Turkey invaded part of Cyprus in 1974 and claimed it as an independent territory for the Turkish ethnic population, going on to rename areas of the island and destroy historical sites.

Cyprus said on Monday it would invite arch-foe Turkey to a summit during its European Union presidency next year despite a ...

There is significant concern that Turkey’s planned ground invasion into Syria to root out the U.S.-allied Kurds could open the floodgates for the release of thousands of imprisoned Islamic State ...

For the first time in four decades, the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, is laying down its arms and says it will ...

Victoria unveils the official program commemorating the 51st anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, featuring ...

In 1947, the ‘Agreement on Aid to Turkey’ was signed. With this agreement, the training and equipment of the army would ...

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in north-east Syria, meanwhile, said his group is prepared to repel a ground invasion by Turkey. Show more ...

There will be celebrations in the north, and mourning in the south of Cyprus on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of a Turkish invasion triggered by a brief Greek inspired coup.

During the invasion in 2019, the group found further evidence of abuses like summary executions of civilians, mass displacement, and attacks on civilian targets on the part of Turkish armed forces ...

The most evident signs of an impending invasion are the joint Turkish-Azerbaijani military exercises taking place on October 23-25 in Nagorno-Karabakh, to Armenia’s east, and Nakhichevan ...

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 ...