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'''Anastasios (Tasos) Isaak''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Αναστάσιος (Τάσος) Ισαάκ) ([[1972]] - [[August 11 August]] , [[1996]]), was a Greek [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] activist. He was murdered by a mob of Grey Wolves in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. He is considered a national hero in [[Cyprus]] and [[Greece]].
==Events leading to the assassination==
==The funeral and reactions==
Tasos Isaak's funeral was held on the [[August 14]], [[1996]] and was attended by thousands of people. Protests after the funeral led to the assassination of Isaak's cousin, [[Solomos Solomou]].
On the [[November 22]], [[1996]], the Cypriot government issued arrest warrants for the murder of Tassos Isaac against '''Hasim Yilmaz''', a Turkish settler and former member of the Turkish Secret Service, '''Neyfel Mustafa Ergun''', a Turkish settler, serving in the illegal Turkish Cypriot police, '''Polat Fikret Koreli''', a Turkish Cypriot from [[Famagusta]], '''Mehmet Mustafa Arslan''', a Turkish settler, leader of the Grey Wolves in the occupied areas and '''Erhan Arikli''', a Turkish settler from the former Soviet Union <ref>[http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/kygtpen/1996/96-11-22.kygtpen.html Report about the arrest warrants from Cyprus Press and Information Office]</ref>.
