Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Turkish occupation of Cyprus. How long. I ask will we allow this transgression of human rights to continue? In 1974. Turkish troops invaded Cyprus. displacing over half of the islands population. The conditions essentially remain the same today. There are still over 200.000 Cypriots living in tents under refugee conditions. left uprooted by the invading army of Turkish soldiers. These Cypriots have been forced to flee their homes. to live a life of misery and imprisonment. and to be denied access to the farms and businesses they labored so hard to establish. How long must these people suffer?