Cyprus 1974: Turk saves brother

Greek Cypriot historian Rolandos Katsiaounis talks about the day in 1974 that his parents, refugees from Famagusta, fled the Turkish-occupied village of Varosi. After Rolandos' father, Loizos, and some other Greek Cypriots were taken hostage by Turkish invading troops, Loizos was rescued by his Turkish Cypriot friend. Filmed in Nicosia, July 22, 2009.
ROLANDOS KATSIAOUNIS, OBITUARY (COURTESY DR. NICOS TRIMIKLINIOTIS)
thetrim1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/0...
GUARDIAN: TURKEY OPENS VAROSHA BEACH IN CYPRUS 46 YEARS AFTER TURKISH INVASION
www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Copyright © Mel Yiasemide 2016. All rights reserved.

[@kingsmusik45]

Love from a greek speaking Cypriot to my turkish speaking Cypriot brother and sister. We are ALL one.

[@yunusschannel7914]

as a turk I am on the side of peace for all humans. God bless all human beings on earth who has acted good to each other and God bless all the people who love each other even if they don't have the same ideology, same circumstances and same backgrounds.

[@LEO-tm1ck]

Tebrik ederim komsu !!!

[@melis2645]

I’m so glad he called him a Cypriot. We are all one ☝️

[@motive_art]

Peace to All 🕊

[@yiasemide]

45 years on, remembering the refugees, the missing and all those we lost in 1974. Remembering all those we've lost before and since. One Cyprus.

[@Simon-mc3sq]

Cyprus would still be united if Makarios and and nikos Sampson had not acted the way they did. Greeks and Turk in Cyprus are true brothers torn apart by silly politics

[@peyiots]

I want to add a few comments on this moving video that can hold a grain of hope for all of us based upon an important and precious recollection of a shared humanity. I knew Rolandos Katsiaounis. He was a very decent individual and a serious historian. He was a devoted son to his parents, genuine, warm, without any pretences, and I suspect rather lonely because his work was not fully appreciated. He has passed away now, before his time, regrettably, and had he been still with us he would have had the opportunity to contribute more to the understanding of Cyprus's history. Thank you very much for posting this video both for the very important content that deserves to be remembered in order to bring people together, and also for leaving a video record of a very decent individual and respected scholar, very sadly missed.

[@yiasemide]

Dear Peyiotis, I'm overwhelmed with sadness as I write in response to your beautiful comment. This video continues to get the most views on this channel, by the hundreds, since the day it was published. A small minority of commenters have called it a lie and propaganda because they can't stand the reality of brotherhood across bloodlines. I cherish every view for spreading this story, but also for spreading the essence of Rolandos, in whatever unquantifiable form. Because these things can't be measured. I'm sad because of the loneliness you mentioned. Would that it weren't so. For sure, the appreciation of friends like you, of Rolandos and his work, brought him satisfaction and joy. I saw him that day with his mother; I saw the man you describe. I heard Rolandos talk at a conference at the Home for Cooperation, maybe a year before he died. I realized then what an educated man he was, because I read his qualifications in the event program; and because of what he was saying. He spoke about the desire for enosis in the 1950s, and about how that desire, along with the push to make it a reality, was the right of Greek Cypriots. He mentioned AKEL's support for enosis at the time, and he said that this desire and push for enosis back then should never have been vilified. Hearing him talk, I looked at an idea I've never liked in a different light, because I knew that if Rolandos was expressing that idea, there must be other angles, other considerations, other benefits (for all Cypriots) that hadn't been properly understood by me and others. (My own father, an AKEL man who fled Cyprus in the 1950s after being put on EOKA's infamous deathlist, supported enosis as a young Cypriot.) Hearing Rolandos in that moment, I felt the same way I do when Noam Chomsky says something that contrasts with "what's expected of him," or, at least, with "accepted leftist doctrine." I pause, I reevaluate, I defer. Why I'm saying this: It's nothing to do with whether Cyprus should have joined with Greece. It's about the truth, earnestness and genuineness that sprang from Rolandos, along with other magnetic elements I can't find words for. He had the stuff required of being taken seriously. He finished talking and we met at the H4C coffee machine. I wanted to tell him that his video was on my channel, that people were watching it, that I could send him a copy. I couldn't do it. Instead, with less than a cup's worth of coffee left in the flask, I offered it to him, but he declined and let me have it.

