Editing Cyprus problem (section)

====August 1996 incidents====
In August 1996, Greek [[Cypriot refugees]] demonstrated with a motorcycle protest in [[Deryneia]] against the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish occupation]] of Cyprus. The ‘Motorcyclists March’ involved 2000 bikers from European countries and was organised by the Motorcyclists’ Federation of Cyprus.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last=Efthymiou|first=Stratis Andreas|chapter=Nationalism, Militarism and Masculinity After the Construction of the Border|date=2019|title=Nationalism, Militarism and Masculinity in Post-Conflict Cyprus|pages=23–53|publisher=Springer International |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-14702-0_2|isbn=978-3-030-14701-3|s2cid=198621467}}</ref> The rally begun from Berlin to Kyrenia (a city in Occupied Cyprus) in commemoration of the twenty-second year of Cyprus as a divided country and aimed to cross the border using peaceful means.<ref name=":1" /> The demonstrators' demand was the complete withdrawal of Turkish troops and the return of [[Cypriot refugees]] to their homes and properties. Among them was [[Tassos Isaac]] who was beaten to death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ant1en/1996/96-08-13.ant1en.html|title=Antenna News in English 130896|website=www.hri.org}}</ref>

Another man, [[Solomos Solomou]], was shot to death by Turkish troops while he was climbing to a flagpole to strike Turkish Flag during the same protests on 14 August 1996.<ref>{{cite news | title=1 killed, 11 wounded as Turks shoot at Greek Cypriots armed with stones | date=15 August 1996 |agency=Associated Press   | url =http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF90A39E013EF3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | access-date =29 October 2007 }}</ref> An investigation by authorities of the Republic of Cyprus followed, and the suspects were named as Kenan Akin and Erdan Emanet. International legal proceedings were instigated and arrest warrants for both were issued via [[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Jean|last=Christou|title=Denktash 'minister' on Interpol list over Solomou killing|date=11 November 1997|url=http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cmnews/1997/97-11-11.cmnews.html|work=[[Cyprus Mail]]|access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref> During the demonstrations on 14 August 1996, two British soldiers were also shot by the Turkish forces: Neil Emery and Jeffrey Hudson, both from 39th Regiment Royal Artillery. Bombardier Emery was shot in his arm, whilst Gunner Hudson was shot in the leg by a high velocity rifle round and was airlifted to hospital in Nicosia then on to [[RAF Akrotiri]].