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The Turkish invasion of Cyprus launched on 20 July 1974, was a Turkish military invasion of the island country of Cyprus, which was carried out following the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.
The coup had been ordered by the military Junta in Greece and staged by the Cypriot National Guard in conjunction with EOKA-B. It deposed the Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III and installed pro-Enosis Nikos Sampson. The aim of the coup was the annexation of the island by Greece and the Hellenic Republic of Cyprus was declared.
In July 1974, Turkish forces invaded and captured 3% of the island before a ceasefire was declared. The Greek military junta collapsed and was replaced by a democratic government. In August 1974 further Turkish invasion resulted in the capture of approximately 40% of the island. The ceasefire line from August 1974 became the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus and is commonly referred to as the Green Line.
More than one quarter of the population of Cyprus (one-third of the Greek Cypriot population) was expelled from the occupied northern part of the island where Greek Cypriots constituted 80% of the population. A little over a year later in 1975, roughly 60,000 Turkish Cypriots, amounting to half the Turkish Cypriot population, were displaced from the south to the north. 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. In 1983 the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) declared independence, although Turkey is the only country that recognizes it. The international community considers the TRNC's territory as Turkish-occupied territory of the Republic of Cyprus. The occupation is viewed as illegal under international law, amounting to illegal occupation of European Union territory since Cyprus became its member.
Cyprus (i/ˈsaɪprəs/; Greek: Κύπρος [ˈcipros]; Turkish: Kıbrıs [ˈkɯbɾɯs]), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union. It is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt and east of Greece.
The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians, was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (de jure until 1914).
Featured by UrbanTV Cyprus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UrbanIncCY Documentary info - "Cyprus Still Divided" finally reveals the web of domestic politics, the realpolitik of Henry Kissinger, and repeated refusal of successive U.S. presidents to demand that the rule of law and fundamental human rights be upheld in Cyprus. For example, the documentary presents a recently declassified 1974 State Department memorandum that clearly indicts Secretary of State Kissinger, who wrote, "There is no American reason why the Turks should not have one-third of Cyprus." "Newly-released information about U.S. policy toward Cyprus, such as the declassified State Department memorandum written by Secretary Kissinger, sheds new light on the 36-year-old issue and the public must be made aware," said ...
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Since 1974 Cyprus has been unofficially divided in two: one part is ethnically Greek, while the other is Turkish. However, there are signs that the two sides may reunite soon. So why is Cyprus divided? Learn More: Cyprus: The ancient island of Aphrodite that has seen many modern struggles http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/13/world/europe/cyprus-the-ancient-island-of-aphrodite/ "Strategically located in the eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus has stood at one of the geographical, cultural and economic fault-lines between East and West since ancient times." Is the Turkish Cypriot Population Shrinking http://www.prio.org/Global/upload/Cyprus/Publications/Is%20the%20Turkish%20Cypriot%20Population%20Shrinking.pdf "The demography of north Cyprus is one o...
Operation Atilla 1974 - Liberation of Cyprus by Turkish troops
Operation Atilla 1974 - Liberation of Cyprus by Turkish troops
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© http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cacoyannis * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_dispute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhabqLEle0TXwbx3NEUoNlBgBP7VyU66M * http://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxA8M2AotAriMV80UTRobngwdnc This is a 1974 documentary film by Michalis Kakoyannis about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. It was filmed on location in Cyprus and Greece in the immediate aftermath of the two Turkish invasions and subsequent occupation of approximately the northern third of the island. Kakoyannis chronicles the events of 1974 in Cyprus with rare interviews of President Makarios of the Republic, Nikos Sampson -...
