Original sentence: Famagusta, however, resisted and put up a defense that lasted from September 1570 until August 1571.In 1489, the first year of Venetian control, Turks attacked the Karpasia Peninsula.In 1539 the Turkish fleet attacked and Limassol.In 1974, following a period of violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and an attempted Greek-sponsored coup d'état, Turkey invaded and occupied one third of the island.In the summer of 1570, the Turks attacked again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid.The city fell (9 September 1570), 20,000 Nicosian Greeks were put to death, and every church, public building, and palace was looted.Throughout the period of Venetian rule, Ottoman Turks raided and attacked the peoples of Cyprus many times.Word of the massacre spread, and a few days later, Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha took Kyrenia without having to fire a shot
Edited sentence: Famagusta, however, resisted and put up a heroic defense that lasted from September 1570 until August 1571.In 1489, the first year of Venetian control, Turks attacked the Karpasia Peninsula, pillaging and taking captives to be sold into slavery.In 1539 the Turkish fleet attacked and destroyed Limassol.In 1974, following a period of violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and an attempted Greek-sponsored coup, Turkey invaded and occupied one third of the island.In an orgy of victory on the day that the city fell (9 September 1570), 20,000 Nicosian Greeks were put to death, and every church, public building, and palace was looted.In reality, they were purchasing their own land from invaders and conquerors.In the summer of 1570, the Turks struck again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid.Throughout the period of Venetian rule, Ottoman Turks raided and attacked the peoples of Cyprus at will.Word of the massacre spread, and a few days later Mustafa took Kyrenia without having to fire a shot