Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived on Saturday within the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to attend occasions marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation, referred to as Peace and Freedom Day.
Erdoğan was welcomed by Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar at Ercan Airport within the capital Lefkosa. Following a welcoming ceremony, Erdoğan laid a wreath on the Ataturk Monument within the metropolis and signed the positioning’s particular guide.
“We are experiencing the rightful satisfaction of reaching the fiftieth anniversary of the July 20 Peace Operation, which our heroic Armed Forces carried out shoulder to shoulder with the Turkish Cypriot folks.
“The Turkish nation once again showed to the world its unwavering commitment to its independence and future through this operation. The Turkish Cypriot people continue their struggle for independence, crowned with victory, with the steadfast support of the Motherland Türkiye, and they look towards the future with hope and confidence,” Erdoğan wrote within the guide.
He additionally commemorated the Turkish troopers who “left these lands as their homeland,” and prolonged his gratitude to veterans who fought within the operation.
Erdoğan was accompanied by Turkish parliamentary speaker Numan Kurtulmus.
The island of Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, regardless of a sequence of diplomatic efforts to attain a complete settlement.
Ethnic assaults beginning within the early Sixties pressured Turkish Cypriots to withdraw into enclaves for his or her security.
In 1974, a Greek Cypriot coup aimed toward Greece’s annexation of the island led to Türkiye’s navy intervention as a guarantor energy to guard Turkish Cypriots from persecution and violence. As a outcome, the TRNC was based in 1983.
The Greek Cypriot administration was admitted to the EU in 2004, the identical yr Greek Cypriots thwarted a UN plan to finish the longstanding dispute.
Source: www.anews.com.tr