2012). "Byzantine Nicosia: 650-1191". In Michaelides, D. (ed.). Historic Nicosia. Nicosia: Rimal Publications. p. 87.
- ^ Paul Sant Cassia, Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory, and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus, Berghahn Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84545-228-5, p. 237.
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