Cyprus, Turkey and Europe
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New wildfires have broken out on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast and the government has declared two western provinces to be disaster zones.
Amid a scorching Mediterranean heatwave, firefighters in Turkey and Cyprus struggled to contain devastating wildfires. In Turkey, ten firefighters died, and numerous residents were evacuated as fires spread rapidly due to strong winds.
Two people have been burned alive in a Brit holiday island - while another 10 were killed in Turkey as a huge wildfire inferno spread.
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 backing for a controversial peace deal that envisions the establishment of two separate states.
The Met Office say that temperatures at popular holiday destinations will be widely 5-10°C above average due to a severe heatwave in the coming days
American nuclear weapons in Turkey and the 1974 Turkish conquest of northern Cyprus. In 1974, Turkey invaded and occupied forty percent of Cyprus where they put into practice the cleansing ...
Greek Cypriots suffered a lot during the occupation and one of the most barbaric things happened on 9 July 1821, the Turkish soldiers hung in an open space in Surayio Nicosia, Cyprus, the Archbishop Kyprianos and all the bishops because they refused to join Turkey against Greece who started the war to free their country from the Turks
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 partners Greece and Turkey.