Event commemorated the day in 1974 when Turkish forces launched offensive and divided Cyprus into Greek and Turkish parts
Greece and Turkey at odds over numerous issues despite being partners in NATO
Peace talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots are currently stalled due to irreconcilable concepts
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended military parade in north Nicosia, Cyprus on July 20, 2024
On Saturday, as Greeks mourned and Turks celebrated the 50th anniversary of Cyprus's ethnic division, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a military parade in north Nicosia. The event commemorated the day in 1974 when Turkish forces launched an offensive that they call a “peace operation”, resulting in Greek Cypriots running the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots seeking independence as a two-state settlement. Despite Erdogan's call for dialogue, peace talks are currently stalled due to irreconcilable concepts between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The crisis has left Greece and Turkey at odds over numerous issues, despite being partners in NATO.
Turkey invaded Cyprus in response to a coup aimed at annexing it to Greece, resulting in thousands dead, missing, tortured, raped and taken prisoner.
Decades of UN-brokered reunification efforts have failed and Cyprus is a constant thorn in relations between NATO members Greece and Turkey.
Accuracy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a military parade and fly-past in Turkish-occupied north Cyprus to commemorate ‘peace operation’.
Erdoğan called northern Cyprus ‘the apple of our eye, a part of our soul’ and described the sunrise on July 20 as putting an end to the suffering of Turkish Cypriots.
Peace talks are stalled at two seemingly irreconcilable concepts - Greek Cypriots want reunification as a federation, while Turkish Cypriots want a two-state settlement.
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The author uses emotional manipulation by describing the anniversary as a 'tragic anniversary' and 'landmark anniversary of 50 years of ethnic division'. She also uses selective reporting by only mentioning the deaths, missing persons, torture, rape, and displacement caused by the Turkish invasion without providing any context or mentioning the violence and inter-communal conflict that preceded it. The author also implies that Turkey's actions were unjustified without providing any evidence or context for why Greece's role in the coup was a 'biggest crime to have occurred in modern Greek history'.
Globally Cypriot diaspora communities also marked the anniversary.
The Cyprus peace operation saved Turkish Cypriots from cruelty and brought them to freedom.
It gave Turkey the opportunity to invade.
The takeover, which saw the island’s president, Archbishop Makarios III, flee the country, followed years of inter-communal violence after a shared administration between Greek and Turkish Cypriots began to unravel after the nation’s independence from Britain in 1960.
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The author uses language that depicts the north as rejoicing and the south as mourning, which could be seen as an attempt to elicit an emotional response from readers. This is a form of emotional bias.
At 5.20am Greek Cypriots in the internationally recognised south awoke to air raid sirens reminding them of the arrival of thousands of invading Turkish troops on the eastern Mediterranean island five decades ago. In the Turkish-occupied north, the milestone event was cause for joy, with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, flying in to attend a military parade and fly-past commemorating the ‘peace operation’.
He said the sunrise of 20 July ‘put an end to the 11-year darkness enveloping’ the Turkish Cypriots, who constituted 18% of the island’s population in 1974. 'The Cyprus peace operation saved Turkish Cypriots from cruelty and brought them to freedom’, he told the jubilant crowd who had gathered in Nicosia, the island’s war-split capital, despite the blistering heat.
Fifty years ago, Turkey invaded Cyprus five days after a coup backed by the Greek junta
Homes and businesses in the buffer zone show signs of abandonment with pock-marked walls, rusty appliances, and dusty utensils
Accuracy
Decades of UN-brokered reunification efforts have failed and Cyprus is a constant thorn in relations between NATO members Greece and Turkey.
Turkey invaded Cyprus in response to a coup aimed at annexing it to Greece, resulting in thousands dead, missing, tortured, raped and taken prisoner.
Peace talks are stalled at two seemingly irreconcilable concepts - Greek Cypriots want reunification as a federation, while Turkish Cypriots want a two-state settlement.
Cyprus marked 50 years since Turkey invaded part of the island in response to a Greek-inspired coup on Saturday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a military parade in north Nicosia to mark the day in 1974 when Turkish forces launched an offensive.
Peace talks are stalled at two seemingly irreconcilable concepts - Greek Cypriots want reunification as a federation, while Turkish Cypriots want a two-state settlement.
Accuracy
Turkey invaded Cyprus five days after a coup aimed at annexing it to Greece
Decades of UN-brokered reunification efforts have failed and Cyprus is a constant thorn in relations between NATO members Greece and Turkey.
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, put a damper on hopes for a quick resumption of talks to heal the 50-year ethnic division on Cyprus.
Erdoğan reaffirmed his support for a two-state deal that Greek Cypriots dismiss as a non-starter.
He ruled out a peace deal based on a United Nations-endorsed plan for federation.
Accuracy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed his support for a two-state deal that Greek Cypriots dismiss as a non-starter.
Erdoğan ruled out a peace deal based on a United Nations-endorsed plan for federation.
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The author makes an appeal to authority when quoting the Turkish President Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar multiple times without providing any counterargument or criticism. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the invasion as a 'salvation' for Turkish Cypriots in the northern third of Cyprus, and referring to it as a 'catastrophe' for Greek Cypriots in the south. Additionally, there is a dichotomous depiction of the situation where Turkish Cypriots are portrayed as seeking 'equal national status' and rejecting 'domination,' while Greek Cypriots are committed to resuming peace talks to reunify the island as a federation.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruled out a peace deal based on a United Nations-endorsed plan for federation, speaking ahead of a military parade to mark the 50th anniversary of a Turkish invasion that split the island along ethnic lines.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Turkish Cypriots reject ‘domination’ by the Greek Cypriot majority and seek ‘equal national status’ for their breakaway state they unilaterally declared in 1983, which is only recognized by Turkey.
Speaking at the same event, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said there’s no other option than to resume talks, an assessment he said was shared by the U.N. chief.
