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20 July 1974- Black Day for Cyprus as Turkey begins their invasion

Greek City Times 20 Jul 2023

On July 20, 1974, at 5.20am, 40,000 Turkish troops landed and invaded ...

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Türkiye's 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation brought peace to island, says Turkish Cypriot leader

Anadolu Agency 19 Jul 2023

Ethnic attacks starting in the early 1960s forced Turkish Cypriots to withdraw into enclaves for their safety ... - Greek Cypriots caught off guard by Turkish troops. Tatar pointed out that since the US had been able to prevent earlier attempts by Türkiye to send troops to Cyprus, the Greeks were not expecting the Turkish operation in 1974.

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Bobby Ghosh: Erdogan and Sisi end their feud 10 years too late

Hastings Tribune 19 Jul 2023

Cairo declared the Turkish ambassador persona non grata and Ankara responded in kind ... In early 2020, Erdogan sent Turkish troops to Libya in support of the government in Tripoli, which was threatened by a rebel general, Khalifa Haftar, backed by Egypt.

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Erdogan says he is open to meeting with Assad

The New Arab 18 Jul 2023

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he was open to a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but that setting the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory as a precondition for talks was "unacceptable" ... Damascus' condition of a complete withdrawal of Turkish forces for such a meeting was "unacceptable", he added.

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Turkey's Erdogan says he is open to meeting with Assad

The New Arab 18 Jul 2023

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Conflict with Türkiye over Kosovo not in Serbia's national interest, says minister

Anadolu Agency 18 Jul 2023

Milos Vucevic made the remarks in an interview with Serbian public broadcaster RTS on Monday, a day after Kosovo, which borders Serbia on the south and west, received Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) known as Bayraktar TB2 ... Turkish forces were among the reinforcements.

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Cyprus seeks to revive peace talks with Turkey over divided island

The Guardian 18 Jul 2023

... of UN and EU envoys in a bid to find a federal solution five decades after occupation of the north of the island by Turkish troops.

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Erdogan open to meet Syria’s Assad, but rules out withdrawal of Turkish troops

Business Day 17 Jul 2023

Istanbul- Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he was open to a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but that setting the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory as a precondition for talks was “unacceptable”.

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Erdogan says ‘open’ to meeting with Assad, rejects troops withdrawal from northern Syria

Press TV 17 Jul 2023

What matters here is their approach toward us," the Turkish president said ... Withdrawal of Turkish troops discussed at four-party meeting in Moscow ... Damascus says defense ministers and intelligence chiefs of Russia, Syria, Turkey, and Iran have discussed the withdrawal of Turkish troops from the Arab country.

photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi, File

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Erdogan open to meeting al-Assad but not to withdrawal from Syria

Al Jazeera 17 Jul 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is open to talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but would not meet him if a withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory were set as a condition ... However, Damascus’s condition of a complete withdrawal of Turkish forces for such a meeting is “unacceptable”, he said.

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Turkey's Erdogan says he is open to meeting with Syria's Assad

Reuters 17 Jul 2023

ISTANBUL, July 17 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he was open to a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, but that setting the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syrian territory as a precondition for talks was "unacceptable".

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Cypriot Official Says Probe Backs Mossad Claims That Hitman Plotted to Kill Israelis

Hamodia 16 Jul 2023

No country recognizes a Turkish Cypriot declaration of independence apart from Turkey, which maintains 35,000 troops in the island’s northern third ... Turkish Cypriot authorities then identified him as a potential security risk and deported him to Iran.

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Cypriot official says probe backs Mossad claims that hitman plotted to kill Israelis on the island

Yahoo Daily News 14 Jul 2023

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NATO expresses desire for better relations with Serbia

Anadolu Agency 11 Jul 2023

"Strengthening NATO-Serbia relations would be of benefit to the Alliance, to Serbia, and to the whole region ... On May 30, NATO decided to send 700 more troops to the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the alliance-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, after 30 of its soldiers were injured during the unrest. A contingent of Turkish troops was among the reinforcements.

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NATO chief ready to meet with Serbian president to defuse tensions in Kosovo

Anadolu Agency 11 Jul 2023

"I am in regular contact with President Aleksandar Vucic. I am ready to meet ... On May 30, NATO decided to send 700 more troops to the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the alliance-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, after 30 of its soldiers were injured during the unrest. A contingent of Turkish troops was among the reinforcements ... .