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Article: Turkish Cypriot police, protesting women clash
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 20, 1989
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LYMBIA, Cyprus Club-wielding Turkish Cypriot policemen
scuffled Sunday with Greek Cypriot women trying to breach Cyprus'
dividing Green Line to walk to their former homes in the
Turkish-occupied north of the island.
Nine women were injured and 32 were detained as they tried to
break through a cordon of police and unarmed Turkish soldiers while
Turkish military helicopters buzzed overhead.
Another 53 women and a male news photographer were detained as
about 3,500 protesters tried to cross the line patrolled by 2,000
United Nations peacekeepers.
To confuse the Turkish and UN troops, demonstrators split into
two groups. Waving white flags and banners saying in Greek, Turkish
and ...