In this clip from Attila '74: the Rape of Cyprus, filmmaker Michalis Cacoyiannis describes the first and second phases of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and its aftermath of refugees, prisoners, enclaved and missing persons and shows the beginning of the occupation. To see the whole of Cacoyiannis' film go here: http://hellenicantidote.blogspot.com/2008/04/attila-74-rape-of-cyprus.html See also: http://hellenicantidote.blogspot.com/2008/07/turkish-invasion-of-cyprus.html
A documentary by film maker Michael Cacoyannis (Mihalis Kakoyannis), stage and film director (Zorba the Greek, Director); born 11 June 1921; died July 25, 2011 Please check out a short film I made myself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKrGJwQclXk Thank You
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More than 40 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which came as a response to an Athens-inspired putsch and left the island and its Turkish- and Greek-speaking communities bitterly divided, the task of retrieving and identifying the ghosts of the country's mass killings is still far from over, but renewed peace talks are fostering increasing goodwill.
This is a timeline of the pro-Greece 1974 Cypriot coup d'état and the responding Turkish invasion of Cyprus.15 July 1974 – The Cypriot National Guard and EOKA B, led by the Greek Junta, launch a coup and overthrow the democratically-elected President, Archbishop Makarios III, with the goal of Enosis ..15 July 1974 – Rauf Denktaş, the Turkish Cypriot leader, tells his Bayrak radio audience that "Our duty in this situation, which we believe is a matter between Greek Cypriots, is to protect our international security, to take defensive measures and not to interfere in any way in inter-Greek Cypriot events"..19 July 1974 – Whilst addressing the UN Security Council, Archbishop Makarios III accuses Greece of having invaded Cyprus: "The coup of the Greek junta is an invasion, and from its consequ...
Shown in CyBC TV on 20th July 2016
Σεμινάριο που διοργάνωσε το Lobby for Cyprus την Τετάρτη 13 Ιουλίου στο θέατρο Τέχνης στο Camden Town. Θέμα του σεμιναρίου ήταν Refugee Voices. Πρώτα θα παρακολουθήσουμε το καλωσόρισμα από τον συντονιστή του Lobby for Cyprus Θεόδωρο Θεοδώρου, που παρουσίασε το σεμινάριο με την βοήθεια της δρ. Θεοδώρας Χρήστου. Στο σεμινάριο συμμετείχε και ο μουσικος Νίκος Σαββίδης που πάντα δηλώνει παρον σε ολες τις πατριωτικές εκδηλώσεις της ομογένειας με τα τραγούδια του. Αμέσως μετα ακολούθησαν ομιλίες οι οποίες ήταν μικρές ιστορίες από προσφυγες που άφησαν τα σπίτια τους και ξενιτευτήκαν λόγω της εισβολής του τουρκικού στρατού στην Κύπρο. Θα παρακολουθήσουμε πρώτα μια νεαρή προσφυγοπούλα που λέει την ιστορία των γονιών της. Επόμενος ομιλητής ήταν ο γνωστος παράγοντας της παροικίας και πρόεδρος του συλ...
On the 20th July 1974 my parent's Mediterranean island home of Cyprus was invaded by the Turkish military. 42 years later, the northern half of Cyprus is still occupied by the Turks and many Cypriots are still looking for missing loved ones and asking why they can't go back to their homes. Every year in Sydney we hold a memorial service at the Martin Place Cenotaph before laying wreaths and peacefully marching through the centre of the city. Lest We Forget.
Leader of the Labour Party speaking at a north London event on 20/7/16 to mark 42 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
42 years before, every single year, this freaky siren in people's ears mean: death, refugee, misery. Why?? Because are f**king idiots, you know and all people knows perfectly well who and why, 42 years people waiting for freedom. Listen carefully.!! -ΔΕΝ ΞΕΧΝΩ ΚΑΙ ΑΓΩΝΊΖΩΜΕ-
"Εί εισί βωμοί, εισί και θεοί" - CyBC documentary spoken in Greek - .- 06/08/2014
5th July 2015 was the date of the activity in London, known as the annual 'Rally for Cyprus' to protest the continuing occupation of Cyprus by Turkey - with this video featuring the entirety of the event at Trafalgar Square., including all the speeches. The previously uploaded video of these activities on 5th July features: "Cypriots Demo at Turkish Embassy and March to Trafalgar Square - 2015" http://youtu.be/3qnz2JgTr7M 28:49 minutes "Demonstration on 5th July 2015 in London to mark the 41st year since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on 20th July 1974, and its still continuing occupation with its tens of thousands of troops and its many hundreds of settlers all these decades later. The event begins with people meeting outside the Turkish Embassy at Belgrade Square ... then the march t...
