NEW MAP: Eastern Mediterranean 1974: Turkish invasion of Cyprus (22 Jul 1974) https://buff.ly/2Z3iWp8 In July 1974 the military junta in power in Greece at the time backed a coup in Cyprus, threatening to unite that island nation with Greece. In response, Turkey landed troops in northern Cyprus, occupying over a third of the country by mid-August. Although both the Greek junta and their Cypriot allies fell from power within days of the Turkish intervention, Cyprus was left militarily divided by the crisis and in 1983 a separate state would be proclaimed in the Turkish-occupied north. #easternmediterranean #history #welovehistory #map #1970s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1974 #cyprus #turkishcyprus #northcyprus #enosis #greekcyprus #july #july22 #cypriot #northerncyprus #historyofcyprus #cypruswar #greekhistory #turkishhistory #maps #newmap #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Kyrenia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XBZergPqk/?igshid=1979omebyoebr
