Sixty to 80 people are reported to have taken part in a Turkish Cypriot ‘peace parade’ in Melbourne, Victoria on Saturday, July 20.
The small crowd gathered in “[celebration of] 50 years of peace in Cyprus,” as they demanded for the establishment of two independent states in Cyprus.
They sported flags of Turkey, Azerbaijan and North Macedonia.
The dismal attempt at gathering rally members is an apt reflection of the fact that the reunification of Cyprus remains the goal for most Cypriots; as the ethnic division remains 50 years on.
SEKA Victoria (the Justice for Cyprus Co-ordinating Committee) previously condemned the “peace” rally, saying it attempted “to rewrite history with misinformation and outright lies, and [sought] to legitimise the illegal Turkish military invasion and occupation of 37% of Cyprus in 1974.”
