‘Aishe will go on holiday again’: Cyprus invasion talk returns to Turkey
 

Opposition leader Meral Ak?ener uses code phrase army launched assault with in 1974 as tensions mount

A prominent Turkish opposition leader has caused alarm by calling for a repeat invasion of Cyprus, using the code phrase Ankara’s army used to launch an assault on the island 44 years ago.

Amid rising tensions over a push to exploit potential oil and gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, Meral Ak?ener, who heads the ?yi (Good) party, upped the ante, predicting the issue would be cause for war.

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