"UK Parliamentarians show solidarity on momentous 40th anniversaries for Cyprus" UK Parliamentarians from across the spectrum roundly condemned forty years of division and occupation of Cyprus during the 8th July 2014 event hosted by the National Federation of Cypriots at the UK Parliament. The annual lobby event at the British Parliament focused on the tragedy of the division and occupation of the island. In his introductory speech, Peter Droussiotis, President of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK, who chaired the meeting, pointed to the injustice of four decades of military occupation of the northern part of Cyprus by the Turkish army, castigated Turkey's continuing intransigence and called on the international community to act: "Tonight, we mark four decades of milit...
A Compass Films Production for Channel Four in the UK, 1985. The history of Cyprus as described by UK-based Greek and Turkish Cypriots to mark the tenth anniversary after the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974 following the coup by the Greek military Junta. Highlighting the British policy of 'Divide and Rule' which invited Turkey's involvement in the politics of the island during the Cypriot struggle for independence during the 1950's, and the influence of US policies in leading to a forced division of the island following the Turkish invasion of 1974 when it took over nearly 40% of the island, which it continues to hold onto 38 years later. -------------- "Foreign Interests created a crisis - then blamed the Cypriots" Part 1 of 2: "The Green Line - Memories of Cyprus 1920 -1974...
UrbanTV Cyprus Presents - Part of National Geographic's series on "Islands - Cyprus" Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UrbanIncCY for updated photos and videos from Cyprus! Info - The Cyprus dispute is the result of the ongoing conflict between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, over the Turkish occupied northern part of Cyprus.[1] Initially, with the annexation of the island by the British Empire, the "Cyprus dispute" was identified as the conflict between the people of Cyprus and the British Crown regarding the Cypriots' demand for self determination. The dispute however was finally shifted from a colonial dispute to an ethnic dispute between the Turkish and the Greek islanders.[2] The international complications of the dispute stretch far beyond the boundaries of the isl...
Since 1974 Cyprus has been divided into two parts – Greek and Turkish. The bloody conflict that preceded it is still fresh in the memory of Cypriots. The ethnic violence that erupted on the island in the sixties resulted in a Greek coup d’état in 1974. This was followed by the deployment of Turkish troops, military conflict, and the division of the island into two mutually resentful parts. Today, Greek and Turkish volunteers are working together to find the bodies of those who went missing 40 years ago. In doing so, they bring peace to the relatives and, hopefully, will initiate the reconciliation of their nations. RTD WEBSITE: http://RTD.rt.com/ RTD ON TWITTER: http://twitter.com/RT_DOC RTD ON FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/RTDocumentary RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air RT LIVE http://rt...
Seminar content spoken mostly in Greek - "As a result of the 1st and 2nd Turkish invasion of Cyprus, on the 20th of July and 15th of August 1974, 200 thousand Greek Cypriots who lived in the now-Turkish occupied areas, were banished from their houses and belongings, and were forced to move to the free part of Cyprus. Despite their victimisation and the horror of war 12,300 people refused to leave their homes and stayed there (mostly in the Karpasia region of Cyprus, near Apostolos Andreas Monastery). Since then these Greek Cypriots are known, or rather 'unknown', as "The Enclaved of Cyprus". Of those, only some 715 (520 Greek Cypriots and 196 Maronites) had still remained living in the isolation of the Turkish occupation in 1994, and only a few hundred are still left there currently, isola...