In the 21st century, a member state of the United Nations and the European Union continues to be colonized and occupied by a NATO and UN member and EU hopeful.
The colonizer is Turkey and the victim is Cyprus.
The northern part of the Republic of Cyprus — about 37% of the island’s territory — has been under Turkish military occupation since 1974.
The so-called “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (TRNC) is recognized only by Turkey.
Since invading Cyprus, Turkey has instituted a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the northern part of the island. It has expelled around 170,000 Greek Cypriots and replaced them with thousands of settlers, as well as 40,000 of its…