Invasion of Cyprus 1974
The Turkish Armed forces committed an ethnic cleansing of the entire Christian population of the Northern districts of Cyprus, including Kyrenia, Morphou, Famagusta, Karpasia and parts of Nicosia. Other crimes committed by the Turkish Armed forces in Cyprus include but are not limited to breaching the Forth Geneva Convention on Human Rights and mass rapes. The ethnic cleansing is maintained by 40,000 Turkish troops who prevent IDPs from returning to their homes.
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