Civilian casualties and displacements during the Cyprus conflict

Simply put, Erdogan today poses a greater threat to Turkish Cypriots than the irredentist Greek junta did prior to 1974

After paying such a high price, Turkish Cypriots can never give up their independence, freedom, or sovereignty, said the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) president on Aug. 8. 

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Today Turkey still calls the atrocities it committed in Cyprus in 1974 “a peace operation”

Since the Turkish invasion, Turkey has engaged in the ethnic cleansing of Greek Cypriots and innumerable human rights abuses

Cyprus on Monday marked the 45th anniversary of an Athens-backed military coup with a memorial service for those killed at a church in Nicosia. The July 15, 1974, coup was followed by the Turkish invasion five days later. [EPA]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Jan. 29 that Turkey and Turkish Cypriot authorities failed to cooperate with Greek Cyprus in a murder case of three Cypriot citizens, which it said led to the perpetrators of the murder to circumvent facing justice and being extradited to Greek Cyprus.

Europe's top human rights court has ordered Turkey to pay a fine to the relatives of a murdered Turkish Cypriot family after ruling it had failed to cooperate with neighboring Cyprus in investigating the 14-year-old crime.

A Turkish court has ruled to keep two Greek soldiers in custody who were detained in Turkey in March.

A Greek court has ruled for the 2.5-year-old child of a Turkish-Greek couple to remain with her Turkish mother, following a lengthy dispute between the two separating parents.

Turkey on Aug. 9 criticized "baseless" allegations from the Greek Foreign Ministry regarding commemoration events in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on Aug. 8, marking the 53rd anniversary of the Erenköy Resistance.