[@vasosglykeriou9252]

Ofcourse this happens. Aren't we ,all cypriots. Aren't we all suffering because of all this. Aren't we all what to go buck to our homes. All of us .

[@kaymakgul5969]

Well said and bless you

[@Thunder43Blue]

So refreshing to see Our cypriot brother and sisters embrace each other as one.

[@yiasemide]

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[@Alpha-gk6hd]

i actually know these people , what luck to find them here on the Internet , what a coincidence .. unfortunately Rolandos passed away from prostate cancer in 2015

[@yiasemide]

Hi Alpha Stormz. Rolandos died in 2014. May he rest. If there's anything you'd like to share about Mr. Katsiaounis, please do. Obituary from Dr. Nicos Trimikliniotis: thetrim1.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/obituary-to-rolandos-katsiaounis.html

[@Alpha-gk6hd]

Yiasemide i didnt know him well, i got the year wrong.. honest mistake, he knew my aunt well, it didnt affect me personally since i didnt know him myself much

[@Alpha-gk6hd]

Yiasemide if i can recall, he may have been a partner of my aunt for a while but she died in 2007, had no idea who he was till i found this video. I was like 4 when she died. Im basing this on memory

[@yiasemide]

My father knew his father. They were both tailors!

[@Alpha-gk6hd]

Yiasemide every family has its tailor, LUL

[@Peristerygr]

Nice video. But I've noticed there are no nationalist comments. Are we that lucky or you delete inapropriate comments?

[@yiasemide]

No luck here. I don't allow hate speech in my comments section. It's especially egregious when the subject of the video, the fine Mr. Katsiaounis, is deceased. So yeah, you know the populations we're dealing with.

[@Peristerygr]

Τhe way to go mister. Respect.

[@georgiahadjisavva7944]

Cod bless mr fikri He should be an example to all of us Greeks. And Turks I have a relative that he went. Back to that area and he was arrested by. The Turkish army And then taken to turkey They made their life hell up there he is still having a problem on both ribs and Having. A treatment. Many. Thanks mr fikri

[@yiasemide]

Dear Georgia, thank you for your message of comradeship. Everything good depends on it. I'm so sorry for what your relative went through. Please pass my warmest wishes on to him for all the happiness and relief going forward. The extreme nationalists caused such ongoing hurt and chaos for all of us. Fikri showed how kindness and courage can prevail.

[@firt7995]

Savaş kadar kötü birşey yok dünyada iyilik güzellikler varken

[@hasansarpsomel9414]

Very good..Fikri as a Turkish Cypriot had shown a humanity towards a greek cypriot so please make another video which will show a greek cypriot who showed humanity towards a Turkish cypriot in the south during 74 or before 74..Can you??

[@yiasemide]

Cyprus massacre survivor: Forgive kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYTVfoWdrMythpY Cyprus massacre survivor: Kill the racism inside kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZbKqmN8ga13qNk Cyprus: "Not all Turks are evil" kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5une4t_nN-tjJI Cypriot fights racist propaganda kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6S7e3aHg8iNebs Cyprus: Fascists #1: ELAM kzbin.info/www/bejne/aausoo1odqZsoKM Cyprus: Fascists #2: Junta kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWaboGloo8uKgac Cyprus: Fascists #3: Partition kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJWVqH2si6xrd68 Cyprus: Fascists #4: WWII kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqWyZX1njZWBisU

[@hasansarpsomel9414]

@@yiasemide Will you be my teacher? Ok so first of all teach me about the crimes of terrorist eoka between 1960 - 74..

