9 September Front
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The 9 September Front (Turkish: 9 Eylül Cephesi) was a secret Turkish Cypriot pro-taksim paramilitary organisation formed to counter the Greek Cypriot Fighter's Organization EOKA and Enosis.{{Cite web|title=AHMET TOLGAY - "Kıbrıs Türk" tarihinin başladığı gün…|url=https://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/kibris-turk-tarihinin-basladigi-gun-makale,9127.html|access-date=2020-11-10|language=tr}}
History
The organisation was formed to counter the activities of EOKA in 1955 by mostly untrained volunteers.{{Cite web|title=Kıbrıs Türk Halkının Varoluş Mücadelesinin Simge Adı Denktaş - Ahmet Zeki BULUNÇ|url=https://www.turkyurdu.com.tr/yazar-yazi.php?id=1091|access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.turkyurdu.com.tr|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Hakkında - Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı|url=http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/Tarihce.aspx|access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.mucahit.net}} Organisation failed to grow up to a national scale and be effective in all of Cyprus.{{Cite journal|last=Balyemez|first=Mehmet|date=2018|title=TMT'NİN KURULUŞ TARİHİ HAKKINDA KKTC'DE YANLIŞ OLUŞAN KAMUSAL/TOPLUMSAL HAFIZA (İNGİLİZ ARŞİV BELGELERİ IŞIĞINDA)|url=https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TXpBd01USTFOUT09/tmt-nin-kurulus-tarihi-hakkinda-kktc-de-yanlis-olusan-kamusal-toplumsal-hafiza-ingiliz-arsiv-belgeleri-isiginda-|journal=Turkish Studies - International Periodical for the Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic|volume=13|issue=16|pages=35–53|doi=10.7827/TurkishStudies.14136|issn=1308-2140|doi-access=free}} In 1958, leaders of the organisation decided that they aren't enough to achieve their goals separately from other Turkish Cypriot organisations, and abolished itself to merge with Turkish Resistance Organisation.{{Cite journal|last=Yiğit Yüksel|first=Dilek|title=KIBRIS TÜRK MİLLİ MÜCADELESİ|url=https://ataturkilkeleri.deu.edu.tr/ai/uploaded_files/file/dergi%2018-19/09_Dilek_Yigit_Yuksel.pdf|journal=ÇTTAD, VIII/18-19, (2009/Bahar-Güz)}}{{Cite web|last=YUSUF|first=Hüseyin Macit|date=2008-08-04|title=TMT ruhu yaşayacak - Hüseyin Macit YUSUF|url=https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/tmt-ruhu-yasayacak-4684yy.htm|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Yeni Çağ Gazetesi|language=tr}}{{Cite journal|last=Yalçın|first=Emruhan|title=Kıbrıs'ta Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı ve Rauf Denktaş|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/624466|journal=Dergi Park}}
References
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Category:Paramilitary organisations based in Cyprus
Category:Organisations based in Northern Cyprus
Category:Turkish nationalism in Cyprus
Category:Turkish nationalist organizations
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