Cut Turkish Airlines off from Europe rather than be complicit in theft

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Turkey invaded Cyprus on July 20, 1974, and has not looked back. While Turks may say they did so to protect Cyprus’ Turkish minority, Greece’s return to democracy made any Greek plans to unite with Cyprus moot. Turkey’s subsequent second invasion in August 1974 was nothing less than a land grab followed by methodical ethnic cleansing. Today, there are as many displaced Cypriots than there are displaced Palestinians.

Cyprus is, of course, not alone: Turkey has also grabbed territory and conducted ethnic cleansing in both Syria and Iraq.

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