List of massacres in Cyprus

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Cyprus

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Perpetrators	Notes
Jewish massacre of Greeks	117 CE	mainly Salamis		Jewish rebels	After the revolt had been fully defeated, laws were created forbidding any Jews to live on the island.
Massacre in Lefkara	1570	Lefkara		Venetian army	against Cypriots of village
Massacre in Nicosia	September 9, 1570	Nicosia		Ottoman army	The city was looted following its fall to Ottomans, the figure is an estimation of deaths.
9 July Massacre of Greek-Cypriots	July 9, 1821	Nicosia		Ottoman army	Hundreds of prominent Greek-Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos were executed by the Ottoman Turks during the Massacres of the Greek War of Independence.
Massacre of Greek-Cypriot unarmed civilians	June 12, 1958	Kioneli		Turkish Cypriot Civilians	On June 12, 1958, eight Greek-Cypriots out of an armed group of thirty five were killed by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, after having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos in suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura. Part of Cypriot intercommunal violence
Bloody Christmas	21–31 December 1963	Nicosia	364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots	Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots	Greek Cypriot irregulars committed a massacre in Omorphita, killing Turkish Cypriot women and children indiscriminately. 25,000 Turkish Cypriots fled and were displaced into enclaves. Thousands of Turkish Cypriot homes were ransacked or destroyed 364 Turkish and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed in total, Around 1,200 Armenian and 500 Greek Cypriots were also displaced as a result.
Monasteri massacre	1 January 1964	Mosfiloti	3	Turks of Cyprus	Turks attacked a monastery massacring three unarmed Greek monks with shotguns and injuring additional four.
Limassol massacre	13 February 1964	Limassol	16	Greek Cypriots	The Greeks and Greek Cypriots used tanks to attack and massacre the Turkish Cypriot quarter of Limassol, killing 16 people while injuring 35.
Massacre in Famagusta	May 12, 1964	Famagusta		Greek Cypriot militia	The event happened as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police in city at 11 May.
Massacre in Akrotiri and Dhekelia	May 13, 1964	Akrotiri and Dhekelia		Greek Cypriot police forces and civilians	The massacre was committed as an act of revenge for the killing of 2 Cypriot soldiers and 1 police officer in Famagusta on 11 May.
Alaminos massacre	July 20, 1974	Alaminos		Greek Cypriot militia	183 Turkish Cypriots and 350 Greek Cypriots used to live in town before massacre. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Massacre in Sysklipos	August 3, 1974	Sysklipos		Turkish Cypriot militia and Turkish army	14 Greek Cypriots were killed in a house and their bodies were buried in a mass grave on August 3, and those who remained at the village disappeared on August 26, they are still missing. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre	August 14, 1974	Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda		EOKA B	Almost all of the Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of the villages were killed and their bodies were battered. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Tochni massacre	August 14, 1974	Tochni		EOKA B	EOKA B took 85 hostages from the village of Tochni and the nearby village of Zygi, mainly men and minor boys who were 13 years old, to the village of Palodia for execution with automatic guns. One of them managed to escape. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Massacre in Prastio	August 16, 1974	Prastio, Famagusta		Turkish army	Execution of eight civilians who were taken prisoner by Turkish soldiers. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Massacres of the people of Asha	August, 1974	Asha and Sinta		Turkish army	17-18 men were taken to Sinta as prisoners of war and they were shot there. Other villagers were deported in two buses and they were shot on the way back from the police headquarters in Nicosia. Total number of missing from the village is given as 97. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Massacre in Eptakomi	August, 1974	Eptakomi		Turkish army and militias	12 Greek Cypriots were executed while their hands were tied and their bodies were found in a mass grave. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Massacre in Angolemi	August, 1974	Angolemi		Greek Cypriot militia	A family of three and two men killed. Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus