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Turkey ordered to pay 90m euros over Cyprus invasion. [View all]
Source: BBC News
Turkey must pay 90m euros (£73m; $123m) in damages over its 1974 invasion of Cyprus, according to a decision by the European Court of Human Rights.
The judgement is one of the largest ever ordered by the court.
It said the damages were compensation for losses endured during the invasion and in the subsequent partition.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded the north in response to a military coup on the island which was backed by the government of Greece.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27380388
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