Cyprus Memorial Cemetery In Silifke
The Cyprus Memorial Forest ( tr, Kıbrıs Hatura Ormanı), a.k.a. Cyprus Memorial Cemetery ( tr, Kıbrıs Şehitliği), is a memorial forest including a symbolic military cemetery and an open-air museum dedicated to the Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish servicemen killed in action during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 1974 Turkish military invasion of Cyprus. Established in 1976, it is located at Silifke district of Mersin Province in southern Turkey. The memorial place is in a pine woods covering at Çamdüzü, west of Silifke on the provincial road 33-58 between Silifke and Gülnar just west of State road D715 (Turkey), State road D715. Following the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Turkey, under the guise of fearing an intercommunal fighting and killing, intervened . In 1976, a cenotaph, symbolic cemetery was established in commemoration of 454 Turkish army servicemen. A tree was planted next to each symbolic grave. A monument of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Atatürk is erected in the mi ...
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Turkish Armed Forces
The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; tr, Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey. Turkish Armed Forces consist of the General Staff, the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is General Yaşar Güler. The Chief of the General Staff is the Commander of the Armed Forces. In wartime, the Chief of the General Staff acts as the Commander-in-Chief on behalf of the President, who represents the Supreme Military Command of the TAF on behalf of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Coordinating the military relations of the TAF with other NATO member states and friendly states is the responsibility of the General Staff. The history of the Turkish Armed Forces began with its formation after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish military perceived itself as the guardian of Kemalism, the official state ideology, especially of its emphasis on secularism. After becoming a member of N ...
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