IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1199 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion and occupation 
of northern Cyprus. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2024 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. SARBANES, 
and Mr. PAPPAS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion 
and occupation of northern Cyprus. 
Whereas, on July 20, 1974, the Government of Turkey or-
dered its military to invade the Republic of Cyprus in vio-
lation of the Treaty of Establishment, the Treaty of Alli-
ance, the North Atlantic Treaty, and the Treaty of Guar-
antee which established the Republic of Cyprus and guar-
anteed the independence of the Republic of Cyprus, as 
well as the United Nations Charter and customary inter-
national law; 
Whereas this year marks 50 years since the illegal Turkish 
invasion in 1974 and continued occupation since then of 
Cyprus, marking the first time since World War II that 
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•HRES 1199 IH 
a European country was militarily invaded in violation of 
international law; 
Whereas the people of Cyprus have suffered, for 5 decades, 
the persistent violation of their human rights and funda-
mental freedoms due to this invasion and continued occu-
pation; 
Whereas more than 160,000 Cypriots (corresponding to one- 
third of the population of the island in 1974) have been 
forcibly displaced from their ancestral land, becoming ref-
ugees in their own country; 
Whereas the Government of Turkey has brought in over 
200,000 illegal settlers into the occupied territory of Cy-
prus seeking to change the demography as well as the so-
ciopolitical fabric of the area, in violation of the Geneva 
Conventions and international humanitarian law; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council responded on 
the day of the invasion with Resolution 353, calling for 
an immediate cease-fire and the withdrawal of foreign 
military personnel from Cyprus; 
Whereas Turkey has refused to comply with judgments from 
the European Court of Human Rights, confirming that 
persons, including United States citizens who hold title to 
real property located in the area of the Republic of Cy-
prus under the illegal Turkish occupation, are the only 
rightful owners of that real property; 
Whereas, on August 16, 1974, a cease-fire agreement was 
reached establishing a buffer zone monitored by the 
United 
Nations 
Peacekeeping 
Force 
in 
Cyprus 
(UNFICYP), effectively dividing the island into Turkish- 
controlled and Greek Cypriot-controlled zones; 
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•HRES 1199 IH 
Whereas Turkey’s policy of illegal colonization includes con-
stant harassment of the enclaved people, restrictions on 
their movement, denial of access to adequate medical 
care, denial of adequate facilities for education, and re-
strictions on the right to use their property and the free 
exercise of their religious rights in line with its deliberate 
policy of ethnic cleansing; and 
Whereas, in October 2020 and July 2021, Turkey began ille-
gally reopening parts of the fenced-off area of Varosha, 
aiming to inhabit it by settlers under the control of the 
illegal occupying regime in violation of United Nations 
Security Council Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992) 
which call for the immediate return of Varosha to its 
legal inhabitants under United Nations administration: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) marks with sober recognition the 50th anni-
versary of the Turkish invasion and occupation of 
northern Cyprus; 
(2) strongly condemns Turkey’s continued occu-
pation of Cyprus and calls upon Turkey to imme-
diately withdraw all of its estimated 35,000 occu-
pying troops from the island; 
(3) reiterates that the settlement of the Cyprus 
problem must be based on a bizonal, bicommunal 
federation with a single sovereignty, a single citizen-
ship, and a single international personality, embrac-
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ing constitutional democratic norms and inter-
national principles; 
(4) calls on Turkey to remove its over 200,000 
illegal settlers from Turkish-occupied Cyprus and as-
sist in repatriating Greek-Cypriot refugees to their 
ancestral homes; 
(5) demands Turkey’s full cooperation in deter-
mining the fate of all remaining missing persons, in-
cluding 4 United States citizens; and 
(6) calls on Turkey to abide by the United Na-
tions Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 
and respect the sovereign rights of the Republic of 
Cyprus in its maritime zones. 
Æ 
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