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Turkish and invasion
* 1974 – The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins ; 140, 000 to 200, 000 Greek Cypriots become refugees.
* 1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins — The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 de facto partitioned the island into two political areas: 99. 5 % of Greek Cypriots now live in the Republic of Cyprus, while 98. 7 % of Turkish Cypriots live in Northern Cyprus ( of other nationalities, 99. 2 % live in the Greek Cypriot area in the south ).
The invasion is called " Cyprus Peace Operation " by the Turkish side.
In 1974, following a coup sponsored by the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and executed by the Cypriot National Guard the invasion of troops from Turkey ( citing its authority as one of the three guarantor powers established by the Constitution ), the Turkish Cypriots formally set up their own institutions with a popularly-elected separatist president and a Prime Minister, responsible to the National Assembly, exercising joint executive powers.
Its territory, a result of the Turkish invasion of 1974 and whose status remains disputed, extends over the northern third of the island.
The economic achievements of Cyprus during the preceding decades have been significant, bearing in mind the severe economic and social dislocation created by the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the continuing occupation of the northern part of the island by Turkey.
Many historians maintain that the main concern of Pope Urban II, when calling for the First Crusade, was the threat to Constantinople from the Turkish invasion of Asia Minor in response to the appeal of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
Since Turkey's invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus in 1974, following ethnic clashes and turmoil on the island, an administration recognized by Turkey only was declared in 1983 – the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
The invasion came after more than a decade of sporadic intercommunal violence between the island's Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots resulting from the constitutional breakdown of 1963.
* July 20 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
* After turning aside south for 15 years to invade the Caucasus, Asia Minor and Persia — united now under Batu Khan with representatives of all 4 khanates leading 150, 000 Mongol, Turkish and Persian troops into Europe, resume the European invasion with the resumption of Mongol invasion of Rus ' foreshadowed by.
Valued as an ally by the Habsburg court, he was nevertheless viewed with extreme distrust and was not able to overall command of all the imperial troops in the face of a Turkish invasion and he did not obtain the means ( food supply and winter accommodation ) necessary for the maintenance of his auxiliary troops.
The northern part of the city functions as the capital of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a disputed breakaway region whose independence is recognized only by Turkey, and which the rest of the international community considers as occupied territory of the Republic of Cyprus since the Turkish invasion in 1974.
During the Turkish army invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Turkish troops occupied northern Nicosia ( as well as the northern part of Cyprus ).
The second phase of the Turkish invasion was performed on 14 August 1974, where the Turkish army advanced their positions, eventually capturing a total of 37 % of Cypriot territory including the northern part of Nicosia and the cities of Kyrenia and Famagusta.
The Turkish invasion, the continuous occupation of Cyprus as well as the self-declaration of independence of the TRNC have been condemned by several United Nations Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council.
This is due to the presence of the UK sovereign base at Episkopi and Akrotiri, and to the displacement of the population in Limassol after the Turkish invasion in 1974.
Accordingly, many Greek Cypriots from the north of Cyprus, who became refugees following the Turkish invasion, settled down in Limassol.

Turkish and inflicted
For the loss of some 2, 000 dead and wounded, Eugene inflicted approximately 25, 000 casualties on his enemy – including the Grand Vizier, Elmas Mehmed Pasha – annihilating the Turkish army.
Augmented by a giant Handley Page bomber, his forces took part in the Battle of Armageddon, the final offensive in Palestine, where they inflicted " wholesale destruction " on Turkish columns.
The Greek 9th division ( so far uncommitted to battle ), on its way to the west at about 07: 00 trapped the Turkish 2nd Cavalry division ( of the V Turkish Cavalry Corps ), which tried to block the way to the west, and inflicted heavy casualties on it, including prisoners and artillery pieces.
During his retreat, Fa ' iq attempted to seize Bukhara, but Nuh's Turkish general Bektuzun inflicted another defeat on him.

Turkish and serious
However, a report from the French AFP news agency stated that " The Turkish judicial authorities still haven't explained exactly which legal resources he had access to ", and former minister of Justice Hikmet Sami Türk, in government at the time of Ağca's extradition, claimed that, from a legal viewpoint, his liberation was a " serious mistake " at best, and that he should have not been freed before 2012.
While the ethnic based army was generally successful on the battlefields, they began to have negative effects on the Fatimid's internal politics, traditionally the Berber element of the army had the strongest sway over political affairs, but as the Turkish element grew more powerful they began to challenge this, and eventually by 1020 serious riots began to break out among the Black African troops who were fighting back against a Berber / Turks Alliance.
This resulted in Turkish Cypriots withdrawing from the government, and following more intercommunal violence in 1964, a number of Turkish Cypriots moved to the Turkish quarter of Nicosia, causing serious overcrowding.
As the small fire ships were much more manoeuvrable than enemy ships of the line, especially in the coasts of the Aegean Sea where the islands, islets, reefs, gulfs and straits restrained big ships from being easily moved, they were a serious danger for the ships of the Turkish fleet.
To the tourist who now visits Pisa the banners and emblemcs of the order of St. Stephen are mere matter of curiosity, but they had a serious significance two hundred years ago to the young Tuscan, who knew that these naval crusaders formed the main defence of his country and commerce against the Turkish, Algerine and Tunisian corsairs.
She was also investigated by the Turkish Parliament on serious corruption charges following her period in government.
The castle was bombarded by the Royal Navy on 3 November 1914 causing serious damage and killing 86 Turkish soldiers.
This resulted in the ceasing of Turkish Cypriot participation in the government, and following more intercommunal violence in 1964, a number of Turkish Cypriots moved to the Turkish quarter of Nicosia, causing serious overcrowding.
Rehn favours Turkish membership but has controversially suggested permanent restrictions on the free movement of workers from Turkey, " in case serious disturbances occur in the labour market within the EU as a result of Turkey s accession ," an attitude seen by some as running counter to the whole purpose and spirit of the EU.
In August, Oji had a trial with Tranmere Rovers, then with Turkish Süper Lig side Diyarbakirspor, and in September, he returned to former club Leyton Orient for another trial which ended as he suffered an apparently serious leg injury while playing for the reserves.
The serious facial expressions of all three statues represent the solemnity and willpower of the Turkish people.
* Hadjiavatis ( Χατζηαβάτης ), ( the Turkish counterpart is Hacivat ) he is Karagiozis ' friend and sidekick, an honest and serious figure but often ends up being wrapped up in Karagiozis ' schemes.
However, four months after the launch, Iraq invaded Kuwait and the seven month occupation that followed had a serious effect on Turkish tourism.
Both in Croatia and in Slovenia the fact that after this battle no serious incursion into Croatian or Slovene territory by Ottoman raiders took place is generally attributed to this victory, which is declared to have even spared much of Western Europe the Turkish yoke.
More serious than the War of the Bavarian Succession was the Turkish war which presently broke out.
On December 21, 1963, serious violence erupted in Nicosia when a Greek Cypriot police patrol, checking identification documents, stopped a Turkish Cypriot couple on the edge of the Turkish quarter.
Things got serious again in the 2005-06 season, as Ülkerspor conquered its fourth Turkish League title.
The widow Queen Elisabeth of Luxembourg was left alone with her newborn son who was crowned as Ladislaus V of Hungary, however the Turkish wars represented a serious danger to the Kingdom, and the noblemen called from Poland the young King Władysław, and crowned him as Hungarian King making him promise he will defend the State against the Ottomans.
While there were serious compromises made on both sides, neither the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaderships were happy with the final plan.

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