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Wikipedia: The Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Greek: Τουρκική εισβολή στην Κύπρο, known in Turkey as Kıbrıs Barış Harekâtı, Kıbrıs Harekâtı or by its Turkish Armed Forces code name Atilla Harekâtı, launched on 20 July 1974, was a Turkish military operation in response to a Greek military junta backed coup in Cyprus which had been staged by the Cypriot National Guard whose leaders deposed the Cypriot president and archbishop Makarios III and installed Nikos Sampson in his place. The Turkish invasion took place in two stages and ended in August 1974, when Turkish troops occupied 37% of the island's territory, which was followed by the establishment of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus that only Turkey recognizes, in contradiction of the terms of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee. Both the United States and NATO supported the idea of a Turkish military intervention.
![[Villages and towns that are currently under Turkish control.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cyprus_map_of_occupied_villages_and_towns_copy_s.jpg "Villages and towns that are currently under Turkish control.")
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