A man, who resides in neighboring Turkey, will travel to Greece within the month to undergo DNA testing in his effort to confirm his suspicions that he might be a Greek Cypriot that was kidnapped as a child by the Turkish army during the Turkish invasion of 1974.
“Such reports often cause unfair and unnecessary emotional distress to the relatives of missing persons, as similar claims have in the past proven baseless,” Cyprus’ Foreign Ministry commented on the Turkish man’s story implying its skepticism toward such claims, as they have repeatedly proven false in the past.
Furthermore, the Cypriot ministry revealed its future steps regarding the matter, saying: “All cases and information touching on the humanitarian issue of missing persons are being handled with due seriousness and responsibility by the competent authorities. […] With full respect to the families of missing persons, the Foreign ministry will announce any developments as they may come up.”
The same skepticism was also shared by the head of the organization of families of missing persons, Nicos Theodosiou, who hastened to mention: “Representing the families of missing persons, I must say that we need to consider the suffering souls of these people over all these years,” adding that “Making such a story public when investigation has not been concluded certainly does not help families. The press needs to exercise more restraint so that no more suffering is caused to the families.”
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