Territorial change

Cyprus → Turkey (conquest)

1974 · Cyprus

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When
1974
Kind
Territorial change
Where
Cyprus
Coordinates
34.91° N, 33.08° E
Process
conquest
Type
Conquest (armed force)
Pop
250000
Area km2
3640
Gaining
Turkey

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Cyprus

Island country in the Mediterranean Sea

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, located off the coast of the Levant mainland in West Asia. The island of Cyprus, which is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, is divided along the United Nations Buffer Zone between the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is r…

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