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Yarhisar Museum Ship is Türkiye’s first and only surface warship permanently placed on land as a museum. Built in 1964 at the Portland-Dragon shipyard in the United States for the Turkish Naval Forces, the vessel derives its name from the Ottoman Navy destroyer “Yarhisar,” which was sunk by British forces in the Sea of Marmara on 3 December 1915 during World War I. The ship, which flew the Turkish flag from 1965, served for 40 years as a patrol and reconnaissance vessel. It participated in the A

Bloody Christmas is a chain of events that began on 21 December 1963 in Cyprus, initiated by Greek Cypriots against Turkish Cypriots and remembered in history as a period of massacre. These events led to the collapse of the Republic of Cyprus, established in 1960 under the guarantorship of Türkiye, Greece and the United Kingdom, and resulted in systematic attacks against the Turkish community on the island. During this period, the Akritas Plan, implemented by Greek Cypriots in line with their go

The Taskent (Dohni) Massacre is a mass killing carried out on 14–15 August 1974 by Greek Cypriot armed groups against Turkish Cypriot civilians. Turkish men gathered from the villages of Taskent, Terazi and Tatlısu were transported by bus to isolated areas under the pretense that they would be taken to a prisoner camp, where they were lined up and shot. Among the victims, including children, only Suat Kafadar survived; the perpetrators have never been prosecuted. The Situation in the Region and

The 51st anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation was officially commemorated on 20 July 2025 with state ceremonies and events by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and the Republic of Türkiye. The operation, carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces in 1974, was initiated within the framework of Türkiye’s guarantee rights to ensure the safety of life and property of the Turkish Cypriot people. This date is celebrated nationwide in both the TRNC and Türkiye as the “20 July Peace and F