Madam Speaker. tonight I join my colleagues on the House floor to commemorate the 34th anniversary of Turkeys illegal occupation of Cyprus. On July 20th 1974. Turkey began its brutal invasion of Cyprus. which forced nearly 200.000 Greek Cypriots to flee their homesmaking onethird of the Cypriot population refugees in their own country. Today. Turkey occupies the northern third of the island. It is one of the most militarized areas in the world. with more than 43.000 Turkish soldiers trying to maintain the status quo of the illegal occupation. Fortythree thousand soldiers may not sound like a lot. but consider that there is almost one Turkish soldier for every two Turkish Cypriots.
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