Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has launched an attack on the European Parliament, on the occasion of an opinion issued by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality on the 2027 European Union budget.
According to Ankara, the committee recommended the allocation of European Union funds for the construction of a monument by the Greek Cypriot side, which, the ministry claims, is intended to “slander” Turkey’s armed forces.
A ministry statement reiterated Ankara’s position on the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, which it described as a “peace operation.” It claimed that the invasion prevented the “extermination of the Turkish Cypriot people” and “brought peace to the island for over half a century.”
At the same time, Ankara accused the Greek Cypriot side of “distorting and politicizing” historical events.
The statement argued that, instead of contributing to the solution of the Cyprus problem, EU institutions are moving away from the principles of “neutrality and justice” and turning into “tools of Greek Cypriot propaganda,” further undermining trust between the divided island’s two communities.
