The buffer zone was hastily evacuated during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. For the past five decades, it has remained mostly uninhabited. Read on for a visual tour of the zone that's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cyprus marks 51 years since an invasion by Turkey in 1974, which led to the partition of the island nation that is still in place ...

Greeks grieve, Turks celebrate Cyprus invasion anniversary Erdogan says ready for dialogue, but can't turn clock back Island's division key source of tension between neighbours NICOSIA, July 20 ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) -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 ...

Cyprus remains divided 50 years after the invasion, with a UN-patrolled buffer zone slicing through the island and its capital Nicosia - Copyright AFP Jewel SAMAD ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — 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 ...

NICOSIA, June 30 (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Monday it would invite arch-foe Turkey to a summit during its European Union presidency next year despite a decades-long rift over Ankara's 1974 invasion ...

Half the battle in diplomacy is to define the debate. Consider Cyprus: Turkey’s invasion of the island after the Greek Junta’s collapse was illegal. Turkey ethnically cleansed more than one-third the ...

MCMAHON: In the coming week, the world reacts to the U.S. Republican Presidential ticket, Israel’s Prime Minister, Netanyahu, addresses the U.S. Congress, and tensions in Cyprus are high, fifty years ...

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Greek and Turkish Cypriots on Sunday marked the 51st anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus, an event that split the island and continues to shape geopolitics in the region ...