{"id":4553,"date":"2018-09-02T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T13:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karavas.eu\/?page_id=4553"},"modified":"2022-08-17T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:11:12","slug":"the-turkish-invasion-of-1974","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/en\/turkish-invasion\/the-turkish-invasion-of-1974\/","title":{"rendered":"The Turkish Invasion of 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-66o7rd-6b13c1ab3f7e59bb505b8afb7bf56df0\">\n.flex_column.av-66o7rd-6b13c1ab3f7e59bb505b8afb7bf56df0{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-66o7rd-6b13c1ab3f7e59bb505b8afb7bf56df0 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jpmkojtw-b629f0dd86a3b58d999436e81e14fd38 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>On the 15th of July 1974, the military junta then ruling Greece organised a coup to overthrow the President of the Republic Archbishop Makarios, and to do so, used the Greek forces stationed in Cyprus to protect the island against a possible Turkish attack. President Makarios managed to flee abroad, where he continued his struggle for justice. Under the pretence of restoring peace, Turkey invaded Cyprus on the 20th of July with a landing fleet and air force and by July 23, when the ceasefire was achieved, managed to establish an assault bridge in the north in the Kyrenia region. From this assault bridge, military equipment and soldiers began to land on the island and on the 14<sup>th <\/sup>of August, the Turkish invasion forces launched a new attack, thus having about 37% of the island under their control.<\/p>\n<p>Ankara tried to present the invasion as a peace operation which aimed at restoring the constitutional order that had been violated by the coup. However, even after the restoration of the constitutional order and the return of President Makarios in December 1974, the Turkish troops remained and promoted Turkey\u2019s plans to colonise Cyprus as a first step towards annexation. With force (cold-blooded murders, rapes, assaults, torture) 200,000 Greek Cypriots, 40% of the total Greek population of the island were forced to abandon their homes in the occupied areas and become refugees in their own homeland. The few thousand Greek Cypriots that remained in their homes after the invasion were forced to abandon them gradually via blackmailing and other despicable actions. Out of the approximately 20,000 that had originally remained, only a few hundred are still living in their homes in the northern part of the island, mainly in the Karpasia region<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jpmko63v-3616309f181bfb43fc48cc3060076b0d\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-jpmko63v-3616309f181bfb43fc48cc3060076b0d .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-jpmko63v-3616309f181bfb43fc48cc3060076b0d avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" content=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/en\/turkish-invasion\/the-turkish-invasion-of-1974\/\"><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli1.jpg\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli1.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Turkish military ships at the coast of \u201cPente Mili\u201d \u2013 July 20 1974'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9172 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9172\"  data-avia-tooltip='Turkish military ships at the coast of \u201cPente Mili\u201d \u2013 July 20 1974' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli1.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\"  title='tourkiki_eisvoli1' alt='' \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9172 avia-img-lazy-loading-9172\"  width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli1.jpg\" title='tourkiki_eisvoli1' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli2.jpg\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli2.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='2' title='Prisoners of War\t'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9174 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9174\"  data-avia-tooltip='Prisoners of War\t' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\"  title='tourkiki_eisvoli2' alt='' \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9174 avia-img-lazy-loading-9174\"  width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli2.jpg\" title='tourkiki_eisvoli2' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli3.jpg\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli3.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='3' title='Arrival of the Prisoners of War'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9176 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9176\"  data-avia-tooltip='Arrival of the Prisoners of War' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli3.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\"  title='tourkiki_eisvoli3' alt='' \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9176 avia-img-lazy-loading-9176\"  width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli3.jpg\" title='tourkiki_eisvoli3' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-43sqq1-eef82cfd384c44636363966fe3430bbe\">\n.flex_column.av-43sqq1-eef82cfd384c44636363966fe3430bbe{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-43sqq1-eef82cfd384c44636363966fe3430bbe av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jpmkozg5-202c2b0de1cad0c1f9db71df1423ca0e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><strong>Creation of fait accompli<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The efforts of the Greek Cypriot side to achieve a negotiated settlement always stumbled on Turkish intransigence. On February 13, 1975, Rauf Denktash moved a step further towards the division of Cyprus, declaring the occupied area the \u201cTurkish Federal State of Cyprus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish Cypriot leader clearly demonstrated his intentions to consolidate the fait accompli instead of seeking a solution when in July 1982, he decided to give Turkish Cypriots and settlers from Anatolia \u201ctitle deeds\u201d for Greek Cypriot properties. Furthermore, the occupational regime created \u201cministries\u201d and \u201cservices\u201d, started issuing \u201ctravel documents\u201d and established the Turkish pound as the currency in the occupied area. They also proceeded to create a \u201ccentral bank\u201d as a further step towards the steadfast implementation of Ankara\u2019s policy to annex the occupied area of the island.