Editing Secession (section)

===Cyprus===
[[File:Grenspost.jpg|thumb|Northern Cyprus]]

In 1974, Greek [[Irredentism|irredentists]] [[1974 Cypriot coup d'état|launched a ''coup d'état'']] in [[Cyprus]], in an attempt to annex the island with [[Greece]]. Almost immediately, the [[Turkish Armed Forces|Turkish Army]] [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|invaded northern Cyprus]] to protect the interests of the [[Turkish Cypriots|ethnic Turkish minority]], who in the following year formed the ''Turkish Federated State of Cyprus'' and in 1983 declared independence as the [[Northern Cyprus|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]], recognized only by [[Turkey]].