[@yiasemide]

If you have a point to make on this beautiful video, please make it or go elsewhere. Cypriots have more in common kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6ogXaPlL12bq8 "Turkish Cypriots couldn't return" kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4DElqynaJueoJo Cyprus: "We still have embargo" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaPSoXmXbb6IgdU "Few Greek Cypriots know 1963" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y16Vd5qMh56am7s Turkish Cypriots: "Nowhere to stay" kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZm0eZeOqZeea80 "Greek Cypriots who love us" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZDRnnaNh9WYl9U "If Greek Cypriots captured us ... ?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/d52rm5mal8qXkKs Enclaved Turkish Cypriots 1963-76 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ6Ug2p6hK6ld5o Cyprus: "Like a prisoner here" kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4CZdIR5gMdmj6M [Edited to add quotes around "Greek Cypriots who love us"]

[@mikeefstathiou8224]

I would like to say that I believe we all are poppets, everyone made both sides hate each other, why before we lived side by side and drank eat together big country’s fucked us. None of us are better off that are from Cyprus.

[@yiasemide]

Yes, yes, and yes.

[@merseydave1]

This is the real CYPRUS of common people "On Both Sides" being Human ... this is a wonderfull example to embrace the future Together in Cyprus.

[@minasmina9866]

Μακαρι ολοs ο κοσμοs να ηταν οπωs το ΦΙΚΡΗ

[@minasmina9866]

ΑΣ ΟΨΟΝΤΕ ΑΥΤΟΙ ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΕΚΑΜΑ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΕΨΑ ΤΟ ΤΟΠΟ ΜΑΣ ΚΥΡΙΕ@@yiasemide

[@yiasemide]

CYPRUS: REOPENED VAROSHA HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING DIVIDES ACROSS EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (BETHAN MCKERNAN FOR THE GUARDIAN) www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/its-bittersweet-reopened-varosha-highlights-ongoing-division-cyprus?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[@georgekoroneos3892]

mr.fikri is an excellent human example of what could being accomplished but of course contradictory to what actually happened that catastrophic moment of the committed atrocities by both sides of course has to be build a better tomorrow therefore to allow the future generations to live in peace & harmony together side by side & I'm of the opinion that if Turkish army withdrawal some day in the future take place which I believe it will be done then a fine day all people can master their own decisions to the point to reached a better understanding & advance up & reached some kind of unity since there is enough land for all to build a better future !!! I believe that everything is possible if both people seriously attended it !!!

[@user-qv6jz4mi6m]

ARXONTAS

[@yiasemide]

CYPRUS ASKS UN TO STEP IN AS BEACH IN NORTH IS OPENED AFTER 46 YEARS: HELENA SMITH FOR THE GUARDIAN www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/09/terrible-day-anger-as-pictures-show-varosha-beach-in-cyprus-opening-after-46-years

[@yiasemide]

TURKISH CYPRIOTS PROTEST ERDOGAN'S VAROSHA "PICNIC" (HELENA SMITH FOR THE GUARDIAN) www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/15/erdogan-met-by-protests-from-turkish-cypriots-during-visit-northern-cyprus?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[@alci4999]

:) Isn't it interesting that Greeks and Turks (only live in Anatolia) still do not aware that both of those nations are brothers and sisters genetically...! And ancestors of almost 90% of today's Anatolian Turks were originally Greek and changed their religion (from Christian to Muslim) and their language (from Greek language to Turkish language) during last 500 years...! Wake Up!! Look at mirror!!! Or show must go on?..:)))

[@yiasemide]

Thank you for your lovely comment. I want to say something else, that I truly live by and always have: You don't need to have the same DNA or the same history or the same language or culture or beliefs as me. If you're human, you're my sister or brother.

[@sotirishajittofi8664]

Yes we are all brothers & sisters and need to build on trust , to save the future of our children,and children's children