Sentence examples for since a Turkish from inspiring English sources

Cyprus has been divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974.

Cyprus has been divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974, with the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot government controlling about two-thirds of it.

The Turkish Cypriot north and the Greek Cypriot south have lived apart since a Turkish invasion in 1974 in response to a brief Greek coup backed by Athens.

It is a year since a Turkish flotilla challenged the siege and Israeli commandos killed nine activists aboard the ships, leading to international outrage and an easing of conditions.

Concern about papal security has persisted since a Turkish gunman, Mehmet Ali Agca, tried to kill Benedict's predecessor, John Paul II, in St. Peter's Square in Rome in May 1981.

The political and economic crisis is raising fears that Cyprus will become the next country to seek a bailout from the European Union and is undermining peace talks mediated by the United Nations aimed at reunifying the island, which has been divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974 that was prompted by a coup engineered by Greece.

And ever since Syria downed a Turkish warplane in June, the government has been under domestic pressure to act.

William Burroughs was acclaimed by Jack Kerouac as the "greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift", but a Turkish publisher is currently facing obscenity charges for releasing an edition of his novel, The Soft Machine.

Also missing from the line-up is striker Dominic Adiyiah, who was part of Ghana's squad at the 2010 World Cup but who has since moved to a Turkish second division club, Karsiyaka, and fallen off the radar.

Since Syria shot down a Turkish military plane over the Mediterranean in June, the army has deployed troops and weapons along its long border with Syria.

After agreeing to work with Alptekin, Flynn and his colleagues initially considered doing this, according to a source who participated in the discussions, but they concluded that it wasn't necessary, since Alptekin was not a Turkish official and the funds were not Turkish government funds.