Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Veterans recall Turkey's 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation
On its 47th anniversary, veterans recalled Turkey's Cyprus Peace Operation launched by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) to bring peace and safety to the island and to the Turkish Cypriots who had suffered from years of persecution.
Yaşar Gevrek and Ersoy Taluğ as 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation veterans told Anadolu Agency of their experiences and how the operation unfolded.
Erdogan trumpets two-state solution in occupied Cyprus to celebrate anniversary of invasion
By George Gilson
Exactly 47 years after Turkey's invasion of Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Turkish-occupied Cyprus to celebrate the invasion that led to the occupation of 40 percent of the island and the ethnic cleansing of the north, leaving 200,000 Greek Cypriots refugees in their own land.
The second Turkish ‘invasion’ of Cyprus
By Yannis Kartalis
Exactly 47 years after Turkey's first invasion of Cyprus, Ankara for the 20 July anniversary is planning a second "invasion", not military this time but by dispatching a huge contingent comprised of Turkey's governmental, military, and party leadership, headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Critical juncture for the Cyprus problem
By Stavri Kalopsidiotou*
Turkish provocations of the Republic of Cyprus are unfortunately not over.
The recent EU summit may have noted in its conclusions that we are in a period of de-escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean, but that does not at all reflect what is going on in Cyprus.
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Cyprus: The bones of Lieutenant Colonel Stylianos Kalbourtzis will be repatriated with the due honors
His fate has been unknown since July 23, 1974 during the Turkish invasion, when his unit was ambushed by a Turkish Army unit
Στην τελική ευθεία η προμήθεια τεσσάρων νέων φρεγατών - Τι επιλέγει το Πολεμικό Ναυτικό
Σύμφωνα με κυβερνητικές πηγές, έγινε εσωτερική σύσκεψη στο Μαξίμου, στη διάρκεια της οποίας δεν ελήφθησαν αποφάσεις για το πρόγραμμα των φρεγατών
Στην Ανδραβίδα για την άσκηση «Ηνίοχος ’21» ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης
Τον πρωθυπουργό συνοδεύει ο Στρατηγός Κωνσταντίνος Φλώρος
Turkey criticizes ban on Quran courses in N Cyprus
Turkey's communications director reacted on April 15 to a court ruling on the closure of Quran courses in North Cyprus, saying the decision "is the product of an ideological and dogmatic mind."
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Turkey ravages Cyprus – Analysis
Today Turkey still calls the atrocities it committed in Cyprus in 1974 “a peace operation”
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Turkey Targets Christians in North Cyprus
Since the Turkish invasion, Turkey has engaged in the ethnic cleansing of Greek Cypriots and innumerable human rights abuses
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