Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Birds fly behind a Turkish military guard post with a Turkish, left, and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags next to UN buffer zone.

Turkiye’s Erdogan insists on Cyprus two-state solution

  • Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when a Turkish invasion followed a coup in Nicosia backed by Greece’s then-military junta
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, declared in 1983, is recognized only by Ankara
By AFP ·