Epilogue

On 20 July 1974, about 40.000 Turkish soldiers, backed by the Turkish air force and the Turkish navy, raided and illegally invaded the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, in violation of the Charter of the Security Council of the United Nations.

The Turkish invasion was performed in two stages and the raid was concluded by mid August, with the capture of the 37% of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. This resulted in the uprooting of more than 200.000 people from their homes and properties, the killing of more than 4.000 troops and civilians and resulting in 1.619 missing persons.

The occupied territory covered 65% of agricultural land, 70% of mineral resources, 70% of industrial activity and 80% of the tourist installations of the Island.

“[…] Her Majesty’s Government cannot accept that the Turkish armed forces were acting otherwise, than as agents of the Government of Turkey. Nor can HMG accept that the government of Turkey (who have themselves claimed that the intervention of Turkish forces was justified on the basis of rights of Turkey under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee) were acting as agents of the Turkish Cypriot community. The Turkish Cypriot community had no standing, under either Cypriot or International Law, to authorise such action […]”.169

Since then (35 years), the British continue to support Turkey in their false international propaganda:

That “it was not a raid and illegal invasion, but a I. peaceful intervention, aiming to restore constitutional order and the status quo that existed prior to the coup of 15 July 1974”!

That “the right of intervention is provided by the II. Treaty of Guarantee of the Republic of Cyprus, which was drafted with the aim to safeguard the independence, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus”!

That “the Greek-Cypriots are to blame for the III. developments from 1955 to 1974, because they had enforced a policy of genocide against the Turkish-Cypriots”!

Lie I is refuted by what is documented in Chapter D.

Lie II is refuted by the Treaty of Guarantee itself, which:

“Does NOT give to the Guarantor Powers the right of military intervention, except and only if 1st the guaranteeing country needs to defend itself in the case of invasion by a third country, 2nd the United Nations ask one of the guarantor powers for such a military intervention and 3rd the Republic of Cyprus asks for a military intervention and the United Nations Security Council agrees to that demand.”

The Republic of Cyprus had never asked Turkey to intervene militarily and the United Nations Security Council never agreed to such a demand.

Lie III is refuted by all the documented contents of this book.