Original sentence: It was the attempted July 1974 Greek-backed coup d'etat that made Turkey intervene militarily, arguing that the Treaty of Guarantee made their intervention fully legal (though critics counter that only the first stage of the intervention - the initial landings - could be regarded as being covered by the treaty.The second stage of the intervention - the occupation of 37% of the island - however was condemned by UN Security Council resolutions).Turkey counters that the Turkish Cypriot community would always be threatened and thus their continued presence as a protector power is in line with their status as a guarantor
Edited sentence: It was the attempted July 1974 Greek-backed coup d'etat that made Turkey intervene military, arguing that the Treaty of Guarantee made their intervention fully legal, only during the first stage.The second stage was in direct violation of UN Security Council resolutions and ignored the fact that the constitutional government had returned to power to resume peace negotiations