Retired Turkish General Sabri Yirmibesoglu said Turkish authorities intentionally burned a mosque in Cyprus when Turkey invaded the island in 1974, the Greek News website reports today (September 27, 2010).
Speaking about military strategy during a Haberturk interview, the general said Turks burned (at least) a mosque to increase animosity toward Greeks in Cyprus.
Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus in 1974, and to this day occupies 36 percent of its land.
Yirmibesoglu, who was in charge of civil resistance during the Cyprus community conflict, said it was "a rule of war to engage in acts of sabotage made to look as if they were carried out by the enemy."
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