1. Turkey, Cyprus & The EU

2. Turkey & The EU

3. Turkey & The EU
Erdogan and the AKP

4. Turkey & The EU

5. Turkey & The EU Issues for Accession Population NATO Kurdish Issue
Economics
Civil Military Relations
Religion
Gastarbeiter
Cyprus
Immigration to the EU

6. The Cyprus Conflict

7. The Cyprus Conflict Timeline
1878 Ottomans cede Cyprus to Britain for protection against Russia
Enosis
1931 Uprising/Constitution Revoked
1946 Consultative Assembly/rtn of 31 exiles
1950 Michael Mouskos becomes Archbishop Makarios III

8. The Cyprus Conflict
Archbishop Makarios III

9. The Cyprus Conflict
1954 Greece calls on UN to enforce self-determination for the people of Cyprus
1954 Britain & Turkey rejects call for enosis
1955 Open Rebellion/EOKA George Grivas leads guerrilla war against the British/TMT forms (Turk Mukavenet Teskilatu)
1960 (9 August) Cypriot Independence
Treaty of Guarantee: Britain, Turkey & Greece

10. The Cyprus Conflict
1963 Makarios introduces new constitution which ensures dominance of Greek Cypriots
Looting and destruction of Turkish villages creates enclaves and revival of TMT/
Fear of Turkish invasion, Makarios agrees to British intervention
UN Peacekeepers join British soldiers

11. The Cyprus Conflict
1964 National Guard formed by Greek Cypriot Government as deterrent to Turkish invasion/Grivas returns to command
1967 Military Coup in Athens/Makarios moves to nonalignment
National Guard subverted by right-wing pro-enosis officers and splits with Makarios/EOKA B supported by Greek Junta

12. The Cyprus Conflict
1974 Grivas dies of heart attack. National Guard comes more under control of Athens Junta
Makarios demands removal of 650 Greek officers in National Guard
July 15 Reply comes in the form of coup led by EOKA gunman and convicted murderer Nicos Sampson
Makarios narrowly escapes palace attack to London
Failed London negotiations result in Turkish invasion on 20 July 1974

13. The Cyprus Conflict

14. The Invasion of Cyprus 1974
15 July 1974 – The government of Archbishop Markarios overthrown by Nikos Sampson
17 July 1974 – Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit flys to London
20 July 1974 – Turkish forces invade northern Cyprus
21 July 1974 – The attack on destroyers Kocatepe, Adatepe, and F.V. Cakmak northwest of Cape Arnauti

15. The Cyprus Conflict
Turkish Invasion of 1974

16. CDR Guven Erkaya

17. T.C.G. Kocatepe Ex-USS Harwood

18. T.C.G Kocatepe

19. T.C.G Kocatepe

20. Admiral Guven Erkaya 28 Feb 97

21. The Cyprus Conflict
Defacto partition of Cyprus since 1974 – The”Atilla” Line

22. The Cyprus Conflict Annan Settlement and Referendum 2004
Presidential council (6 members, 4 Greek, 2 Turks)
Bicameral legislature (upper house 24:24, Lower house proportional)
Supreme Court (Equal representation)
65% Turkish approval
73% Greek dissapproval

23. The Cyprus Conflict
2011 Istanbul
1974 TCG Kocatepe

24. The Turkish Military as the protector of The Turkish Secular Democracy

25. The Cyprus Conflict
The Future?