Ecevit ordered the army to occupy the Turkish area on 20 July 1974 | James Ker-Lindsay; Hubert Faustmann; Fiona Mullen 15 May 2011 |
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In addition, since partition Turkey encouraged mainland immigration to northern Cyprus |
The international community found this declaration invalid, on the ground that Turkey had occupied territory belonging to Cyprus and that the putative state was therefore an infringement on Cypriot sovereignty.
Constantine Panos Danopoulos; Dhirendra K | Richard Sharpley 16 May 2012 |
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Faustmann, Hubert; Ker-Lindsay, James 2008 |
Dr Anders Wivel; Robert Steinmetz 28 March 2013 | Sharpley, Richard; Telfer, David John 2002 |
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British efforts to secure Turkey's removal from its surrogate territory after 1974 failed | Classified as illegal under international law, and now due to Cyprus' accession into the is also an illegal occupation of EU territory |
It became the , but Britain, like the rest of the international community, except Turkey, refused to extend diplomatic recognition to the enclave.