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Cyprus urges Turkey to account for 1,500 missing

"Cyprus urges Turkey to account for 1,500 missing

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS – 4 hours ago

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus urged Turkey on Friday to account for some 1,500 people missing since its invasion of the island 35 years ago. The call came after a former Turkish army conscript described how he had executed a prisoner of war.

Actor Attila Olgac reportedly told a Turkish television program this week that while serving in the Turkish army during the 1974 invasion he shot at least one prisoner dead on orders from a superior."

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