During 1964-1974, Greek Cypriots took over by force the entire government of the Island. The Turkish Cypriots, who were Co-Founders of the Republic, ended up in small enclaves and endured terrible suffering. Turkey resisted this. Ankara takes its role as a Guarantee Power in Cyprus very seriously. Its intervention in 1974 was based on Article 4 of the Treaty of Guarantee.
Sovereignty is to be owned equally by the two partners.
Likewise there must be equal power sharing. Turkish Cypriots, who signed on the Republic in 1960, cannot be expected to accept an inferior minority status in a Cyprus dominated by Greek Cypriots who remain as hostile as ever. The latest impasse has been created by the actions of the European Union. The EU decision to open accession negotiations with the Greek Cypriot side over Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot objections has effectively sabotaged the UN peacemaking process, while undermining the rights of Turkish Cypriots and of Turkey as a Guarantor in Cyprus. A handbook of facts and documents compiled and edited by ATAA, An ATAA publication, 1987.