AIR SIRENS WILL WAIL TO MARK THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 1974
POLITCAL TURMOIL IN 1974
The Cypriot Civil Defence will mark the tragic anniversary of the Greece-inspired coup d’état and the subsequent military action by Turkey that resulted in the partition of the island by wailing air sirens on the 15th and 20th of July respectively.
The Cyprus Civil Defence has announced that on July 15th, sirens will wail at 08:20 in the morning, marking the precise moment when the coup d’état unfolded in 1974.
The air sirens will wail again five days later, on July 20th, at 05:30 in the morning, marking the precise moment when Turkish troops landed on Cypriot soil.
