1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus

Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Part of the Cyprus dispute
Ethnic map of Cyprus in 1973. Yellow denotes Greek Cypriots, purple denotes Turkish Cypriot enclaves and red denotes British bases.
Date 20 July – 18 August 1974 (4 weeks and 1 day) Location Cyprus Result Turkish victory Turkish occupation of 36.2% of Cyprus by the end of the Second Invasion. Fall of the junta in Cyprus and Greek military junta in Athens on 23 July 1974 Formation of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration, which later evolved into the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 140,000–200,000Greek Cypriots displaced from the north in place of 42,000–65,000Turkish Cypriots from the south.
Belligerents
Turkey TMT	Cyprus EOKA B  Greece
Commanders and leaders
Fahri Korutürk Bülent Ecevit Necmettin Erbakan Rauf Denktaş	Nikos Sampson Glafcos Clerides Dimitrios Ioannidis
Strength
Turkey: 40,000 troops Turkish Cypriot enclaves: 11,000–13,500 men, up to 20,000 under full mobilization Total: 60,000	Cyprus: 12,000 standing strength (40,000 fully mobilised, theoretical) Greece: 1,800–2,000 troops Total: 42,000
Casualties and losses
568 killed in action (498 TAF, 70 Resistance) 270 civilians killed 803 civilians missing (official number in 1974) 2,000 wounded	4,500–6,000 casualties (military and civilian) including 1,273 deaths 105 deaths 1000–1100 missing (as of 2015)
UNFICYP: 9 killed 65 wounded

Turkish victory

 Turkey

Cyprus

4,500–6,000 casualties (military and civilian)

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Turkish: Kıbrıs Barış Harekâtı, lit. 'Cyprus Peace Operation' and Greek: Τουρκική εισβολή στην Κύπρο, code-named by Turkey as Operation AttilaTurkish: Atilla Harekâtı) was a Turkish military invasion of the island country of Cyprus. It was launched on 20 July 1974, following the Cypriot coup d'état on 15 July 1974.

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 the 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.

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