ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said Tuesday it won’t pay $123 million in damages to Cyprus that was ordered by Europe’s top human rights court, and denounced the ruling as the biggest blow yet to peace talks for the divided island.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Monday that Turkey must pay the damages to Cyprus for its 1974 invasion and the island’s subsequent division.

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