1974 Cypriot coup d'état: Difference between revisions

In response to the coup, on 20 July 1974 [[Turkey]] [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|invaded the island]] saying that the action was compliant with the [[Treaty of Guarantee (1960)|1960 Treaty of Guarantee]],<ref name="Mirbagheri2010">{{cite book|author=Farid Mirbagheri|title=Historical Dictionary of Cyprus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f82Jn_H4VukC&pg=PA83|access-date=27 July 2012|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5526-7|page=83}}</ref><ref name="Frucht2004">{{cite book|author=Richard C. Frucht|title=Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVBB1a0rC70C&pg=PA880|access-date=27 July 2012|date=31 December 2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-800-6|page=880|quote=The process reached a critical threshold in 1974 when a botched nationalist coup instigated by the Greek junta against the Cypriot government was used as a pretext by Turkey to invade and occupy the northern part of the island. Greece and ...}}</ref> taking control of the north and dividing Cyprus along what became known as the [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|Green Line]], cutting off about a third of the total territory. Sampson resigned, the military regime that had appointed him collapsed, and Makarios returned. The Turkish Cypriots established an independent government for what they called the ''[[Turkish Federated State of Cyprus]]'' (TFSC), with [[Rauf Denktaş]] as president. In 1983 they would proclaim the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] on the northern part of the island, which remains a ''[[de facto]]'' state. {{cn|date=March 2023}}