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Jul 20, 2024 · Reuters — Air raid sirens wailed across Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia at dawn on Saturday as Greek Cypriots mourned, and Turkish Cypriots celebrated, 50 years since Turkey invaded part...
Jul 20, 2024 · NICOSIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of part of the island after a brief Greek inspired...
Jul 18, 2024 · The seeds of division were sown earlier, when a power-sharing administration of Greek and Turkish Cypriots crumbled amid violence just three years after independence from Britain.
Apr 15, 2014 · A political dispute caused Turkish Cypriots to leave the administration and violence erupted in December 1963, prompting the dispatch of U.N. peacekeepers to the island six months later....
Jul 18, 2024 · NICOSIA - Every week for the past 20 years, a group of Greek and Turkish Cypriots have gathered in a cobbled courtyard in Cyprus's divided capital Nicosia to reminisce about the past and dream...
Apr 17, 2023 · Sovereignty disputes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots leave the latter isolated in the island’s north, inhibit development (including of offshore hydrocarbon deposits), hinder efforts to address issues of mutual concern, and further heighten frictions in an increasingly militarised region.
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Jul 18, 2024 · Turkish Cypriots withdrew into enclaves, effectively partitioning the capital Nicosia. - Turkey, Britain and Greece were named guarantors of Cyprus's sovereignty in 1960, with rights to...