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Now. the same area has only 71 inhabited villages. none of which are populated wholly by Turkish Cypriots. What happened to the tens of thousands of Cypriots who lived in the north? Mr. Speaker. their lives were transformedtransformed and destroyed by the occupation. Most of the Greeks Cypriots fled from the north into the southern area of the island where they became refugees of a civilized Greek Cypriots government. Mr. Speaker. the creation of tens of thousands of refugees is a serious violation of human rights. but that is not the full extent of the atrocities. The occupying Turks have harassed. imprisoned. raped. murdered. and tortured Turkish and Greek Cypriots in northern Cyprus. Mr.