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Journalist, copy-editor, proofreader. Editor-in-Chief of Cyprus Today newspaper. Ex-media adviser to UK Govt @DWP @ukhomeoffice. Views all my own.
Dec 25, 2018 9 tweets 4 min read
Hüseyin Ruso, who courageously gave his life defending Turkish Cypriots fleeing from the bloodthirsty fascists bent on dismantling the Republic of #Cyprus and turning it into a Greek island, was returned to the place where he fell – exactly 55 years ago today. He died defending the north-eastern Nicosia suburb of Küçük Kaymaklı (Omorphita), during what became known as ‘Bloody Christmas’, while residents fled north to seek safety in the village of Hamitköy.