Proposed edit  section TurkeyTurks and the Ottoman Empire from  The empire was not to last however by  the Seljuk armies were defeated by the Mongols and the power of the empire slowly disintegrated to  In  the Seljuk armies were defeated by the Mongols and the power of the empire slowly disintegrated  section TurkeyRepublican era  from Kemal Pasha to Mustafa Kemal from Following a decade of intercommunal violence on the island of Cyprus and the subsequent Athensinspired coup Turkey intervened militarily in  resulting in the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus recognised only by Turkey to Following a decade of intercommunal violence on the island of Cyprus and the subsequent Athensinspired coup Turkey intervened militarily in  Nine years later Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus TRNC was establised TRNC is recognised only by Turkey