Maviş: “Missing Persons Are Not Political Tools, They Are the Shared Conscience of Cypriots”
KTÖS General Secretary Burak Maviş stressed that the issue of missing persons should not be exploited for political gain, calling it a matter of shared conscience for all Cypriots. He underlined that the memory of those who went missing must be honored with human dignity, not political calculations.
Maviş commented on a recent European Parliament decision on missing persons passed between October 22–24, initiated by DISY MP Michalis Hadjipantela. He criticized the resolution, which proposes erecting a monument for those who disappeared in 1974, arguing that it distorts historical facts and undermines universal human values.
He noted that the tragedy of missing persons predates 1974, extending back to the 1950s and 1960s, particularly during the 1963–64 intercommunal conflicts, when hundreds of Turkish Cypriots and, later in 1974, numerous Greek Cypriots went missing. “This tragedy is not the monopoly of any community. It is our collective sorrow,” Maviş stated.
Highlighting the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), established under UN supervision in 1981, he said the committee has investigated 492 Turkish Cypriot and 1,510 Greek Cypriot cases to date, with experts from both communities working together in the service of human dignity. Maviş warned that any political exploitation of these efforts harms both the victims’ families and the broader hope for peace.
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