The buffer zone was hastily evacuated during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. For the past five decades, it has remained mostly uninhabited. Read on for a visual tour of the zone that's ...

Cyprus marks 51 years since an invasion by Turkey in 1974, which led to the partition of the island nation that is still in place today. On the morning of 20 July, 1974, sirens sounded across the ...

Etienne Torbey Jul 20, 2024 Jul 20, 2024 Updated Jul 21, 2024 Cyprus on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the bloody invasion of the Mediterranean island by Turkish troops with both sides as ...

Turkey must pay €90 million ($124 million) in damages to victims of its 1974 invasion of Northern Cyprus, the European Court of Human Rights said Monday, in a ruling that could complicate the nascent ...

Greeks grieve, Turks celebrate Cyprus invasion anniversary Erdogan says ready for dialogue, but can't turn clock back Island's division key source of tension between neighbours NICOSIA, July 20 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar (C-R) wave as they take part in a parade in the northern part of Cyprus' divided ...

Cyprus is a small island with an outsized fault line, a place where a ceasefire line drawn in 1974 still cuts through streets, fields and even living rooms. Half a century later, the so‑called Green ...

The invasion led to the capture by Turkey of one-third of Cyprus and the displacement of about 40 percent of the population. The buffer zone - where abandoned buildings lie crumbling after decades of ...