Cyprus dispute

Athens is on standby to avoid unnecessary midsummer tensions as the Turkish Navy monitors the movements of the Italian ship Teliri, which is carrying out submarine fiber-optic cable laying work within the potential Greek exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf.

On July 20, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Tayyip Erdogan will be in Cyprus for separate events, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion. Their presence, just 11 kilometers apart, highlights ongoing tensions despite attempts at rapprochement between Greece and Türkiye.

The Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Athens marked the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus on Tuesday with a photo exhibition aiming to visually recount the devastation of 1974.

This area has been unilaterally and arbitrarily declared to the UN with the well-known Turkish letters as the Turkish EEZ - Turkey yesterday issued another NAVTEX with which it stood against Cyprus

Turkish Minister of Defense, Yasar Guler, has called for a two-state solution on the Cyprus issue, accusing the Greek Cypriot side of intransigence.

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Thursday that Turkey will continue its research in the areas of its "own continental shelf" in the so-called Blue Homeland, which is a doctrine expressing Ankara's claim in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.

The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers were killed on duty in Cyprus from 1963 to 1974 have been returned to their families following their identification using DNA in some cases. Eight of the soldiers will be repatriated and buried in Greece. 

Chances of restarting formal talks to mend Cyprus' decades-long ethnic division appeared dimmer Wednesday as the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots told a UN envoy that he saw no common ground with Greek Cypriots for a return to negotiations.

The President of the Republic of Cyprus characterized the meeting as very important, not only for Greek-Turkish relations but also for the Cyprus issue

This summer will mark 50 years since Turkey's invasion of Cyprus, and for the last five decades tens of thousands of Turkish occupation troops have been present in the northern part of the island. 50 years later, the US still refuses to officially recognize Turkey's illegal occupation as an occupation.