Abstract:

The island of Cyprus, which has been one of the focal points of many states throughout history, was founded in the 20th century. it has caused serious events between the Turkish and Greek people in the Dec. The Greeks, through the terrorist organization they established, forced the Turks living on the island to leave the island with cruelty and massacre. Greece also secretly supported the atrocities committed on the island, Turkey first made diplomatic attempts to protect its own racists, and when it did not get results, it resorted to military intervention. This intervention, which will go down in history as the Cyprus Peace Operation, has had many reflections both inside and outside. The operation was closely followed by both the local press and the national press and the world press. July August 20, 1974 and August 14, 1974, Turkey, in order to protect the lives, property and honor of the Turkish Cypriots on the island of Cyprus, in this study, we will consider the reflections of the local press of Izmir, the city of liberation, we will consider. We will evaluate the developments from the first day of the Cyprus Peace Operation until the end of the operation within the framework of the Aegean Express, Aegean Telegraph, Democrat Izmir and Yeni Asir newspapers, which enable the people of Izmir to closely follow the military operation taking place in Cyprus.

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