29 MORE MISSING PERSONS IDENTIFIED

As a result of continuing analyses on the remains of missing persons in Cyprus, who have been found during the exhumation studies in both Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides, 29 more missing persons have been identified. It’s been determined that 6 of the 29 persons, which have been identified, are Turkish Cypriots and the total number of identified missing persons has reached to 57.

Speaking to the Cyprus Turkish News Agency, Turkish Cypriot Member of the Autonomous Missing Persons Committee Gulden Plumer Kucuk stated that while the excavations were continuing across the island, identity identification studies were continuing uninterrupted.

Explaining that following the handing over of the remains of 28 Alaminyo missing martyrs, 13 Turkish Cypriot and 15 Greek Cypriot, to their families, remains of 29 more missing persons, 6 Turkish Cypriot and 23 Greek Cypriot, have been identified, Kucuk said the remains would be handed over on a date to be set by the families themselves following the same procedure applied to the Alaminyo Martyrs identified earlier.

Kucuk pointed out that until now, the Committee exhumed the remains of 300 missing persons and the identity identification studies would continue periodically.

Kucuk added that the excavations were continuing in Taskent in South Cyprus and Mesarya in North Cyprus.

The Autonomous Missing Persons Committee have been carrying out excavation and identity identification studies for the last two-and-a-half years, in order to find around 2 thousand missing persons, which 500 out of this are Turkish Cypriots.