Turkish Cyprus vows to preserve Türkiye's guarantor role
As Turkish Cyprus prepares to mark the 52nd anniversary of Türkiye’s 1974 Peace Operation on July 20, Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu has said that the country will not abandon Ankara’s right to intervene on the island.
Speaking ahead of the anniversary, Ertuğruloğlu reiterated that Ankara’s guarantor rights under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee remain indispensable for the security of Turkish Cypriots, stressing that neither Türkiye nor Turkish Cyrus would accept any arrangement requiring them to relinquish those rights.
Türkiye launched the 1974 Peace Operation following a coup backed by the military junta in Greece that sought to unite Cyprus with Greece.
Ankara carried the operation to restore constitutional order and protect the Turkish Cypriot community after years of intercommunal violence.
