NICOSIA (Reuters) -Greek and Turkish Cypriots marked on Sunday the 51st anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus, an event that split the island and remains a source of tension between NATO ...

The invasion of Cyprus served as a stimulus for the defence industry in Turkey and a revolution has taken place in this sector in the last 20 years, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Sunday ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish Cypriots on Sunday celebrated Turkey’s military invasion of Cyprus that cleaved the island nation along ethnic lines 51 years ago. Turkey’s president reaffirmed his full ...

An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and gave birth to the Earth, the sea, and the Cosmos (Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite 55). Another ...

NICOSIA, May 9 (Reuters) - A court in Cyprus sentenced two Hungarian nationals to prison on Friday for brokering sales of properties in the Turkish-held north of the island seized from fleeing Greek ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -A maritime demarcation deal signed between Lebanon and Cyprus violates the rights of Turkish Cypriots on the island and is therefore unacceptable, Turkey said on Thursday. Lebanon ...

Shay Gal, an Israeli strategist, suggested recently that Israel, Greece and Cyprus need to think and possibly act to end Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus. Of course, Israel would join Greece and ...

A moderate Turkish Cypriot politician won the presidential election in Northern Cyprus, raising hopes for a United Nations solution to the decades-long conflict and for improved ties between Turkey ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Greek and Turkish Cypriots on Sunday marked the 51st anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus, an event that split the island and continues to shape geopolitics in the region ...