Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the north of Cyprus on Saturday, on the occasion of the 1974 anniversary.
While the day is marked as a day of mourning in the Republic, it is celebrated with a parade in northern Nicosia.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met Erdogan at the Tymbou (Ercan) airport, along with other officials and opposition figures.
They proceeded to attend the parade which began at 10am, with an aerobatic demonstration from the Turkish air force team ‘Turkish stars’ along with an F1-16 squadron.
On sea, a parade of 50 ships and 12 maritime vessels aircraft carriers near Kyrenia was expected. A total of 50 cannon shots were to be heard.
