rthodox Church of the island allegedly took the unprecedented step of u…ly 150,000 Greek Cypriots lost their homes and properties and became refugees in their own country. War crimes were committed by both sides, with widespread rape used as a weapon against Greek Cypriots so extensively that the Orthodox Church of the island allegedly took the unprecedented step of unofficially allowing abortions. Greek Cypriot and Greek nationalist elements responded in kind in several villages. Turkey was condemned for ethnic cleansing, for multiple violations of human rights, for illegally invading and setting up an invalid state by many international organizations including the European Commission of Human Rights, the UN, the UNSC and others.
