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- The Turkish invasion ended in the partition of Cyprus along the UN-monitored Green Line, which still divides Cyprus, and the formation of a de facto Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration in the north.
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The Turkish invasion ended in the partition of Cyprus along the UN-monitored Green Line, which still divides Cyprus, and the formation of a de facto Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration in the north.
- 20 July-18 August 1974(4 weeks and 1 day)
- Cyprus
Jul 20, 2024 · Fifty years after the invasion, derelict hotels, restaurants, and residential buildings remain abandoned at the eastern coastal town of Varosha, in the Turkish-held north of Cyprus.
- Ben Lowry
Jul 20, 2024 · On 20 July 1974, Turkey invaded the island and sent warships and troops to Cyprus after the military government in mainland Greece staged a coup and toppled the legitimate island government.
The problem entered its current phase in the aftermath of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, occupying the northern third of Cyprus. Although the invasion was triggered by the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Turkish forces refused to depart after the legitimate government was restored.
- Cyprus
The Turkish army, despite the agreed ceasefire, went on to the second phase of the invasion in early August. Turkish soldiers, together with Turkish Cypriots, walked into the village cafe...
In 1974 a Greek military coup, which aimed to unite the island with mainland Greece, led to a Turkish invasion and the division of the island between Turkish Northern Cyprus and the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus.
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Operation Peace), launched on July 20, 1974, was the Turkish military response against a coup which had been staged by the Cypriot National Guard against president Makarios III with the intention of annexing the island to Greece.
