Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRSK), where he will take part in events on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Armed Forces to maintain peace in Cyprus.
At the international airport Erzhan, the private board TC-CAN was personally met by President TRK Ersin Tatars.
The speaker of the parliament TRSK Zorla Thorus, Prime Minister TRSK Unal, and Turkish ambassador to LefkoShe Metin Fazioglu also attended.
Together with Erdogan, the general secretary of the Democratic Left Party of Turkey (DSP) Onder Aksakal, Chairman of the Party of the Great Unity of Turkey (BBP) Mustafa Destage, Chairman of the Hüda Par Schekhzde Demir, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Alparslan Bayraktar arrived. Turkish healthcare Kemal Memimishoglu and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloglu.
on the occasion on the occasion on the occasion of the 50th anniversary from the beginning of the operation of the Turkish Armed Forces to maintain peace in Cyprus, celebrations dedicated to the Day of Peace and Freedom – July 20.
The events that prepared the ground for surgery in Cyprus began in 1959: Turkey, Great Britain, Greece, as well as the Turkish and Greek communities of Cyprus signed the Zurich and London agreements, which became a prerequisite for the creation of the Republic of Cyprus.
The guarantors of this process were all three countries (Türkiye, Great Britain and Greece).
In the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, created in 1960 in accordance with international treaties and on the basis of partnership between Turks-Cypriots and Greeks-Cipriotes, two peoples were granted equal political rights and status.
However, since 1963, armed groups of Greeks-Kiprotes since 1963 began to attack representatives of the Turkish community of the island. The pressure and power of the Turkish-kypriots were removed from power on the island.
The goal of the Greek community was the accession of Cyprus to Greece. In 1963-1974, the pressure on the Turkish community of Cyprus increased.
One of the leaders of the EOKA-B group, Nikos Samson, with the support of the military junta in Greece, raised the rebellion in Cyprus and overthrew the president of the island, archbishop of Makarios.
Immediately after this, a meeting of the Turkish National Security Council was convened in Ankara. At the end of the meeting, the Turkish Prime Minister Buent Ezhevit instructed to begin preparations for the landing of troops in Cyprus.
Criticism of the world community regarding the military regime of Cyprus formed favorable conditions for the further actions of Ankara.
However, other guarantees did not support the initiative of Turkey. Nevertheless, Ankara took advantage of her guarantor rights and, taking into account the issue of ensuring the safety of Turkish-kipriots, July 20, 1974 began surgery to maintain peace in Cyprus.