Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Difference between revisions

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The '''Turkish invasion of Cyprus or Cyprus Peace Operation'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meaningful Anniversary Of The Cyprus Peace Operation Turkish Parliament Proclaims Solidarity With TRNC And Demands Equal Treatment For The Two States On The Island |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/meaningful-anniversary-of-the-cyprus-peace-operation-turkish-parliament-proclaims-solidarity-with-trnc.en.mfa}}</ref><ref name="Morelli2011">{{Cite book |last=Vincent Morelli |title=Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive |date=2011 |publisher=Diane Publishing |isbn=978-1-4379-8040-0 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=dyWwReoc81oC&pg=PA1 1] |quote=The Greek Cypriots and much of the international community refer to it as an "invasion.}}</ref>{{efn|In Greek, the invasion is known as "Τουρκική εισβολή στην Κύπρο" (''Tourkikí eisvolí stin Kýpro''). Among Turkish speakers the operation is also referred as '''Cyprus Peace Operation''' ({{lang|tr|Kıbrıs Barış Harekâtı}}) or '''Operation Peace''' ({{lang|tr|Barış Harekâtı}}), based on the viewpoint that Turkey's military action constituted a peacekeeping operation. It is also referred to as '''Cyprus Operation''' ({{lang|tr|Kıbrıs Harekâtı}})<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book |last=Mirbagheri |first=Farid |edition=[Online-Ausg.] |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=f82Jn_H4VukC&q=%22and+invaded+Cyprus+on+the+pretext+that+the+military+incursion+was+a+%E2%80%9Cpeacekeeping+operation%E2%80%9D+and+in+compliance+with+the+1960+Treaty+of+%22&pg=PA83 83] |title=Historical dictionary of Cyprus |date=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810862982}}</ref><ref name="Kissane2014">{{Cite book |first=Bill |last=Kissane |title=After Civil War: Division, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Europe |date=2014 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-9030-1 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=47DSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 135] |quote=were incorporated in the Greek Cypriot armed forces, gave Turkey reason and a pretext to invade Cyprus, claiming its role under the Treaty of Guarantees.}}</ref><ref name="Chrysafi2003">{{Cite book |last=A. C. Chrysafi |title=Who Shall Govern Cyprus – Brussels Or Nicosia? |publisher=Evandia Publishing UK Limited |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-904578-00-0 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=beVKwgOtME0C&pg=PA28 28] |quote=On 20 July 1974, Turkey invaded Cyprus under the pretext of protecting the Turkish-Cypriot minority.}}</ref><ref name="KaplanJr.2016">{{Cite book |last1=Robert B. Kaplan |title=Language Planning in Europe: Cyprus, Iceland and Luxembourg |last2=Richard B. Baldauf Jr. |last3=Nkonko Kamwangamalu |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-91667-2 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cEYGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 5] |quote=Five days later, on 20 July 1974, Turkey, claiming a right to intervene as one of the guarantors of the 1960 agreement, invaded the island on the pretext of restoring the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus.}}</ref> and '''Cyprus Intervention''' ({{lang|tr|Kıbrıs Meselesi}}).<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Kıbrıs Meselesi Ekseninde 1974 Kıbrıs Müdahalesi |language=Turkish |trans-title=The 1974 Cyprus Intervention in the Context of the Cyprus Issue |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/sosyoteknik/issue/79026/1329556 |journal=Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Teknik Araştırmalar Dergisi |date=26 June 2023 |issue=21 |pages=103–115 |access-date=22 March 2024 |last1=Arıcıoğlu |first1=Ece Buket }}</ref> The operation was code-named by Turkey as '''Operation Atilla'''<ref>Rongxing Guo, (2006), ''Territorial Disputes and Resource Management: A Global Handbook''. p. 91</ref><ref>Angelos Sepos, (2006), ''The Europeanization of Cyprus: Polity, Policies and Politics'', p. 106</ref> ({{lang-tr|Atilla Harekâtı}}).}} began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of [[Cypriot intercommunal violence|intercommunal violence]] between [[Greek Cypriots|Greek]] and [[Turkish Cypriots]], and in response to a [[1974 Cypriot coup d'état|Greek junta-sponsored Cypriot coup d'état]] five days earlier, it led to the Turkish [[Military occupation|capture and occupation]] of the [[Northern Cyprus|northern part]] of the island.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Uzer |first=Umut |title=Identity and Turkish Foreign Policy: The Kemalist Influence in Cyprus and the Caucasus |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2011 |isbn=978-1848855694 |pages=134–135}}</ref>