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Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, and the Peacekeeping Force formed on March 27.
Fighting renewed in August before Cyprus and Turkey signed a ceasefire on August
10, 1964.
MID#1280
Started in November 1967. See the narrative in the 352 Cyprus/640 Turkey dyad
dispute list.
MID#1292
Dispute Number: 1292
Date(s): March 28, 1974 to June 5, 1974
Participants: 640 Turkey/350 Greece
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: This dispute occurred after the Turkish government granted mineral
exploration licenses to the state petroleum company in the Eastern Aegean Sea. Some
of these licenses overlapped with areas in which Greece had already granted rights
to other companies. In February 1974, Turkey proposed negotiations but also sent
warplanes as a show of force in March. In April both countries put their militaries on
alert as tensions began to rise. Greece finally accepted the proposal for negotiations,
and Turkey sent a survey ship, accompanied by Turkish warships, to the area five days
later. The survey ship spent six days in the area.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from March 29, 1974. End Date changed from
May 29, 1974. Settlement changed from None.
MID#1293
Started in July 1974. See the narrative in the 352 Cyprus/640 Turkey dyad dispute list.
MID#2173
Dispute Number: 2173
Date(s): September 13, 1974 to October 1974
Participants: 350 Greece/640 Turkey
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In August 1974, Turkey issued a notice to the International Civil Avia-
tion Organization (ICAO) that it would be requiring all aircraft approaching Turkish
airspace to report their position and flight plan on reaching the Aegean median line,
which lay considerably within Greek airspace. Greece refused to obey this instruc-
tion outright. On September 13, Greece declared Aegean air routes toward Turkey
to be unsafe, suspended all flights between the countries, and began to fortify its
East Aegean Islands by dispatching two divisions, laying extensive minefields, and
preparing the civil airport in Rhodes to receive military aircraft. The first attempt by