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, while the UN Secretary General was in the midst of developing a new initiative to begin substantial talks for a just solution of the Cyprus problem, Denktash proclaimed the so-called \u201cTurkish Republic of Northern Cyprus\u201d on the 15t<sup>h<\/sup> of November 1983<\/p>\n<p>The UN Security Council, as per resolutions 541 and 550, has deemed the proclamation of the pseudostate as legally invalid and has and called upon all countries not to recognise it. Only Turkey has recognised the pseudostate.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jpmko63v-3-88ac3c50894818e15f1a72a6d59f3f1a\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-jpmko63v-3-88ac3c50894818e15f1a72a6d59f3f1a .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-jpmko63v-3-88ac3c50894818e15f1a72a6d59f3f1a avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-2'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" content=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/en\/turkish-invasion\/the-turkish-invasion-of-1974\/\"><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'><a href=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli4.jpg\" data-rel='gallery-2' data-prev-img='https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli4.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='The terror of war engraved in children&#8217;s eyes'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-9178 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9178\"  data-avia-tooltip='The terror of war engraved in children&#8217;s eyes' src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli4.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"177\"  title='tourkiki_eisvoli4' alt='' \/><div class='big-prev-fake'><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9178 avia-img-lazy-loading-9178\"  width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/karavas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/tourkiki_eisvoli4.jpg\" title='tourkiki_eisvoli4' alt='' \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2unnmx-229a57462d527c68c93ed327dd918c45\">\n.flex_column.av-2unnmx-229a57462d527c68c93ed327dd918c45{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2unnmx-229a57462d527c68c93ed327dd918c45 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jpmkozg5-2-0997756c11ff93b7418c2eada155e859 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><strong>THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE TURKISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION IN FACTS AND FIGURES<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>37% of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus is illegally occupied.<\/p>\n<p>200,000 Greek Cypriots \u2013 one third of the total population \u2013 were displaced from the occupied northern part of the island where they comprised 80% of the inhabitants, and are being kept away from their homes and properties while the Turkish Cypriots in the free areas were forcibly transported by their leadership to the occupied areas.<\/p>\n<p>1,491 people continue to be missing to date, and the Turkish side refuses to cooperate to determine their fate.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few hundred trapped locals (out of 20,000 at the end of 1974) still stay in their occupied villages, and are living under abhorrent oppression.<\/p>\n<p>40,000 Turkish troops, equipped with modern weapons and backed by the air force and navy continue to be stationed in the occupied region.<\/p>\n<p>About 120,000 settlers from Anatolia have been transferred and installed in the occupied area, aiming at the changing the island\u2019s demographics.<\/p>\n<p>40,000 Turkish Cypriots out of 103,000 have abandoned the occupied areas since 1974 (according to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzen, 30\/8\/94) due to the economic, social and moral decay there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The occupational regime is methodically implementing a long-term plan to eradicate the 9,000-year-old cultural and historical heritage of the occupied areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 55 churches have been transformed into mosques.<\/li>\n<li>About 50 other churches and monasteries have turned into warehouses, barns, inns, museums, cinemas, and public toilets, or have been demolished.<\/li>\n<li>The cemeteries of at least 25 villages have been desecrated and ruined.\n<ul>\n<li>Innumerable icons, church vessels and all kinds of archaeological treasures are being stolen and sent abroad.<\/li>\n<li>Illegal excavations and flagrant exploitation of antiquities is happening.<\/li>\n<li>Greek place names have been turned into Turkish names.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>78 UN Security Council resolutions and 13 General Assembly resolutions on Cyprus between 1974 and 1999 are being blatantly ignored by Turkey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE MISSING PERSONS FROM THE TURKISH INVASION, PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.missing-cy.org.cy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SITE.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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