Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

Turkish invasion of Cyprus

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

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

Cyprus

EOKA B

Greece

Commanders and leaders

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 and Greek: Τουρκική εισβολή στην Κύπρο) 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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