Sentence examples for under Turkish occupation from inspiring English sources

Cyprus was admitted to the EU in 2004 with more than one-third of its territory under Turkish occupation.

The area under Turkish occupation produces the bulk of the country's citrus fruits, wheat, barley, carrots, tobacco, and green fodder.

The navy one dates from an uprising in the early 1900s in Greek Macedonia, when it was still under Turkish occupation.

Some attribute it to Greece's long history under Turkish occupation, when Greeks got used to seeing the government as an enemy.

Britain's ownership of the Marbles is disputed by Greece which claims Lord Elgin removed them illegally while the country was under Turkish occupation as part of the Ottoman Empire.

"You can live a normal life here if you keep quiet, if you don't tell the truth that we live under Turkish occupation, that much of our territory is a military zone where we can't go.

The autonomy of the monastery was confirmed under Venetian rule (1207 1537); during the Turkish occupation (1537 1912) annual tribute was required from the monks.

During the Byzantine Empire and the subsequent Turkish occupation of Greece, the Christian church in Greece was under the administration of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.

It survived the Turkish occupation relatively unscathed as a khas, a possession of the sultan under his protection.

The original settlement was virtually destroyed during the Turkish occupation.

After the Turkish intervention, the city became the headquarters of the Turkish occupation forces.