Be Aware – Sirens on July 15 and July 20 (5 am)!

The Republic of Cyprus will mark the 50th anniversary of the coup against President Archbishop Makarios on Monday, July 15, 2024. The sirens of the Public Warning System will be activated in every district at the time the coup began. On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the sirens will again be activated at the time the Turkish invasion started.

Heavily armed Turkish forces landed on the northern coast of Kyrenia at dawn on July 20, 1974, five days after the government was toppled by a military coup engineered by the military junta then ruling Greece. In a two-phase invasion and despite repeated calls by the United Nations Security Council, Turkey occupied 37% of the sovereign territory of Cyprus.