Photos Cyprus 1974

[Balkandave]

View attachment 347630View attachment 347631View attachment 347627View attachment 347628I was at the 1974 landing beach yesterday. I fine collection of AFVs and an excellent memorial.

The following are mostly improvised AFVs and other weapons used by the Turkish militia (TMT, often shortened to Teskilat). They are displayed on the grounds of the National Struggle Museum in Turkish Lefkosa. Not to be confused with the museum of the same name in Greek Lefkosia. The name is where the common ground ends!

This looks like a stripped-down Bofors AA gun to me, but happy to be corrected.

My first thought was that this is a US 75mm pack howitzer. But the barrel looks different. Does anyone else have a view?

The Turkish Army does an excellent job with memorials in North Cyprus (giant statues are a speciality! I wonder if there is a special engineer workshop or artist in residence?). Here is just one I visited at Bogaz Sehitligi. This is inside what was known as the Turkish Triangle of villages north of Nicosia held by the TMT in 1974. The Turkish Army reinforced the area with airborne troops (paras and helicopters) during the operation.

 

[CemalPasha]

The following are mostly improvised AFVs and other weapons used by the Turkish militia (TMT, often shortened to Teskilat). They are displayed on the grounds of the National Struggle Museum in Turkish Lefkosa. Not to be confused with the museum of the same name in Greek Lefkosia. The name is where the common ground ends!

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This looks like a stripped-down Bofors AA gun to me, but happy to be corrected.

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My first thought was that this is a US 75mm pack howitzer. But the barrel looks different. Does anyone else have a view?

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The Turkish Army does an excellent job with memorials in North Cyprus (giant statues are a speciality! I wonder if there is a special engineer workshop or artist in residence?). Here is just one I visited at Bogaz Sehitligi. This is inside what was known as the Turkish Triangle of villages north of Nicosia held by the TMT in 1974. The Turkish Army reinforced the area with airborne troops (paras and helicopters) during the operation.

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Great photo's mate. Thanks for sharing

 

[CemalPasha]

Homemade waepons of TMT to defend village's against EOKA militants 1957-58 via Cengiz Söğütlü

the monument to those who were martyred while making weapons, and the photo of martyrs.

Weapons workshop and repair area's of TMT in 1964

 

[CemalPasha]

Liberation of LEFKE Turkish Cypriots welcomes army and TMT

 

[CemalPasha]

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[CemalPasha]

War leaflets

 

[uktabber]

wish I could read all that.......

 

[CemalPasha]

Cigarettes are offered to the Greek saboteur, who was caught trying to poison the water supply of Turkish military unit during the Cyprus Peace Operation.

 

[uktabber]

Cigarettes are offered to the Greek saboteur, who was caught trying to poison the water supply of Turkish military unit during the Cyprus Peace Operation.

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AFTER he'd had the S**t kicked out of him and it looks like his fingers were nipped off on his right hand...........

 

[Connaught Ranger]

AFTER he'd had the S**t kicked out of him and it looks like his fingers were nipped off on his right hand...........

IF the digits are missing it happened long before the picture was taken.

 

[Balkandave]

Great photo's mate. Thanks for sharing

Here is the helmet worn by VI Corps Commander L.Gen Nurettin Ersin during the Cyprus operation. Along with a few more exhibits in the Military Museum, Istanbul.

 

[Balkandave]

And from the Istanbul Naval Museum. The Amphibious Regiment flag. Less impressive is the painting of the landing beach. It looks nothing like the actual beach, which was also a good deal less peaceful!

 

[Balkandave]

And from the Rahmin Koc museum. A Balao Class submarine that was off the coast of Cyprus in 1974. Plus an M47 and the same type of Dornier that flew in the Airborne Brigade command team. They didn't land as planned because the airstrip lights were not activated by the TMT because they were an hour early. The Turkish planners had forgotten about Summer Time!

 

[Balkandave]

Finally, from the Istanbul Aviation Museum. A Huey and F-100 Super Sabre. Key to the air operations in Cyprus 1974.

 

[CemalPasha]

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

I would suggest that the museum invest 5 cents in paint and restore those pieces, they are an important part of its history, it is not fair that they are at that level of neglect

 

[BravoZulu]

A Turkish AA Gun near the Bosphorus Bridge during Operation Atilla, 1974

 

[CemalPasha]

 

[CemalPasha]

 

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