1974 War in Cyprus – Page 2 – T-VINE

18th July 2016 , By T-VINE

TRNC Peace and Freedom Day celebrations curtailed following attempted coup in Turkey

This year’s Peace and Freedom Day, celebrated annually on 20 July, will be a more subdued affair following the foiled military coup in Turkey last week, which left at least 290 people dead. Details of the revised programme, released earlier today, show many official events have been cancelled. A national holiday in Cyprus, 20 Temmuz […]

20th July 2015 , By T-VINE

Dawn Watch, record underwater mission and spectacular air show all part of TRNC’s 41st Peace & Freedom Day

North Cyprus’ commemorations of Turkey’s vital 1974 intervention got underway with its annual Dawn Watch (Şafak Nöbeti). Thousands of people of all ages turned up at Yavuz Çıkarma Plajı in Girne – the beach where Turkish troops first landed in the early hours of 20 July 1974 – to remember the bravery of those troops […]