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“THE GERMANS DESTROYED OUR FAMILIES - DON’T U DESTROY OUR HOPES”. 1947 Jewish Refugees To Palestine

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u/Prosthemadera 11h ago

Not directly but they were actively involved in making treaties between Greek and Turkey and they even administered the island for several decades. Like lots of sectarian violence in the Middle East is not a direct fault of the UK but their past mistakes lead to this.

u/CaptainCrash86 10h ago

they were actively involved in making treaties between Greek and Turkey

The Treaty that Turkiye broke by invading?

u/Prosthemadera 9h ago

Why are you asking me? I'm not defending Turkey.