21.   The meeting coincides with the ongoing Turkish invasion of northern Iraq to root out Kurdish guerrillas staging cross-border raids onto Turkish territory.

22.   The move prompted a Turkish invasion of the northern part of the Mediterranean island.

23.   The Turkish invasion took place in the wake of an abortive coup in Nicosia by supporters of union with Greece.

24.   The Turkish invasion took place in the wake of an abortive coup by Greek Cypriot supporters of union with Greece.

25.   The Turkish invasion followed an abortive coup by Greek Cypriot supporters of union with Greece.

26.   The Turkish invasion was sparked by an abortive coup by supporters of union with Greece.

27.   There is no official figure of how many Turks moved to northern Cyprus after the Turkish invasion.

28.   Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, who ordered the Turkish invasion, and Foreign Minister Ismail Cem are expected to travel to the island for the anniversary.

29.   But the only protests came from three women who turned up at the checkpoint bearing photographs of Greek-Cypriots missing since the Turkish invasion.

30.   Two years later Makarios was briefly toppled in a coup sponsored by the military junta in Athens which sparked the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.