Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi newspaper (09.06.16) reports that the worlds “EOKA”, “Omonoia”, “Agona” and “PEKA” were written on the wall of the Saint George church in occupied Keryneia which is open to religious services. Describing all these names as “known elements having fanatic and fascist views against the Turkish Cypriots”, the paper writes that people who saw the word “EOKA” on the wall of the church were surprised and one of them took the picture of the wall and shared his on its Facebook account.
Halkin Sesi argues that “PEKA” is an organization established in 1956 for politically supporting EOKA and “Omonoia” is a football team during the matches of which incidents happen very often.
These words on the wall of a church open for religious services have strengthened the view that members of ELAM party are crossing over to the occupied area of Cyprus among the Greek Cypriots who participate in religious services in occupied churches, alleges the paper claiming that this fact was evaluated as “abuse of the freedom of religion” by some circles.